SOCIETY TO IMPROVE DIAGNOSIS IN MEDICINE
VISION & MISSION
Creating a world where no patients are harmed by diagnostic error.
SIDM catalyzes and leads change to improve diagnosis and eliminate harm from diagnostic error, in partnership with patients, their families, the healthcare community and every interested stakeholder.
TABLE OF CONTENTS 01 LETTER FROM LEADERSHIP
10 STRATEGIC PRIORITY:
PATIENT ENGAGEMENT
18 FUNDERS
02 STRATEGIC PRIORITY:
AWARENESS & ENGAGEMENT
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04 STRATEGIC PRIORITY:
RESEARCH
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06 STRATEGIC PRIORITY:
EDUCATION
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DIAGNOSTIC ERROR WEB, PUBLICATIONS, COALITION IN MEDICINE & SOCIAL MEDIA TO IMPROVE CONFERENCES DIAGNOSIS & SIDM COMMITTEES
19 DONORS
21 BOARD & STAFF
08 STRATEGIC PRIORITY:
PRACTICE IMPROVEMENT
17 FINANCIALS
FROM INDIVIDUAL SUCCESSES COMES SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS Letter from Leadership When we formed the Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine (SIDM) in 2011, we didn’t know how large it would become or how great an impact it would make. We started with the single goal of creating a world where no patients are harmed by diagnostic error. We’ve made progress in meaningful and significant ways over the last eight years. SIDM was instrumental in the initiation, development, and release of the 2015 landmark National Academy of Medicine report, Improving Diagnosis in Medicine. That same year, we established the Coalition to Improve Diagnosis, which is now made up of more than 50 organizations committed to improving diagnosis. This year, one of four federal liaisons to our Coalition—Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)—prioritized reducing harm from diagnostic error as one of three essential areas to improve patient care. AHRQ demonstrated its commitment to improving diagnostic quality when it announced an $8.7 million contract to increase Diagnostic Safety and Capacity Building through its ACTION III network. This and other actions from our Coalition partners demonstrate real progress in the field. Our momentum continues to build, and in this report we reflect on a year that has been marked by great success: • In July, SIDM released new research that clearly established that diagnostic error is the most common, catastrophic, and costly of all medical errors. The release on Capitol Hill received significant television, radio, and print news coverage and reached millions. • The Diagnostic Error in Medicine 11th Annual International Conference in New Orleans had a record number of attendees and our international reach was reflected at the 2nd Australasian Diagnostic Error in Medicine Conference with more than 200 attendees. • Fifteen PAIRED patient partners were trained to participate in the design, execution, and dissemination of important new research in diagnostic quality—helping to ensure that patient perspectives drive the development of new research with a focus on outcomes that matter to patients. • SIDM released a comprehensive set of competencies designed to transform interdisciplinary medical education and training to ensure the next generation of healthcare professionals has the clinical reasoning and diagnostic skills needed to achieve improved diagnostic outcomes. • Our Fellowship in Diagnostic Excellence is building a cadre of researchers and educators who will propel the field of diagnostic quality and safety forward in new and exciting ways. • Congress took notice of our continued commitment to the issue and heeded the warning of SIDM and our partners. This year’s House appropriations bill proposed to increase dedicated funding for diagnostic quality and safety research to “not less than $4 million,” double the amount from last year. • Our peer-reviewed journal Diagnosis continues to gain readership and citations—influencing healthcare leaders in their understanding of the opportunities and challenges in building a culture of diagnostic quality. As we illustrate throughout this report, the sum of these individual successes is much greater than their parts. Our work has led to significant progress in the field in a very short period of time. We couldn’t have accomplished so much without the support and commitment of those who believe in our vision. Financial support for a young, non-profit charity is always a challenge. We are proud that funders have recognized our skills, expertise, and leadership in the field of diagnostic quality and safety. SIDM is grateful for the grants that have allowed us to advance this important work thus far. But those grants do not fully cover the cost of our core operations. We thank you for your past contributions, but need your continued support to achieve our mission. Together, we will create a world where no patient is harmed by diagnostic error.
David E. Newman-Toker, MD, PhD President, SIDM Board of Directors
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AWARENESS & ENGAGEMENT Make improving diagnosis a priority for health care.
