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

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

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

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

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

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

Marijn Dekkers, PhD
Chairman
Novalis Capital Partners

Mike Diem, MD, MBA
Chief Business Officer
Century Therapeutics

Dillan DiNardo
CEO
Mindstate Design Labs
Executive Director
John D. Stoeckle Center for Primary Care Innovation at Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Director, Pharmacogenomics, Institute of Precision Medicine
Institute of Precision Medicine

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

Colin Hill, MS
CEO and Co-Founder
Aitia
President and CEO, Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

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

Rob Lin, PhD
CEO
Avista Therapeutics

Keir Loiacono, Esq.
Chief Executive Officer
BlueSphere Bio

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

Theresa Mayer, PhD
Vice President for Research
Carnegie Mellon University

Mani Mohindru
CEO
Novasenta

David Moore
Executive vice president, Corporate Development
Novo Nordisk

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

Deborah Palestrant, PhD
Partner
5AM Ventures

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

Sam Reiman
Director
Richard King Mellon Foundation
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

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

Ed Smith
Senior Director, Clinical Genomics Service
UPMC Genome Center

Jeffrey M. Solomon
President
TD Cowen
Clinical Associate Professor
University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville

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