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CHCIO Lists.Xlsx CHCIO Certified First Name Last Name Organization Mike Abbott-Whitley HCA Healthcare David Abernethy CAN Community Health Jason Adams Texas Institute for Surgery Garry Adkins University of South Alabama Health System Sajid Ahmed IEHP Chris Akeroyd Children's Health Mahdi Alalmaie King Faisal Medical City for Southern Region Saad Alamri King Fahd University Hospital Nasser Alawad Sidra Medical and Reseach Center Leslie Albright Bethesda Hospital, Inc. Larry Allen MCR Health Services Jeffrey Allport Valley Presbyterian Hospital Abdulgader Almoeen Lean Business Services Fred Ammons Health Care Central Georgia, Inc. (Community Health Works) Darla Anglen-Whitley Syringa Hospital & CLinics Isil Arican Stanford Children's Health Sallie Arnett Licking Memorial Health Systems Scott Arnold Tampa General Hospital Pamela Arora Children's Health Karla Arzola Medical City Dallas Hospital Omer Awan Navicent Health Claudia Barthel edia.con / msg Thomas Boer Diabetes Hospital Center Bad Mergentheim Cara Babachicos South Shore Hospital Raymond Baker University of Kentucky HealthCare Michael Balassone MUSC Physicians Bashar Balish Dash Ballarta Dell Medical School, University of Texas, Austin Pamela Banchy Western Reserve Hospital Oliver Banta East Alabama Medical Center Daniel Barchi New York Presbyterian Hospital Kelly Barland Health Quest Bridget Barnes Oregon Health & Sciences University Gary Barnes Brian Barnette Shepherd Center Jon Barrow Benefis Health System Rhonda Bartlett New York-Presbyterian Hospital Angie Bates HCA - Continenal Division Bayanmunkh Battulga Mongolian National University of Medical Services Jonathan Bauer Atlantic General Hospital Tina Baugh Menninger Clinic Lori Beeby Community Hospital Tim Belec Owensboro Health Heath Bell North Shore Health System Julie Bellew Health Services Executive Matthew Belsante HCA CHCIO Certified Raymond Benegas Greystone Health Network Daniel Bennett Geisinger Health System Tiffany Bennett Union Hospital, Inc. Joel Benware Northwestern Medical Center Michael Berger Chesapeake Regional Information System for Patients (CRISP) Enrico Bermudez Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center LaShawnda Bernucho Dell Medical School, University of Texas, Austin Sriram Bharadwaj University of California, Irvine Medical Center Kevin Bidtah Evergreen Health - New York Nancy Birschbach SSM Health Care of Wisconsin Patrick Bizeau Swiss Medical Network Earl Blessing Julie Bonello Presbyterian Healthcare Services Jurgen Bosk CCESiG e.V. Projektburo C.o. Stadtisches Klinikum Braunschweig Steve Bradley 9Health James Brady Los Angeles County- Dept. of Health Service Russell Branzell CHIME David Briden Exeter Health Resources Kelley Bridges East Alabama Medical Center Chris Briggs Providence St. Joseph Health Chad Brisendine St. Luke's Hospital & Health Network Rachael Britt-McGraw Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance Christopher Brown VillageCare Leonard Brunson Covenant Surgical Partners Jeff Buda Floyd Medical Center Teri Burley Envision Radiology James Butler Byron Byfield Compass Medical Breda Cagney Health Services Executive Charles Caine McLaren Health Kurt Calman Rochester Regional Health System John Campbell Spaulding Rehabilitation Network Yuri Campbell Health Readiness Center of Excellence Jennifer Camps Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute Michael Canfield Augusta Health Dwayne Cann Pinehurst Medical Clinic Susan Carman United Health Services Mark Caron Capital BlueCross Alastair Cartwright NHS Leeds Clinical Commissioning Group Jeff Cash Mercy Medical Center Paul Casterton Sidra Medical & Research Center Mike Cavaye Surrey And Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Bob Cawley Jacquelyn Cawley Maine Medical Center Jerry Chamberlain Banner Health Matthew Chambers Scott & White Healthcare Angela Charnosky Geisinger Health System CHCIO Certified Marc Chasin Westchester Medical Center Saad Chaudhry Saudi German Hospitals Group Ming Hua Cheng Singapore Health Services Bennett Cheramie General Health System Rob Child Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Yoke Sin Chong Integrated Health Information Systems PTE LTD John Choriatis David Chou Luye Medical Group (Cleveland Clinic Connected) Charles Christian Franciscan Alliance, Inc. Bill Cioffi CenCal Health James Clarke Health Services Executive James Clarke Health Services Executive Lynnette Clinton BayCare Health System Les Clonch Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children Justin Coffey Menninger Clinic Ed Collins Cleveland Clinic Greg Comrie Pat Conover Texas Tech University Health Sciences Mary Cooke Health Services Executive Pua Cooper Boca Raton Regional Hospital Brandon Corbin Hospital Corporation of America Chani Cordero Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center Jessica Cornelius Medical University of South Carolina Judy Corzine Stormont