Successes in 2019 include the release of compelling research that identifies diagnostic errors as the most costly and catastrophic of all medical errors. News coverage of this research through radio, television, and print interviews reached millions—increasing the public’s understanding of the problem of diagnostic errors and engaging more people in this important cause.
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Awareness and engagement activities extended to the U.S. Congress. This year’s House appropriations bill proposed to increase dedicated funding for diagnostic quality and safety research to “not less than $4 million,” double the amount from last year.
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Each year, SIDM showcases the importance of improving diagnostic quality and safety through events, research, and engaging and expanding the Coalition to Improve Diagnosis. SIDM’s work in this area is made possible through the generous support of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and The Mont Fund.
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“ Diagnostic error, regardless of its cause, is a serious and complex problem that demands attention.”
SIDM’s awareness and engagement efforts have had long, lasting significance. Since SIDM’s formation, media coverage of the problem has grown considerably. The release of the Institute of Medicine (now National Academy of Medicine) report saw a significant spike in media coverage, and SIDM’s efforts to date are on track to surpass that mark.
— Gopal Khanna, Director of AHRQ; Jeff Brady, Director of AHRQ’s Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety. June 2019
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RESEARCH Increase research on diagnosis and focus on diagnostic outcomes that matter to patients.
SUCCESSES SIDM advances the field of diagnostic quality research through publications, conferences, and bringing patients into the research design process through its novel PAIRED program. A new project, funded by Coverys, provides evidence and strategies to address disparities in diagnosis due to the visible factors of being female, a young adult, or African American. The project has a specific focus on the “big three” conditions responsible for the vast majority of diagnostic errors: cancer, vascular/heart, and infection. The peer-reviewed journal Diagnosis showcases developments in how diagnosis can be improved, how it is taught, and how and why it can fail, leading to diagnostic errors. SIDM commissioned new research into the causes and burden of diagnostic error that was released in July on Capitol Hill. The SIDM annual conference continues to see growth in poster and abstract submissions, and the Research Summit engaged nearly 100 researchers in the field.
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The considerable growth of peerreviewed studies in the field over the last decade reflects the significance of SIDM’s work to create a community of researchers focused on diagnostic quality and safety.
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EDUCATION
Transform education of health professionals to improve diagnosis and develop new leaders in diagnostic quality and safety.
SUCCESSES
MACY CURRICULUM DRIVER DIAGRAM
This year, SIDM unveiled competencies for diagnostic education that need to be embedded in teaching programs to improve diagnostic performance across all healthcare disciplines. As part of an Inter-Professional Consensus Curriculum on Diagnosis and Diagnostic Error, funded by the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation, 19 different programs currently pilot interventions to develop those competencies in their learners. In 2019, SIDM expanded its Fellowship in Diagnostic Excellence to include seven new fellows. They join a distinguished group of scholars influencing the fields of health professions education and research. SIDM launched the #TeachDx twitter chat in which learners, teachers, and scholars discuss how to embed clinical reasoning into training and at the bedside. Finally, the journal Diagnosis published a special issue highlighting initiatives transforming health professions education to improve diagnosis.
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PRIMARY DRIVERS Acquire and effectively use a relevant knowledge base
AIM
Improve diagnosis by improving education
Acquire appropriate perspectives and attitudes
Optimize clinical reasoning to reduce cognitive error
Understand system-related aspects of care
Effectively engage patients and the diagnostic team
“The interprofessional lens of this new competency framework helps to reframe the challenge of how to teach and assess diagnosis with its unique and interdependent focus on the individual, team, and system levels.” — Eric Holmboe, ACGME, in Diagnosis editorial
JOIN #TEACHDX TWITTER CHATS
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SIDM FELLOWSHIP ALUMNI HAVE PUBLISHED MORE THAN
A new framework in health professions education, focusing on diagnosis, emerged in 2019 and multiple disciplines in health care are taking note. The Diagnosis special issue showcased the work of 75 scholars representing innovations in teaching and assessing diagnostic skills.
