Table of Contents
- Education
- Experience
- Professional Organizations
- Teaching
- Professional Committees / Boards
- Extramural Funding
- Dissemination of Information (Book Chapters, Manuscripts, Abstracts, Presentations)
Education
1987 – 1990 | University of Chicago Booth School of Business
M.B.A., June, 1990, Concentration in finance. |
1984 – 1990 | University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
M.D., June, 1990Successfully completed National Medical Board Exams (parts I and II). Drafted advisory report on University of Chicago public relations for President of the University. Elected member of advisory committee to the Dean of the Biological Sciences Division, 1986. |
1980 – 1984 | University of Notre Dame
B.A., 1984Graduated magna cum laude in economics.Honors: Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Epsilon Delta (pre-medical honor society), Sheehan Prize for best senior economics thesis: “Static & Dynamic Models of National Health Care Expenditures.” Notre Dame Scholar, Pedke Leadership Scholarship. Activities: Founder & Manager, Notre Dame Shenanigans (touring mixed vocal jazz ensemble), Business Manager, Notre Dame Glee Club (touring men’s chorus). |
1976 -1980 | Forest View High School, Arlington Heights., IL
Honors: Valedictorian of class of 750, Student Body President, National Merit Scholar. |
Experience
Jan, 2011 – present | CEO, REWARD HEALTH SCIENCES, Inc.
Reward Health Sciences is a health care consultancy and information technology developer focused on partnering with physicians and hospitals to create successful Accountable Care Organizations. |
Jan, 2012 – present | SENIOR ADVISOR, BDC ADVISORS, LLC.
BDC Advisors is a Miami-based health care consultancy. Provided consulting services to senior executives of leading health systems, academic medical centers and clinically-integrated networks regarding care model development and the associated information technology and analytics requirements. Led executive retreats, led vendor selection processes, conducted assessments, and wrote and presented strategy documents. |
July – December, 2012 | CHIEF MEDICAL INFORMATICS OFFICER (Interim), HEALTH ACCESS SOLUTIONS, INC.
Health Access Solutions is a San Francisco-based population health management technology company offering a web-based health management suite used by 26,000 physicians. Led development of product strategy, organized and hosted annual user group meeting, led sales presentations, and developed relationships with customers and business partners. |
April, 2006 – Dec, 2010 | VP, CLINICAL PROGRAMS and MEDICAL INFORMATICS, BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MICHIGAN
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan is a non-profit affiliate of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association serving 4.5 million members in Michigan and across the country.Responsibilities included leading a team of 420 people, in addition to dedicated IT and business intelligence staff and consultants, to execute the following programs and functions:
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Jan 03 – 2006 | CHIEF MEDICAL INFORMATICS OFFICER, ANCETA, LLC
Anceta is a health care informatics company founded by the American Medical Group Association, Aventis Pharmaceuticals, and Accenture. Anceta is developing a health care data warehouse based on longitudinal patient data contributed by large multi-specialty medical group practices throughout the U.S. Anceta provides comparative reports of quality, outcomes and efficiency of care to participating medical groups, and conducts research and provides reports and datasets (with all patient and provider identifying variables removed to protect patient privacy and to best serve the interests of participating medical groups). |
July 99 – 2006 | FOUNDER and CEO, REWARD HEALTH SCIENCES, INC. , WINDSOR, ONTARIO
Mission: To become the leading provider of web-based tools, evidence-based content, and associated consulting services to enable health care organizations to achieve success with their clinical practice improvement and care management initiatives. |
Dec 98 – July 99 | VICE PRESIDENT and GENERAL MANAGER, HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION PRODUCTS, OCEANIA, INC, PALO ALTO, CA
Company: An information technology company founded to help clinicians acquire, use and analyze information to improve patient care. Oceania’s products include WAVE, a comprehensive electronic health record, World Wide WAVE, a web-based version of WAVE, and Oceania Notes, a template charting tool enabling the efficient capture of structured medical record documentation directly from clinicians. The privately-held, company was founded in 1989. Between Sept 97 and July 99, the company grew from 100 to 150 employees, relocated its headquarters from Palo Alto to Redwood City, and opened offices in Oakland, CA and Falls Church, VA. Oceania’s major customers include Kaiser Permanente, the U.S. Department of Defense, and the U.S. Department of State.
