Age-Friendly Health Systems Team, Faculty, Advisors

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Age-Friendly Health Systems Team, Faculty, and Advisors

Age-Friendly Health Systems IHI Team and Faculty

  • Matt Berry, Marketing Manager (maberry@ihi.org)
  • Alice Bonner, PhD, RN, Advisor, Care of Older Adults (abonner@ihi.org)
  • Nicole Brandt, PharmD, Faculty
  • Cynthia Brown, MD, Faculty
  • Kate DeBartolo, Senior Project Director, (kdebartolo@ihi.org)     
  • Alex Enxuto, Associate Project Manager (aenxuto@Ihi.org)
  • Donna Fick, MD, Faculty
  • Luisana Henriquez Garcia, MA Project Manager (lgarcia@ihi.org)
  • Laura Howell Nelson, Project Director (lhowellnelson@ihi.org)
  • Nicole Korp, Project Manager (nkorp@ihi.org)
  • Kevin Little, PhD, Improvement Advisor
  • Kedar Mate, MD, President and CEO, Senior Sponsor (kmate@ihi.org)
  • Amanda Meier, MA, Project Manager (ameier@ihi.org)
  • Ivy Mwangi, MD, Faculty
  • KellyAnne Pepin, MPH, Senior Project Director (kpepin@ihi.org)
  • JoAnne Reifsnyder, PhD, MSN, MBA, RN, FAAN, Faculty
  • Cayla Saret, Senior Managing Editor (csaret@ihi.org)
  • Rafael Samper-Ternent, MD, PhD, Faculty 
  • Andrea Schwartz, MD, Faculty
  • Christina Southey, Im​provement Advis​or
  • Mary Tinetti, MD, Faculty

Age-Friendly Health Systems Advisory Group​

  • ​​​Don Berwick, MD, MPP (chair), President emeritus and Senior Fellow, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, former administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
  • Faith Mitchell (co-chair), PhD, Institute Fellow, Urban Institute
  • Mary Tinetti, MD (founding co-chair), Gladys Phillips Crofoot Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics) and Professor, Institution for Social and Policy Studies; Section Chief, Geriatrics
  • Ann Hendrich, PhD, RN (founding co-chair), Researcher & Content Expert, Health System, Nursing and Safety Executive
  • Kyle Allen, DO, AGSF, Vice President Enterprise Medical Director, CareSource
  • Kevin Biese, MD Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine; Co-Director, Division of Geriatric Emergency Medicine; Director, Emergency Medicine Residency Program;  Advisor to Gary and Mary West Health Institute
  • Alice Bonner, PhD, RN, Advisor, Care of Older Adults, Institute for Healthcare Improvement
  • Peg Bradke, RN, MA, Vice President, Post-Acute Care, UnityPoint Health - St. Luke's Hospital
  • Nicole Brandt, PharmD, MBA, Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy; Executive Director, Peter Lamy Center on Drug Therapy and Aging
  • Marie Cleary-Fishman, BSN, MS, MBA, CPHQ Vice President , Clinical Quality AHA Center for Health Innovation American Hospital Association
  • Lenise Cummings-Vaughn, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Washington University's School of Medicine
  • Thomas E. Edes, MD, MS, Senior Medical Advisor, Office of Geriatrics & Extended Care, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Glyn Elwyn, MD, PhD, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice
  • Wes Ely, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
  • Donna Fick, PhD, RN, Elouise Ross Eberly Professor of Nursing and Professor of Medicine and Director of Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence, Pennsylvania State University; Editor, Journal of Gerontological Nursing
  • Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, President, The John A Hartford Foundation
  • Sherry A. Greenberg, PhD, RN, GNP-BC, FGSA, FNAP, AGSF FAANP, FAAN Evelyn Lauder Chair in Adult Gerontology and Professor Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing, Hunter College, New York City
  • Scotte R. Hartronft, MD, MBA, FACP, Executive Director, VA Office of Geriatrics and Extended Care, Veterans Health Administration
  • Carrie Hays McElroy, MSN, RN, Gero-BC, ACM, VP Clinical Operations/CNO, Chief Integrity and Compliance Officer, Trinity Health PACE
  • Kate Hilton, JD, MTS, Senior Consultant, ReThink Health and Faculty, Institute for Healthcare Improvement
  • Ann Hwang, MD, Director of the Center for Consumer Engagement in Health Innovation, Community Catalyst
  • Barbara Jacobs, RN, Vice President, Nursing and Chief Nursing Officer, Anne Arundel Medical Center
  • Maulik Joshi, DrPH, Chief Executive Officer, Meritus Health
  • Doug Koekkoek, MD, Chief Executive, Providence Medical Group
  • Bruce Leff, MD, Professor, Johns Hopkins Medicine and Director, The Center for Transformative Geriatric Research, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  • Shari M. Ling, MD, Acting CMS Chief Medical Officer
  • Nancy Lundebjerg, MPA, Chief Executive Officer, American Geriatrics Society
  • Joe McCannon, Founder, Shared Nation, Formerly Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Billions Institute
  • Angela Patterson, DNP, FNP-BC, NEA-BC, FAANP, Chief Nurse Practitioner Officer, CVS Minute Clinic Vice President, CVS Health
  • VJ Periyakoil, MD, Director, Palliative Care Education and Training, Stanford University School of Medicine, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Division of Primary Care and Population Health
  • Jonathan Perlin, MD, President and CEO, The Joint Commission
  • Eric Rackow, MD, Executive Chairman and Co-Founder, eFamilyCare; President Emeritus, NYU Hospital Center; Professor of Medicine, NYU School of Medicine
  • Stephanie Rogers, MD, MPH Assistant Professor, Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
  • Ronnie Rosenthal, MD, Professor of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine and Surgeon-In-Chief, VA Connecticut Healthcare System
  • Erica Rossitto, MBA/HCM, BSN, RN, NEA-BC, Chief Nursing Executive, HCA Healthcare American Group, Vice President, Group Clinical Operations
  • Nirav Shah, MD, MPH, Adjunct Professor at the School of Medicine, Stanford University
  • Albert Siu, MD , Professor and System Chair, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Population Health Science and Policy, General Internal Medicine
  • Victor Tabbush, PhD, Adjunct Professor Emeritus, UCLA Anderson School of Management
  • Julie Trocchio, MSN, Senior Director, Community Benefit and Continuing Care, Catholic Health Association of the United States

Age-Friendly Health Systems What Matters Advisory Group

  • Joann Austin
  • Elissa Brown
  • MaeMargaret Evans
  • Kate Hilton
  • Janice Hopper
  • Andrea Kabcenell
  • Rafael Ruiz
  • Robert Small
  • Randy Smith
  • Madge Street

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Prioritizing the Care That Matters Most to Older Adults Across the Care Continuum