90 ARTICLES IN PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS SINCE THEIR FELLOWSHIP YEAR.
2017 Fellows Recognized at DEM Conference: (left to right) Karen Cosby; Robert El-Kareh; Mark Graber; Andrew Olson; Paul Bergl; Thilan Wijesekera; David Newman-Toker
2017 FELLOWS 2018 Fellows Recognized at DEM Conference: (left to right) Kelly Gleason; Vinita Parkash; Karen Cosby; Mark Graber; Alexa Miller; Caitlin Clancy
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PRACTICE IMPROVEMENT
Engage patients, clinicians, and healthcare systems to improve current diagnostic performance and reduce harm from diagnostic error.
SUCCESSES While practice improvement has taken hold to address a number of problems in health care, diagnostic quality improvement initiatives are few and far between. SIDM has begun to educate hospitals, health systems, and quality improvement (QI) experts about this gap in the field. A member of SIDM’s staff has been trained as an Improvement Advisor, skilled in identifying, planning, and executing improvement projects throughout an organization and delivering successful results. We have developed QI tools around improving diagnosis and funded a small number of QI projects in diagnostic quality and safety. SIDM’s Change Package, developed with the Health Research and Education Trust (HRET), provides a specific framework for hospitals and health systems to implement strategies that will improve diagnostic quality and safety. This past year, SIDM held its first Quality Improvement Summit before the DEM conference showcasing how QI principles can be applied to diagnostic quality challenges. In addition, the six SIDM-funded sites that implemented QI projects at their institutions presented their learnings to the diagnostic quality community at DEM.
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SIDM LAUNCHES
$4.5M
DxQI SEED GRANT PROGRAM
SIGNIFICANCE Historically, diagnostic quality was not a part of major practice improvement initiatives. That is beginning to change with a new national initiative, the DxQI Seed Program, funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and administered by SIDM to fund a series of diagnostic excellence quality improvement projects.
From HRET Change Package
IMPROVE DIAGNOSIS TO REDUCE HARM
AIM
PRIMARY DRIVERS EFFECTIVE TEAMWORK
SECONDARY DRIVERS Diagnostic teams include diverse health care disciplines and patients and families Diagnostic teams model PFE and culture of safety principles and practices Organizational structures optimized for diagnostic safety
RELIABLE DIAGNOSTIC PROCESS
Clinical operations and information flow effectiveness Accessible specialty expertise
ENGAGED PATIENTS AND FAMILY MEMBERS (PFE) OPTIMIZED COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE
Patient and family members on diagnostic team Patient and family partnership in diagnosis improvement, governance, policy, and in error reporting and follow-up Effective clinical decision support Clinical reasoning abilities Reflective practice Diagnostic error identification
ROBUST LEARNING SYSTEMS
Diagnostic performance feedback Continuous learning about diagnosis
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PATIENT ENGAGEMENT
Integrate patients and their families in all diagnostic improvement efforts.
SUCCESSES This year, SIDM launched the Dx IQ newsletter to help patients navigate the healthcare system and take an active role in the diagnostic process. Believing patients’ views should be central to the design and delivery of research, SIDM developed the Patients Improving Research in Diagnosis (PAIRED) program to create an innovative curriculum and train patient partners to participate in the design, execution, and dissemination of research to improve diagnosis. The PAIRED program has equipped patient leaders with the tools needed to inform the research community about risk points in the diagnostic process, empowering them to influence research. SIDM recently translated its patient toolkit into Spanish to better help people navigate their diagnostic journey. Finally, SIDM hosted a Patient Summit at the DEM Conference attended by more than 60 advocates and leaders in the field.
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SIGNIFICANCE Our trained PAIRED partners were asked by a number of organizations to inform their quality and safety work. They have been engaged with PCORI, Vizient, UCSF Health, Sepsis Alliance, and Stanford University to ensure that ‘lived experience’ informs these organization’s quality and safety efforts.
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“ There was a focus on making sure that our work targets what is most important to these patients, as well as how to provide feedback to clinicians about the diagnostic process. This has definitely helped push my work forward.”
