Becker's Hospital Review

41 50 hospital and health system CISOs to know | 2020 B ecker's Hospital Review named 50 hospital and health system chief information security officers to know in 2020. Hospitals and health systems across the country have appointed CISOs to over- see cybersecurity efforts, assist with data management and drive new technology implementation. While the role can vary from one organization to another, many CISOs featured on this list are experts in healthcare cybersecurity and manage teams who specialize in keeping patient and provider data safe. is list highlights the outstanding ef- forts of CISOs across the country, many of whom have extensive IT leadership ex- perience. ey have received profession- al recognition from health IT societies, advised on health IT initiatives and held leadership roles for professional develop- ment organizations. Becker's Hospital Review accepted nomi- nations for this list and conducted inter- nal research to develop the final profiles. Individuals and organizations featured on this list do not pay and cannot pay for inclusion. CISOs are listed alphabetically. Vikrant Arora. CISO of Hospital for Special Surgery (New York City). Mr. Arora has overseen Hospital for Special Surgery's technological information ef- forts since May 2017, when he joined the system. He has experience design- ing the health system's dynamic security program and developing the security ar- chitecture that allows care teams to ac- cess information from anywhere and on any device. During his tenure, HSS was awarded HIMSS Stage 7 inpatient certifi- cation for advanced EMR adoption. Jennings Aske. Senior Vice President and CISO of NewYork-Presbyterian (New York City). Mr. Aske joined NewYo- rk-Presbyterian in 2015 and now leads the health system's information security efforts. He has previous experience as vice president and CISO of Nuance Commu- nications and as CISO of Boston-based Partners HealthCare, Worchester, Mass.- based UMass Memorial Medical Center and the Commonwealth of Massachu- setts' Executive Office of HHS. omas August. Vice President and CISO of John Muir Health (Walnut Creek, Calif.). Mr. August joined John Muir in 2015 with more than 20 years of experience in information security. He is primarily engaged in identifying risks, developing a vision for the system's risk management strategy and building finan- cial business cases to support that vision. Mr. August has had a storied career, pre- viously serving as director of information security at Sharp HealthCare in San Di- ego. Connie Barrera. Corporate Director and CISO of Jackson Health System (Miami). Ms. Barrera joined Jackson Health in February 2014 as director of information assurance and CISO and was promoted to corporate director and CISO in May 2017. Her responsibilities include developing policy and standards related to privacy as well as ensuring the integri- ty and availability of IT services. She has previous experience at the University of Miami, where she served in management and executive roles for seven years. Sriram Bharadwaj. CISO and Director of Information Systems at UC Irvine Health (Orange, Calif.). Mr. Bharadwaj brings more than 25 years of experience in information management systems and health plan leadership to his role as CISO and director of information systems at UC Irvine Health. He has experience in application development and has con- sulted with integrated delivery networks. Before joining UC Irvine, Mr. Bharadwaj spent time with Deloitte. Dan Bowden. Vice President and CISO of Sentara Healthcare (Norfolk, Va.). Mr. Bowden joined Sentara Healthcare in September 2016 and has overseen the 12-hospital health system's information security since then. He has previous ex- perience leading cybersecurity and tech- nology programs for multiple industries during his 25-year career, including banking and retail. In addition to his role with Sentara, he works with universities in Virginia to develop a cybersecurity workforce focused on the future. Scott Breece. Vice President of Security and CISO of Community Health Sys- tems (Franklin, Tenn.). Joining Com- munity Health Systems in 2007 aer a tenure at Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, Mr. Breece worked his way up to being named health system CISO in June 2014. He now oversees infor- mation security for the system's 99 hos- pitals in 17 states. Mr. Breece's role also involves risk management and help- ing to develop the system's strategy for staying ahead of threats and securing patient data. George Carion. Chief Technology Offi- cer and CISO of Cedars-Sinai (Los An- geles). Mr. Carion is an executive leader at Cedars-Sinai, overseeing the system's technology and information security strategy and infrastructure. He has stew- ardship over its data centers, system inte- gration and IT approaches that support merger and acquisition activities. Dave Christiano. Chief Technology Officer and CISO of Middlesex Health (Middletown, Conn.). Mr. Christiano, who has been a digital healthcare lead- er for more than 16 years, stepped into the CISO role at Middlesex Health in 2014. Prior to joining Middlesex, he was director of IT infrastructure and St. Ra- phael integration CIO for Yale New Ha- ven (Conn.) Health System in 2004 and served in that position for nine years be- fore becoming the director of IT for Nor- walk (Conn.) Hospital. He also has expe- rience as the chairman of the technology leadership group at the Connecticut Hos- pital Association. Andrew Coyne. CISO of Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minn.). Mr. Coyne has led the Mayo Clinic's Office of Information Security since 2016, driving forward initiatives to build up the system's IT capacity. He notably built cybersecuri- ty operations centers, implemented a cybersecurity incident response process and created a medical device cybersecu- rity program that has since been widely adopted by other health systems. He has previous experience as the director of

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