Becker's Hospital Review

46 61 hospital and health system CISOs to know | 2020 B ecker's Hospital Review named 61 hos- pital and health system chief informa- tion security officers to know in 2020. Hospitals and health systems across the coun- try have appointed CISOs to oversee cyber- security efforts, assist with data management and drive new technology implementation. While the role can vary from one organiza- tion 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 efforts of CISOs across the country, many of whom have extensive IT leadership experience. ey have received professional recognition from health IT societies, advised on health IT initiatives and held leadership roles for pro- fessional development organizations. Becker's Hospital Review accepted nomina- tions for this list and conducted internal re- search to develop the final profiles. Individu- als and organizations featured on this list do not pay and cannot pay for inclusion. CISOs are listed alphabetically. Troy Ament. CISO of Beaumont Health (Royal Oak, Mich.). Mr. Ament joined Beaumont Health in January 2019 as CISO to oversee the three-hospital health system's information security. He is responsible for the security of around 3,100 physicians with- in the system. Mr. Ament has previous expe- rience as the senior director and CISO of IT for Sanford Health in Sioux Falls, S.D., as well as the director of IT for Zero Variance. Vikrant Arora. CISO of Hospital for Spe- cial Surgery (New York City). Mr. Arora has overseen Hospital for Special Surgery's technological information efforts since May 2017, when he joined the system. He has experience designing the health system's dy- namic security program and developing the security architecture that allows care teams to access information from anywhere and on any device. During his tenure, HSS was awarded HIMSS Stage 7 inpatient certifica- tion for advanced EMR adoption. Jennings Aske. Senior Vice President and CISO of NewYork-Presbyterian (New York City). Mr. Aske joined NewYork-Presbyteri- an in 2015 and now leads the health system's information security efforts. He has previous experience as vice president and CISO of Nu- ance Communications and as CISO of Bos- ton-based Partners HealthCare, Worchester, Mass.-based UMass Memorial Medical Cen- ter and the Commonwealth of Massachu- setts' Executive Office of HHS. omas August. Vice President and CISO of John Muir Health (Walnut Creek, Ca- lif.). Mr. August joined John Muir in 2015 with more than 20 years of experience in in- formation security. He is primarily engaged in identifying risks, developing a vision for the system's risk management strategy and building financial business cases to support that vision. Mr. August has had a storied career, previously serving as director of in- formation security at Sharp HealthCare in San Diego. Connie Barrera. Corporate Director and CISO of Jackson Health System (Miami). Ms. Barrera joined Jackson Health in Febru- ary 2014 as director of information assurance and CISO and was promoted to corporate di- rector and CISO in May 2017. Her respon- sibilities include developing policy and stan- dards related to privacy as well as ensuring the integrity 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. Miroslav Belote. CISO of Valley Health System (New York City). Mr. Belote became director and CIO of Valley Health System in March 2019 aer spending 22 years of his career at JFK Health System in Edison, N.J., most recently serving as the director of information systems infrastructure. He has experience in infrastructure design, informa- tion security, telecommunications and data center operations. Mr. Belote has also built high-performing teams and been responsible for major IT initiatives. Prior to joining JFK, he spent 10 years with Dreyfus Service Corp. Sriram Bharadwaj. CISO and Director of Information Systems at UC Irvine Health (Orange, Calif.). Mr. Bharadwaj brings more than 25 years of experience in infor- mation 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 consulted with integrated delivery networks. Before joining UC Irvine, Mr. Bha- radwaj spent time with Deloitte. Dan Bowden. Vice President and CISO of Sentara Healthcare (Norfolk, Va.). Mr. Bowden joined Sentara Healthcare in Sep- tember 2016 and has overseen the 12-hospi- tal health system's information security since then. He has previous experience leading cybersecurity and technology programs for multiple industries during his 25-year career, including banking and retail. In addition to his role with Sentara, he works with univer- sities in Virginia to develop a cybersecurity workforce focused on the future. Scott Breece. Vice President of Security and CISO of Community Health Systems (Franklin, Tenn.). Joining Community 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 information security for the system's 99 hospitals in 17 states. Mr. Breece's role also involves risk management and helping to develop the system's strate- gy 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 strat- egy and infrastructure. He has stewardship over its data centers, system integration and IT approaches that support merger and acquisition activities. Dave Christiano. Chief Technology Officer and CISO of Middlesex Health (Middle- town, Conn.). Mr. Christiano, who has been a digital healthcare leader 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 Haven (Conn.) Health System in 2004 and served in that position for nine years before becoming the director of IT for Norwalk (Conn.) Hospi- tal. He also has experience as the chairman of the technology leadership group at the Con- necticut Hospital Association. Andrew Coyne. CISO of Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minn.). Mr. Coyne has led the Mayo Clinic's Office of Information Securi- ty since 2016, driving forward initiatives to build up the system's IT capacity. He notably built cybersecurity operations centers, im- plemented a cybersecurity incident response process and created a medical device cyber- security program that has since been wide- ly adopted by other health systems. He has previous experience as the director of PwC's Health Industries Cybersecurity practice.

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