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.
Chief Strategy Officer and Vice President of Business Development
Nicklaus Children’s Health System
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Susanne Ahmari, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
University of Pittsburgh
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Madison Arenchild, MPH
Manager of Equitable Policy and Payer Engagement
Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine
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Elisa Arespacochaga, MBA
Vice President, Clinical Affairs & Workforce,
American Hospital Association
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Kelly JB Athman, MS, CGC
Director of Thought Leadership at the Institute for Genomics Education, Workforce & Leadership
Sarah Lawrence College
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James Bauersmith, JD, MS
Vice President, Translational Sciences
UPMC Enterprises
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Timothy Billiar, M.D.
Executive Vice President, UPMC, and Chief Scientific Officer
Associate Senior Vice Chancellor for Clinical Academics, University of Pittsburgh
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Gaye Bok
Partner, AI and Digital Innovation Fund
Mass General Brigham
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Tullia Bruno, PhD
Assistant Professor of Immunology
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center and University of Pittsburgh
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Virginie Buggia-Prevot, PhD
Senior Director, Drug Discovery
Valo Health
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Jessie H. Conta, MS, CGC
Owner
Pickhandle Consulting LLC
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Brian Davis
Genomics Implementation Lead
Epic
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Marijn Dekkers, PhD
Chairman
Novalis Capital Partners
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Mike Diem, MD, MBA
Chief Business Officer
Century Therapeutics
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Dillan DiNardo
CEO
Mindstate Design Labs
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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
Associate Director, Pharmacogenomics, Institute for Precision Medicine, University of Pittsburgh and UPMC
Institute for Precision Medicine, University of Pittsburgh and UPMC
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Toren Finkel, MD, PhD
Director of the Aging Institute
UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh
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Pamela Ganschow, MD
Director, Cancer Prevention and Survivorship Clinical Programs, and Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
University of Illinois Cancer Center
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Colin Hill, MS
CEO and Co-Founder
Aitia
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Mary Beth Jenkins
Executive Vice President, UPMC
Chief Operating Officer, UPMC Health PlanExecutive Vice President, UPMC
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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
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Kevin Kip, PhD, FAAAS, FAHA
Vice President of Clinical Analytics
UPMC
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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
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Adrian V. Lee, PhD
Director, Institute for Precision Medicine
University of Pittsburgh and UPMC
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Joseph Lehár, PhD
Senior Vice President, R&D Strategy
Owkin
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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
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Rob Lin, PhD
CEO
Avista Therapeutics
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Keir Loiacono, Esq.
Chief Executive Officer
BlueSphere Bio
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Ankit Malhotra, PhD
Global Genomics Lead, Public Sector and Healthcare
Amazon Web Services
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Yuri Maricich, MD
Venture Partner
Angelini Ventures
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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
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Theresa Mayer, PhD
Vice President for Research
Carnegie Mellon University
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Heather Meyers
Director of Virtual Care
Boston Children's Hospital
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Abby Miller Levy
Managing Partner
Primetime Partners
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Mani Mohindru
CEO
Novasenta
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David Moore
Executive vice president, Corporate Development
Novo Nordisk
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Mary Beth Navarra-Sirio, MBA, RN
Vice President, Product Management and Market Development
UPMC Enterprises
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Anne Newman, MD, MPH
Clinical Director
Aging Institute of UPMC and University of Pittsburgh
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Shauna Overgaard, PhD
Co-Director of AI Validation and Stewardship Program
Mayo Clinic
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Deborah Palestrant, PhD
Partner
5AM Ventures
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Jonathan Peacock
Chairman
Avantor
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
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Heidi L. Rehm, PhD, FACMG
Chief Genomics Officer, Department of Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital
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Sam Reiman
Director
Richard King Mellon Foundation
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Kyle Retterer
Chief Data Science Officer
Geisinger
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James Rogers
Chief Business Development Officer
Mayo Clinic
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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
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Hank Safferstein, PhD, JD, MBA
CEO
Generian
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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.
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Anantha Shekhar, MD, PhD
Senior Vice Chancellor for the Health Sciences and Dean of the School of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh
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Ed Smith
Senior Director, Clinical Genomics Service
UPMC Genome Center
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Jeffrey M. Solomon
President
TD Cowen
Clinical Associate Professor
University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville
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Ganapati (Gans) Srinivasa
Founder and Chief Technology Officer
datma
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Matthew Steinhauser, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine and Deputy Director of the Aging Institute
University of Pittsburgh
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Mayank Taneja
Vice President, Venture Investments
OSF Ventures
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Craig Thompson
CEO
Cerevance
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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
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Jannine Versi
Co-founder and CEO
Elektra Health
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