PATIENTS IMPROVING RESEARCH IN DIAGNOSIS
— Robert El-Kareh, Internist, UC San Diego DEM2019 Research Committee Chair
PAIRED PARTNERS Pictured (left to right): Barbara Lewis, Desiree Collins Bradley, Sarah Kiehl, Susie Becken, Mary Baliker, Kimberly Rodgers, Barry McKeown, Roberta Reed, Lt. Colonel Steven Coffee, Lyn Behnke Not pictured: Jeanette Averett, Lorraine Johnson, Anna Renault, Suzanne Schrandt, Kelly Segreti SIDM • 2019 ANNUAL REPORT
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DIAGNOSTIC ERROR IN MEDICINE CONFERENCES SUCCESSES SIDM’s annual Diagnostic Error in Medicine Conference attracts hundreds of researchers, educators, clinicians, and patient advocates focused on reducing harm from diagnostic errors. The success of SIDM’s annual U.S. conference over the last five years attracted interest from international audiences and inspired European and Asian-Pacific partners to bring this powerful event to their corners of the world. EuroDEM in 2018 and AusDEM in 2019 attracted participants from more than 20 countries.
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ATTENDEES REPRESENTING 23 COUNTRIES
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ATTENDEES REPRESE NTING 8 COUNTRI ES
SIGNIFICANCE The conference is the go-to event for leaders in the field and those new to diagnostic quality. The conference program focuses on disseminating and inspiring new developments in research, medical education, and clinical practice.
“ It was JUST PERFECT. The opportunity to interact with such a broad range of people in meaningful ways was FANTASTIC. The people who attend and the people who put on this conference are an extraordinary group. Just being around them is inspiring.” — DEM Conference Attendee
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WEB, PUBLICATIONS, & SOCIAL MEDIA SUCCESSES SIDM launched a new, more interactive website in early 2019 that showcases the problem of diagnostic errors in an attractive, user-friendly way. The new site resulted in more page views, longer interactions, and increased engagement with the public. SIDM continues to expand its social media footprint attracting followers who want to stay abreast of the latest issues in diagnostic quality and safety. SIDM’s influence and impact continues to grow as the donor and member base has nearly tripled since 2014. SIDM’s peer-reviewed journal Diagnosis has seen a 300% increase in submissions since 2015, and articles have been cited in more than 100 other peer-reviewed publications.
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COALITION TO IMPROVE DIAGNOSIS SIDM thanks its Coalition partners for their continued efforts to ensure that diagnoses are accurate, communicated, and timely.
As of October 4, 2019: CONVENER Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine CLINICIAN ABIM Foundation American Academy of Family Physicians American Academy of Pediatrics American Association of Nurse Practitioners American College of Emergency Physicians American College of Physicians Council of Medical Specialty Societies National Association of EMS Physicians National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative Society of Bedside Medicine Society of Hospital Medicine
HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT American College of Healthcare Executives American Society for Health Care Risk Management HOSPITAL OR HEALTH SYSTEMS Ballad Health Baystate Health Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Geisinger Intermountain Healthcare Johns Hopkins Medicine MedStar Health Northwell Health Penn State Health, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center The Permanente Federation, Kaiser Permanente UCSF Health PATIENT American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network American Heart Association
Consumers Advancing Patient Safety Sepsis Alliance WomenHeart MEASUREMENT AND ASSESSMENT American Board of Internal Medicine American Board of Medical Specialties COLA, Inc. National Quality Forum The Joint Commission The Leapfrog Group MEDICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine Association of American Medical Colleges INSURERS AND PAYERS Medical Professional Liability Association
QUALITY AND SAFETY American Health Quality Association Children’s Hospital Association ECRI Institute Institute for Healthcare Improvement Maryland Patient Safety Center Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors Midwest Alliance for Patient Safety Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority Washington Patient Safety Coalition TESTING American Association for Clinical Chemistry American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science Association of Clinical Scientists
Also participating in the Coalition are federal liaisons, including the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and Veterans Health Administration.