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Sep 97 – Dec 98 | DIRECTOR, PRODUCT MANAGEMENT, OCEANIA, INC., PALO ALTO, CA
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Jan 94 – Sep 97
Oct 93 – Dec 93 June 90 – Sep 93 |
DIRECTOR, CENTER FOR CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS, HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM / CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, DETROIT, MI ASSOCIATE
DIRECTOR, CENTER FOR CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, CENTER FOR CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS Mission of CCE: Serve to coordinate the research, development and implementation of clinical policies applicable to the health care community, and to the Henry Ford Health System in particular.Agenda: (1) Develop an active program of clinical effectiveness and medical outcomes research, (2) Develop a Clinical Policy Analysis function capable of supporting technology assessment, clinical practice policy-making, managed health benefits determination, and hospital formulary policy decisions, and (3) Develop methods and technologies to support the implementation of clinical practice policies.
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Jan 95 – Sep 97 | CHIEF, CLINICAL INFORMATICS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT,HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM / CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, DETROIT, MI
Led in strategic planning, development and evaluation of clinician workstation and computer-based tools to support outcomes management and clinical practice improvement.
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Aug 96 – Sep 97 | ASSOCIATE MEDICAL DIRECTOR FOR CLINICAL POLICY ANALYSIS, HEALTH ALLIANCE PLAN OF MICHIGAN, DETROIT, MI
Led in strategic planning, development and ongoing management of clinical policy analysis process to support member benefit policy, provider practice guidelines and quality management indicator criteria. |
July 88 – June 90 | FINANCIAL ANALYST, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO HOSPITALS, CHICAGO, IL
Full-time Analyst (June 86 – June 88)
Part-time Consultant (June 86 — June 90)
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Sept 86 – June 90 | SYSTEMS CONSULTANT, SELF-EMPLOYED
Employed staff of three part-time programmers for microcomputer systems design and software development. Work was predominantly associated with the development of a computer system for a Chicago real estate law firm, including the installation of a 23-station microcomputer network. Designed and implemented software that handles automated client correspondence, client billing, case-tracking, comparative property analysis and other specialized office functions, as well as on-line queries and ad hoc reporting. |
June 85 – June 86 | RESEARCH ASSISTANT, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE
Primary researcher in grant-supported study of methodologies for measuring changes in cardiac hemodynamic performance resulting from exercise training. Coordinated purchase of computer equipment, developed patient database software for cardiac rehabilitation program and reported results to the National Institutes of Health. |
Professional Organizations
2011 – 2013 | INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY for PHARMACOECONOMICS and OUTCOMES RESEARCH (ISPOR), Lawrenceville, NJ |
2010 – present | HEALTHCARE INFORMATION and MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS SOCIETY (HIMSS), Chicago, IL |
1990 – 2000 | SOCIETY FOR MEDICAL DECISION MAKING, Washington, DC |
1990 – 2000 | AMERICAN MEDICAL INFORMATICS ASSOCIATION, Bethesda, MD |
1990 – 1997 | ECONOMIC CLUB of DETROIT, Detroit, MI |
Teaching
Nov 00 – Mar 06 | GUEST LECTURER, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Lecturer for Department of Health Management and Policy, regarding use of information technology to improve clinical performance. |
Jan 01 – Jun 03 | COURSE INSTRUCTOR, PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL (Hershey, PA)
Graduate course in Health Care Quality Management. Final course in masters program. Covered quality and outcomes measurement, clinical policy analysis, medical informatics. |
