Contributors
The CCM’s community of health care leaders and innovators participate as speakers at our events and subject matter experts for our resources. These contributors generously lend their insights and perspectives on a range of issues vital to the future of health systems via our reports, videos, webinars, articles, and in-person functions. Learn more about who we’ve collaborated with and view the resources in which they’ve participated by clicking on their pictures below.

Feby Abraham, PhD
Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer
Memorial Hermann Health System
Chief Strategy Officer and Vice President of Business Development
Nicklaus Children’s Health System

Susanne Ahmari, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
University of Pittsburgh

Madison Arenchild, MPH
Manager of Equitable Policy and Payer Engagement
Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine

Elisa Arespacochaga, MBA
Vice President, Clinical Affairs & Workforce,
American Hospital Association

Kelly JB Athman, MS, CGC
Director of Thought Leadership at the Institute for Genomics Education, Workforce & Leadership
Sarah Lawrence College

James Bauersmith, JD, MS
Vice President, Translational Sciences
UPMC Enterprises

Katie Berlacher, MD
Director, Chief of Medicine
Magee-Womens Heart Program, UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital

Timothy Billiar, MD
Executive Vice President, UPMC, and Chief Scientific Officer
Associate Senior Vice Chancellor for Clinical Academics, University of Pittsburgh

Gaye Bok
Partner, AI and Digital Innovation Fund
Mass General Brigham

Tullia Bruno, PhD
Assistant Professor of Immunology
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center and University of Pittsburgh

Virginie Buggia-Prevot, PhD
Senior Director, Drug Discovery
Valo Health

Leah Byrne, PhD
Founder and Chief Scientific Officer
Avista Therapeutics

Jessie H. Conta, MS, CGC
Owner
Pickhandle Consulting LLC

James Coons
Professor
University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy

Brian Davis
Genomics Implementation Lead
Epic

Marijn Dekkers, PhD
Chairman
Novalis Capital Partners

Dillan DiNardo
CEO
Mindstate Design Labs

Henry “Mark” Dunnenberger, PharmD
Assistant Vice President, Personalized Medicine, Center for Personalized Medicine
NorthShore University HealthSystem
Executive Director
John D. Stoeckle Center for Primary Care Innovation at Massachusetts General Hospital

Robert Edwards, MD
Chair, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh and Chief Medical Officer
UPMC Community and Ambulatory Services
Associate Director, Pharmacogenomics, Institute for Precision Medicine, University of Pittsburgh and UPMC
Institute for Precision Medicine, University of Pittsburgh and UPMC

Andrew Epstein
Special Counsel
Cooley

Toren Finkel, MD, PhD
Director of the Aging Institute
UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh

Jocelyn Fitzgerald, MD
Assistant Professor of OB/Gyn and Reproductive Sciences
Division of Urogynecology, University of Pittsburgh/UPMC

Pamela Ganschow, MD
Director, Cancer Prevention and Survivorship Clinical Programs, and Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
University of Illinois Cancer Center

Sonja Hess
Senior Director, Centre of Genomics Research, Discovery Sciences, R&D BioPharmaceuticals
AstraZeneca

Colin Hill, MS
CEO and Co-Founder
Aitia

Mary Beth Jenkins
Executive Vice President, UPMC
Chief Operating Officer, UPMC Health PlanExecutive Vice President, UPMC

Ben Kerman, MD, MS, SFHM
Clinical Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and Associate Physician,
Brigham & Womens Hospital
President and CEO, Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Kevin Kip, PhD, FAAAS, FAHA
Vice President of Clinical Analytics
UPMC

Sahil Kirpekar, MD
Chief Business Officer
atai Life Sciences
Senior Advisor, Chair of the Board, Editor-in-Chief, Professor of Dermatology
Virtual Care, Mass General Brigham, American Telemedicine Association (ATA), npj Digital Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Joseph Lehár, PhD
Senior Vice President, R&D Strategy
Owkin

Niall Lennon
Chief Scientific Officer and Chair of the Board of Broad Clinical Laboratories
Broad Institute