SIDM COMMITTEES AusDEM 2019 Chair: Carmel Crock DEM2019 International Conference Planning Chair: Michael Kanter Co-Chair: Leslie Tucker DEM2020 International Conference Planning Co-Chairs: Ashley Meyer, Andrew Olson
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Education Community Co-Chairs: Gurpreet Dhaliwal, Andrew Olson EuroDEM 2020 Chair: Mario Plebani Co-Chair: Laura Zwaan Patient Engagement Chair: Helen Haskell Co-Chair: Peggy Zuckerman
Policy Chair: Leslie Tucker Practice Improvement Chair: Rebecca Jones Co-Chair: Divvy Upadhyay Research Chair: Robert El-Kareh Co-Chair: Ashley Meyer
FINANCIALS FISCAL YEAR ENDS JUNE 30 FY 2016
FY 2017
FY 2018
FY 2019*
REVENUE
$705,934
$2,150,033
$4,624,726
$2,675,612
EXPENSES
$630,575
$1,082,433
$2,820,748
$3,528,909
NET
$75,359
$1,067,600
$1,803,978
($853,297)
UNRESTRICTED NET ASSETS
$438,706
$250,606
$262,397
$64,492
RESTRICTED NET ASSETS
$303,629
$1,513,087
$3,305,274
$2,649,882
TOTAL NET ASSETS
$742,335
$1,763,693
$3,567,671
$2,714,374
SOURCES OF REVENUE**
FY 2016
FY 2017
FY 2018
FY 2019*
INDIVIDUAL GIVING
$42,955
$79,819
$342,498
$400,022
ORGANIZATIONAL GIVING
$32,500
$107,500
$127,600
$137,500
GRANTS & FOUNDATIONS
$401,862
$1,611,000
$3,846,337
$1,548,906
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$48,379
$21,500
$348,683
$235,691
$534,035
CONTRACT SERVICES
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CONFERENCES
$228,770
* Unaudited Results
MEMBERS AND DONORS
** Excludes Investment Income
GROWTH IN ACTIVITY 3.5M
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FUNDERS CONSIDER SUPPORTING SIDM’S IMPORTANT WORK SIDM is the only organization focused exclusively on reducing diagnostic error in medicine. Through awareness, outreach, dialogue, research, and education, SIDM sets the quality and safety agenda for improving diagnosis. It is through our corporate partners, health institution supporters, grantors, project partners, and individual donors that we are able to continue our work to improve diagnostic quality and safety. SIDM is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Your financial support is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by the IRS.
Hill Staff attending July 11 event
When you donate to SIDM, you help lead the way to better health care for everyone. Thank you for your generosity.
WHEN YOU DONATE TO SIDM, YOU HELP TO
LEAD THE WAY
BETTER HEALTH CARE
FOR EVERYONE. Diana Cejas speaks at Capitol Hill event
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FUNDERS
BRONZE
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Celgene Coverys Community Healthcare Foundation Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation The Human Diagnosis Project Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation The Mont Fund Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute PCPI Foundation
Constellation Covera Health CRICO Physicians’ Reciprocal Insurers
CORPORATE MEMBERS
MEMBER MCIC Vermont Press Ganey Associates, Inc.
HEALTH INSTITUTION AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION MEMBERS PATRON Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute Center for Diagnostic Excellence BENEFACTOR The Permanente Federation, Kaiser Permanente
GOLD Abbott
SILVER
COLA, Inc. NBME MEMBER eHealth Africa Intermountain Healthcare MedStar Health National Kidney Foundation
DEM2019 SPONSORS American College of Radiology – Networking Reception Sponsor Digital Reasoning – Industry Showcase Sponsor Isabel – Presenting Sponsor Teladoc Health – Awards Luncheon Sponsor
SUPPORTER AcademyHealth American Board of Medical Specialties
Isabel Med-IQ
DONORS PATRON ($2,500+) The Armstrong Foundation Inc. Paul Epner & Janet Gans Epner Timothy Mosher David Newman-Toker Thomas Rebbecchi Penne & John Silverman Robert Trowbridge Scott Winston SUSTAINER ($1,200 - $2,499) Carmel Crock Gurpreet Dhaliwal Mark Graber Robert Greene Edward Hoffer Roberta Strickler & David Meyers Jack & Renate Schuler Sue Sheridan