Apr 98 – May 98 | GUEST LECTURER, COLLEGE OF NOTRE DAME (San Jose, CA)
Graduate Health Care Policy Program course in medical informatics. |
Jul 93 – Sep 97 | VISITING PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN – DEARBORN
Program in Health Policy Studies Senior Seminar, Dearborn, MI |
May 95 – May 96 | VISITING PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
Lecturer for Epidemiology 740, Methods in Medical Quality Assessment |
Jun 94 – Jul 95 | COURSE DIRECTOR, PEDIATRIC ASTHMA MANAGEMENT COURSE
Managed Care College, Metro Medical Group, Detroit, MIMandatory 12-session Continuing Medical Education Course for Pediatricians. |
Oct 93 – Oct 94 | COURSE DIRECTOR, CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS COURSE
Managed Care College, Metro Medical Group, Detroit, MIMandatory 8-session methods course for primary care physicians |
Professional Committees and Boards
2011 – present | MEMBER, BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Wincere, Inc. |
2011 – present | VICE CHAIRMAN, BOARD OF DIRECTORS
American Red Cross, Southeastern Michigan Chapter |
2011 – present | MEMBER, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
American Red Cross, Southeastern Michigan Chapter |
2010 – 2011 | MEMBER, FINANCE COMMITTEE
American Red Cross, Southeastern Michigan Chapter |
2010 – 2011 | MEMBER, BOARD OF DIRECTORS
American Red Cross, Southeastern Michigan Chapter |
2003 – present | MEMBER, EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD
Journal of Population Health Management (formerly Journal of Disease Management) |
Jan 00 – 2004 | MEMBER, EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD
Joint Commission’s Journal on Quality Improvement |
Jan 97 – Jul 97 | CONSULTANT, SUB-COMMITTEE ON MANAGED CARE
Institute of MedicineLeader for project to develop a model of managed care to be used as the basis of an IOM position paper on quality and accountability in managed health care. Resulting model used as part of President Clinton’s Task Force on Health Care Accountability, which drafted the U.S. Patient Bill of Rights. |
Dec 96 – Sep 97 | LEADER, INFORMATION SYSTEMS STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE
Henry Ford Medical GroupMulti-disciplinary team including charged to update the 1995 HFMG Information Services Strategic Plan and to expand its scope to include administrative, education and research-related systems. |
Aug 96 – Sep 97 | MEMBER, CANCER STANDARDS OF CARE TASK FORCE
Greater Detroit Area Health CouncilMulti-Institutional task force to develop and disseminate common treatment standards for area health care institutions. |
June 96 – June 97 | LEADER, TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT AND BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION 3-YEAR STRATEGIC PLANNING TEAM
Health Alliance PlanMulti-departmental planning team to develop a plan for transformation from entitlement to rational allocation philosophy and to establish associated methodological competencies with the health plan. |
July 95 – Sep 97 | MEMBER, DATA ISSUES TASK FORCE
Michigan Health and Hospital AssociationTwenty member panel to oversee the development of a state-wide hospital quality and utilization report card. |
Jun 95 – Nov 97 | MEMBER, COMMITTEE ON PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), Washington, D.C.Twenty-four member standing committee charged to develop the next generation of the Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set (HEDIS) and to manage the evolution of the performance measurement set. |
May 95 – May 97 | MEMBER, EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD, DISEASE STATE MANAGEMENT
American Health Consultants, Atlanta, GeorgiaMonthly professional newsletter focusing on patient management and cost-containment for disease state management programs targeting chronic diseases. |
Jan 95 – Sep 97 | MEMBER, INFORMATION SYSTEMS VISION & POLICY COMMITTEE
Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MICoordinates development of institution-wide information systems vision, serves as steering committee for federally funded information systems planning grant, and makes decisions regarding disbursement of capital funds from the $35 million earmarked for information systems in the Henry Ford Fund for the Future. |