Vail Healthcare Jenny Costello Mater Misericordiae University Hospital Frank Costilla HCA Medical City Children's Branch Melinda Costin Costin Associates, LLC Jeff Coulter Parkview Health Janet Courtney JMI Laboratories Terri Couts The Guthrie Clinic Brian Cox Floyd Memorial Hospital Terry Cox Charleston Area Med Ctr Health System, Inc. James Cramer Honor Health Mark Criner Memorial Health Care Systems Chris Crook Spectrum Health Andy Crowder Atrium Health Juan Luis Cruz Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Allana Cummings Children's Healthcare of Atlanta William Dailey Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare Brian Damiani HSC Health Care System Brian Daniel The Christ Hospital Kristin Darby Envision Healthcare Brian Davis Magnolia Regional Health Chris Davis Baptist Health System Gilbert Davis Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Kevin Dawson Howard University Hospital Gabriel De Paz 21st Century Oncology CHCIO Certified Henk De Weerdt University of Louisville Physicians Stephen Dean Clinica Sierra Vista Charles Deckert Sharp HealthCare Dusanka Delovska-Trajkova Ingleside Engaged Living Theron DePaulo Kootenai Health Stacie DePeau Easterseals Southern California Nandkishor Dhomne Manipal Health Enterprises Bangalore Adam Dial Providence Health & Services Kathleen Dickman Highpoint Health Justin Diehl Hospital Corporation of America Angela Diop Unity Health Care Ruby Ditchfield-Agboh Montefiore Steven Dodd Ron Double Parkview Health Peter Dougherty East Jefferson General Hospital Louis Duhe Piedmont Healthcare Dave Dully Baptist Health Jax Rachel Dunscombe Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust Michael Duong University of Central Florida College of Medicine Chris Dussault University of Vermont Medical Center Jai Prakash Dwivedi Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute & Research Centre Delhi Catherine Dwyer Burke Rehabilitation Hospital Rodney Dykehouse Cletis Earle Penn Medicine Adrienne Edens College of Healthcare Information Management Executives Michelle Edwards Regional Medical Center Michael Elley Baptist Health Eric Enos LifePoint Health Ari Entin Natividad Medical Center Carlos Escobar AdventHealth William Eubanks UMC Health System Tony Evans Enloe Medical Center Lisa Ewing Lynn Community Health Center Matt Fair Ahmed Farag Children's Cancer Hospital 57357 Andrew Farella National Board of Medical Examiners Amy Feaster Children's Hospital Colorado Seth Feder Gartner James Feen Southcoast Health System James Feen Southcoast Health System Eugenio Fernandez Community Health Systems Daniel Figueras Urban Health Plan, Inc. Jason Fischer PIH Health Joseph Fisne Geisinger Health System Chadwick Fletcher Methodist Texsan Hospital Mary Ford John Forrester Hamilton Health Care Center CHCIO Certified Karl Forsberg North American Partners in Anesthesia David Foss New London Hospital George Gaddie UTMB Health James Gahn HCA Capital Division IT&S Michael Galang Catholic Health System Bernard Galla LifeBridge Health Indranil Ganguly Hackensack Meridian Health Jacob Garcia Little Colorado Medical Center Antonio Garcia Hospital Universitario Infantil Niño Jesus Chaim Garfinkel University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System Nancy Garrett Hennepin County Medical Center Deborah Gash Saint Luke's Health System Mathew Gaug Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center Joseph George Sheikh Khalifa Medical City - Ajman, Ministry of Presidential Affairs Elizabeth Getz Aultman Hospital Dharmendra Ghai Hamad Medical Corporation Lynn Gibson CHRISTUS Health Nathan Gibson Quality Insights Ben Gildersleve Ken Gilles Ridgeview Medical Center Jimmie Glorioso UT Southwestern Medical Center Kevin Glynn myNEXUS Ashutosh Goel Bronson Healthcare Group Yvonne Goff Health Services Executive Jonathan Goldberg Arkansas Children's Hospital Michael Gomez Bon Secours Health System Segundo Gonzalez ClÃ-nica MompÃ-a Andrew Goodwin Harbin Clinic Steven Goriah Westchester Medical Center Cherodeep Goswami BJC Healthcare Gerald Greeley Signature Healthcare Karen Green Brooks Health System Joshua Griffin Rutland Regional Medical Center James Griffiths UT Physicians Silvio Große Stt. Vincenz Duncan Grodack Adventist Health System Edward Grogan Sibley Memorial Hospital Kevin Groskreutz Hospital Sisters Health System Patrick Grotton Greater Lawrence Family Health Center, Inc James Hall Mountain Park Health Center Nancy Hall MedAmerica/CEP America Adnan Hamid Good Samaritan Hospital Los Angeles Spencer Hamons NetApp Joyce Hanscome Doctors Community Hospital Kyle Hansen Riverside Medical Center Ted Hanss University of Michigan Medical School Matt Harris ProHealth Care CHCIO Certified Abdulrahman Hasna Sidra Medical and Research Center Todd Hatton Evergreen Healthcare Partners Nicola Haywood-Alexander Matthew Heign UW Health Larry Helms Valley-Wide Health Systems, Inc. Nolan Hennessee
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