BENEFACTOR ($600 - $1,199) Helen Burstin Antonio Garcia Tom Lee Patrick McCabe Gordon Schiff Season of Change Foundation The Triple EEE Foundation Susan Wagner SUPPORTER ($300 - $599) Victor Collier Marc & Marci Epner Steve & Louise Epner Raminder Gill Christine Goeschel Joseph Grubenhoff Gene Harkless Mark Linzer Andrew Majka Dan Mayer
Brian McBeth Frank Papa Norma Pepper Mary Prchal Carla Pugh Peter Rudd Ruth Ryan David Ryon Richard & Mary Schuster Lee Shapiro Lorie Slass Brent Smith Leslie Tucker Edward Winslow James Wofford Tim Wolff Robert Wolford Elham Yousef ADVOCATE ($150 - $299) Craig Aboltins Reeni Abraham Lorenzo Alonso Dipti Amin
Anonymous Michael Avesar Peter Barish Deborah Barnard Stefano Bassetti Timothy Baures Stephen Beerman Lyn Behnke Marge Benham-Hutchins Susan Benson Dan Berg Paul Bergl Denise Bockwoldt James Boland Eliana Bonifacino Allyson Bontempo Andrea Borondy Kitts Paul Bowe Jeffrey Brensilver Benjamin Broder Joel Brown Beau Bruce Michael Bruno Christine Bryson John Bundrick
Paul Burke Eduardo Cabello Heather Cain Tony Calabria Gordon Caldwell Hijinio Carreon Calvin Caunt Robert Centor Catherine Chia Vineet Chopra Tina Cifra Maureen Clark Louis Clearkin Toby Commerford Denise Condron Nicola Cooper Karen Cosby Clifford Craig John Cuddeback Maria Dahm Elizabeth Daley Ullem Thomas Dalton Rich Davis Mohamud Daya Catherine Derber
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Rachel Cramton David Curole Pete Daks Kim Danforth Karen Davis Kay DeRousse David Edsall William Edson David Eibling Helene Epstein Cynthia Fenton Beth Fox Daniel & Margery Friedman France Galerneau Jeff Galowich Charles George Ezequiel Gherscovici Robin Gilson Dennis Glover Frederick Goldberg Darren Golde Joshua Goldstein Allan Grogan Eve Grossman Ayse Gurses Mitra Haeri Helen Haskell Jennifer Hayes Annamarie Horan Reza Hosseini Jonathan Howard Tina Huff Sören Huwendiek Amalia Issa Paul Jacob Signe Jakobsen Jim Jones Anoop & Urvashi Kapoor Joseph Keary Ann Kellogg Sadid Khan Jung Kim Brian King Dori Klass Nicole Koepke Lara Kothari Lauren Krowl Luqman Kunhahamed Paul Kunnath Benjamin LaHood Anita Lang Eric Lau Peter Loa Joseph Lockhart Brita Lundberg Susie Macaitis Stephen Martin Gustavo Matos Ayodele McClenney Douglas McKell Barry McKeown Clifton Meador Mehran Midia Giulia Mohr Peter Nguyen Mitsuyasu Ohta Rosie Oldham Ali Omar Rick Panning John Patlan Carol Peters Jorge Portillo Kathryn Reback Jesus Rivas Antonia Roberts
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BOARD & STAFF BOARD
STAFF
David Newman-Toker, MD, PhD President
Paul Epner, MBA, MEd CEO and Co-Founder
Robert Trowbridge, MD President-Elect
Mark Graber, MD, FACP Chief Medical Officer
Timothy Mosher, MD Secretary
Penne Silverman Chief of Staff & CFO
Edward Hoffer, MD Treasurer
Cathy Peterson Global Head of Innovations
Paul Epner, MBA, MEd (Ex-Officio) CEO and Co-Founder
Lorie Slass Vice President of Marketing and Communications
Helen Burstin, MD, MPH Jen Campisano, JD Beth Daley Ullem, MBA Gurpreet Dhaliwal, MD Tom Lee, PhD, MBA David Meyers, MD, FACEP Dana Siegal, RN, CPHRM, CPPS
Deborah Barnard Director of Development
Diana Rusz, MPH Quality Improvement Program Manager Amanda Staller Digital Content Manager Ilse Garcia Romero Marketing and Communications Associate Silver Hannon Executive Assistant Jeremiah Smith Program Assistant
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Sue Sheridan, MBA, MIM, DHL Director of Patient Engagement
Suz Schrandt Senior Patient Engagement Advisor
Elizabeth Cohen, MPH Operations Manager
Leslie Tucker Senior Policy Advisor
Tina Huff Strategic Partnerships Manager
Susan Carr Newsletter Editor
Daniel Persky Project Manager SIDM Staff
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