Jan 95 – Sep 97 | MEMBER, ADVISORY BOARD, HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM CENTER FOR HEALTH PROMOTION AND DISEASE PREVENTION
Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI Coordinates and advocates for health promotion and disease prevention activities in the communities served by the Henry Ford Health System. |
Dec 94 – Dec 96 | MEMBER, BOARD OF ADVISORS, OUTCOMES RESEARCH DIGEST
The Zitter Group, San Francisco, CAJournal of “Clinically applicable cost-effectiveness, quality-of-life and best practices research.” |
Apr 94 – Sep 97 | MEMBER, PRACTICE GUIDELINE PLANNING COMMITTEE
American Association of Health Plans (formerly Group Health Association of America), Washington, D.C. |
Dec 93 – Sep 97 | MEMBER, CLINICAL PRACTICE COMMITTEE
Henry Ford Medical Group, Detroit, MILeads and coordinates practice improvement efforts of the HFMG, including guideline development, quality and outcomes measurement. |
Jan 91 – Sep 97 | MEMBER, BENEFITS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Health Alliance Plan (HMO), Detroit, MI |
Dec 90 – Sep 97 | STEERING COMMITTEE, OUTCOMES MEASUREMENT PROJECT
American Group Practice Association, Washington, DC |
Mar 96 – Jan 97 | MEMBER, ADVISORY BOARD
National Managed Health Care Congress on Disease Management, January 1997 Meeting |
Dec 95 – July 96 | LEADER, CONSCIOUS SEDATION AND ANESTHESIA CLINICAL POLICY TEAM
Interdisciplinary team commissioned by the HFMG Clinical Practice Committee to develop policy recommendations regarding practice guidelines and credentialling policies for conscious sedation and anesthesia outside the operating room environment. |
Jan 94 – Nov 95 | MEMBER, SENIOR PHYSICIAN TEAM
Advisory Group to Chief Executive Officer, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI |
Aug 94 – Aug 95 | CHAIRMAN, JOINT REPLACEMENT OUTCOMES STUDY COMMITTEE
American Group Practice Association Outcomes Measurement Consortium, Washington, D.C. |
Apr 94 – Nov 94 | LEADER, BREAST CANCER SCREENING CLINICAL POLICY ANALYSIS TEAM
Henry Ford Medical Group, Detroit, MI |
Jul 93 – Oct 93 | MEMBER, INFORMATION SERVICES STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE
Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI |
Jun 93 – Oct 94 | LEADER, LOW BACK PAIN CLINICAL POLICY DEVELOPMENT TEAM
Henry Ford Medical Group, Detroit, MI |
Oct 92 – Jul 93 | CHAIRMAN, DATA MANAGEMENT SUBCOMMITTEE
American Group Practice Association, Outcomes Measurement Project, Washington, D.C. |
Oct 91 – May 92 | CHAIRMAN, COMMITTEE TO DEVELOP INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR CLINICAL POLICY-MAKING
Commissioned by Board of Governors, Henry Ford Medical Group and Executive Management Committee, Metro Medical Group, Detroit, MI |
Sep 91 – Dec 92 | MEMBER, WOMEN’S CANCER ADVISORY COMMITTEE
State of Michigan, Department of Public Health, Lansing, MI |
Sep 91 – Dec 92 | MEMBER, SURVEILLANCE AND EVALUATION COMMITTEE, EARLY DETECTION AND CONTROL OF BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER PROJECT
State of Michigan, Department of Public Health, Lansing, MI |
Mar 91 – Jan 93 | LEADER, MEDICAL INFORMATICS RESEARCH GROUP
Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI |
Feb 91 – Nov 91 | MEMBER, PHARMACY & THERAPEUTICS COMMITTEE, SUB-COMMITTEE ON MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY THERAPY FOR SEPSIS
Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI |
Jan 91 – Dec 91 | MEMBER, COMMITTEE ON CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OF PROCESS IMPROVEMENT TOOLS
Henry Ford Medical Group, Detroit, MI |
Dec 90 – May 91 | MEMBER, GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE RESEARCH GROUP
Department of Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI |
Nov 90 – May 95 | MEMBER, MEDICAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI |
Aug 90 – June 93 | LEADER, CERVICAL NEOPLASIA DETECTION AND EARLY MANAGEMENT QUALITY IMPROVEMENT TEAM
Henry Ford Medical Group, Detroit, MI |
July 90 – July 91 | MEMBER, CLINICAL PREVENTIVE SERVICES TASK FORCE
Henry Ford Medical Group, Detroit, MI |
Extramural Funding
Nov 10 – | CO-INVESTIGATOR, Evaluation of Patient Centered Medical Home Program