Nita Limdi, PharmD, PhD, MSPH
Professor of Neurology and Epidemiology, Director of the Translational Pharmacogenomics Program, and Associate Director of the Hugh Kaul Precision Medicine Institute
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Rob Lin, PhD
CEO
Avista Therapeutics

Ankit Malhotra, PhD
Global Genomics Lead, Public Sector and Healthcare
Amazon Web Services

Yuri Maricich, MD
Venture Partner
Angelini Ventures

Peter Marks MD, PhD
Director, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER)
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Associate Director, Clinical Services
Institute for Precision Medicine, University of Pittsburgh and UPMC

Theresa Mayer, PhD
Vice President for Research
Carnegie Mellon University

Alyson J. McGregor, MD
Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs and Development
University of South Carolina

Heather Meyers
Director of Virtual Care
Boston Children's Hospital

Abby Miller Levy
Managing Partner
Primetime Partners

Mani Mohindru
CEO
Novasenta

Mary Beth Navarra-Sirio, MBA, RN
Vice President, Product Management and Market Development
UPMC Enterprises

Anne Newman, MD, MPH
Clinical Director
Aging Institute of UPMC and University of Pittsburgh

Shauna Overgaard, PhD
Co-Director of AI Validation and Stewardship Program
Mayo Clinic

Deborah Palestrant, PhD
Partner
5AM Ventures

Dolly A. Parasrampuria
Head, Clinical Pharmacology for Biopharma, Cell & Gene Therapy
Astellas Pharma
Director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
National Institutes of Health
Constance B. Wofsy Distinguished Professor, University of California San Francisco
Chief of Medicine, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital

Heidi L. Rehm, PhD, FACMG
Chief Genomics Officer, Department of Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital

Sam Reiman
Director
Richard King Mellon Foundation

Kyle Retterer
Chief Data Science Officer
Geisinger

James Rogers
Chief Business Development Officer
Mayo Clinic

Tracey Ryan
Vice President, Patient Access Service Line
UPMC
Chief Medical Officer of the UPMC ICU Service Center and Executive Vice Chair of the Department of Critical Care Medicine at University of Pittsburgh and UPMC
UPMC

Hank Safferstein, PhD, JD, MBA
CEO
Generian

José-Alain Sahel, MD
Chair and Distinguished Professor
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Tay Salimullah
Vice President, Global Head Value & Access
Novartis Gene Therapies
John C. Malone Associate Professor of Engineering and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
CEO, Bayesian Health
Chief Digital Health Officer and Associate Dean, Digital Strategy and Transformation
Yale New Haven System and Yale School of Medicine
Principal
TNT Health Enterprises, critical care physician, and expert in digital health and workforce issues.

Anantha Shekhar, MD, PhD
Senior Vice Chancellor for the Health Sciences and Dean of the School of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh

Hy Simhan, MD
Director, Clinical Innovation
Women’s Health Service Line, University of Pittsburgh/UPMC

Ed Smith
Senior Director, Clinical Genomics Service
UPMC Genome Center
Clinical Associate Professor
University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville

Ganapati (Gans) Srinivasa
Founder and Chief Technology Officer
datma

Matthew Steinhauser, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine and Deputy Director of the Aging Institute
University of Pittsburgh

Mayank Taneja
Vice President, Venture Investments
OSF Ventures

Craig Thompson
CEO
Cerevance

Sarah Ann Tilstra, MD
Section Chief, Women’s Health, Director, Women’s Health Track, Internal Medicine Residency Program
University of Pittsburgh/UPMC

Sony Tuteja, PharmD, MS
Research Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Medical Director of MyUPMC, Medical Director of Clinical Informatics for the Women’s Health Service Line
UPMC

Johanna Vidal-Phelan, MD, MBA, FAAP, CHIE
Chief Medical Officer for Quality and Pediatrics, UPMC Insurance Services
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Medicine, and Psychiatry
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology
Emory University School of Medicine

Don Yealy, MD
Chief Medical Officer, UPMC, and Senior Vice President of UPMC Health Services Division
UPMC