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research |
Dec 10 – | CO-INVESTIGATOR, Evaluation of Provider-based Care Management Program
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research |
Jun 10 – | CONSULTANT, Evaluation of Physician Group Incentive Program
Commonwealth Fund |
Feb 97 – Feb 00 | CO-INVESTIGATOR, Cost-Effectiveness Analysis and Randomized Clinical Trial to Evaluate Point of Care and Patient Self Testing Approaches to Monitoring Pro-Times for Anticoagulation Patients
Boehringer-Mannheim Corp., $700,000 |
Feb 98 – Dec 98 | CO-INVESTIGATOR, Diagnostic Accuracy of an Emergency Department Clinical Decision Unit in the Evaluation of Chest Pain
HFHS Small Projects Fund (Grant #A30785), $10,000 |
Feb 97 – Aug 97 | PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR, Development of an internet-accessible database of standardized outcomes questions
Health Outcomes Institute, $10,000 |
Aug 96 – Aug 97 | CO-INVESTIGATOR, Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Cancer Screening Interventions of Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Trial
National Cancer Institute, $25,000 |
Dec 96 – Dec 00 | CO-INVESTIGATOR, Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding Intervention Trial (DUBIT)
Multi-center randomized trial (including Henry Ford Medical Group, Health Partners – Minnesota, and University of Illinois at Chicago) comparing hysterectomy to two medical management approaches to dysfunctional uterine bleeding. |
July 96 – Sep 97 | PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR, Spinal Surgery Outcomes Project.
A multi-institutional consortium project to conduct outcomes research, exchange risk-adjusted benchmarking data and process information, and develop and validate predictive models to identify patients unlikely to benefit from spine surgery. Participating organizations include Henry Ford Medical Group, Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, Lovelace Clinic, Lahey Clinic, Emory University, and University of New Mexico, $240,000 |
Jul 95 – Oct 95 | CONSULTANT, Computer Tools for Outcomes Analysis of Hip Replacement
Bridge Grant from State of Michigan Jobs Commission Research Fund. Consultant to Mandala Systems, Inc., Orchard Lake, MI. , $15,000 |
Apr 95 – Mar 98 | PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR, Planning an Integrated Advanced Information Management System (IAIMS) to Support Continuous Quality Improvement
National Library of Medicine #1 G08 LM05720-01, $150,000 |
Jan 95 – Dec 95 | CO-INVESTIGATOR, Pharmacoeconomics and Efficacy of Intravenous Diltiazem Compared to Digoxin for the Management of Post-Surgical Atrial Fibrillation
Marion-Merrell Dow, Inc. |
Jul 94 – Jun 96 | CONSULTANT, Neural Network-based Tools for Analysis of Health Outcomes Data for Hip Replacement
Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grant from National Institutes of Health. Consultant to Mandala Systems, Inc., Orchard Lake, MI, $75,000 |
Mar 94 – Feb 95 | CO-INVESTIGATOR, Decision-Design Technology to Support Clinical Quality Improvement (proposal development grant)
National Science Foundation, $25,000 |
Oct 93 – Dec 94 | PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR, Development of National Standards for Coding and Transmission of Health Outcomes Information
Health Outcomes Institute, $50,000 |
Feb 93 – Feb 96 | CO-INVESTIGATOR, Medical Treatment Effectiveness Program (MEDTEP) Center for Research in Minority Populations
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, $400,000 |
Nov 92 – Nov 08 | CO-INVESTIGATOR, Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Trial, National Cancer Institute.
A multi-site randomized clinical trial of cancer screening interventions with 16 year follow-up to determine if the interventions reduce mortality. Henry Ford received a $10.4 million contract to enroll a total of 20,000 patients. This was the largest single research award ever received by Henry Ford, $10.4 million. |
Nov 92 – Oct 93 | CO-INVESTIGATOR, Patient Notification and Follow-Up of Abnormal Mammograms
U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, $67,000 |
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