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28 Sign up for the COMPLIMENTARY Becker's Hospital Review CEO Report & CFO Report E-Weeklies at www.BeckersHospitalReview.com or call (800) 417-2035 Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (Columbus). Ms. Teater was named CIO of The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in October 2010 after serving as the hospital's interim CIO for roughly 10 months. Ms. Teater, who joined the hospital in 1991, has also testified before the House Committee on Ways & Means on the adoption of meaningful use. Gretchen Tegethoff. CIO of Athens (Ga.) Regional Medical Center. Ms. Tegethodd has been CIO of 364-bed Athens Regional Medical Center since February 2012. Before then, she served as CIO of George Washington Hospital in Washington, D.C., for nearly seven years. Tim Thompson. CIO of BayCare Health System (Clearwater, Fla.). Mr. Thompson assumed his duties as CIO of BayCare Health in September 2010. Before then, Mr. Thompson served as senior vice president and CIO of Methodist Hospital System in Houston. He also spent time as senior vice president and CIO of Adventist Health System in Winter Park, Fla., and Palmetto Health in Columbia, S.C. Stephen Tranquillo. Vice President and CIO for Thomas Jefferson Hospital (Philadelphia). Mr. Tranquillo became vice president and CIO of Thomas Jefferson Hospital in November 1999. Before then, he served as director of information systems at the hospital for about four years. Mr. Tranquillo also spent time with Kennedy Health System in Sewell, N.J., as clinical information systems manager. Sean Tuley. Senior Vice President and CIO of LifePoint Hospitals. (Brentwood, Tenn.). Mr. Tuley was appointed senior vice president and CIO of Lifepoint Hospitals, which includes more than 50 hospital campuses, in January 2010. Before then, he served as vice president of provider services for Emdeon Business Services, a revenue and payment cycles solution firm, and as COO of the Physician Services Division of Perot Systems, an information technology provider. Alex Vaillancourt. Vice President and CIO of The Christ Hospital (Cincinnati). Mr. Vaillancourt was named CIO of The Christ Hospital in February 2011. Prior to joining the hospital in 2008 as director of solutions architecture, Mr. Vaillancourt served as director of information technology at McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital in Oxford, Ohio. The Christ Hospital was named one of the Most Wired hospitals in the country in 2012 by Hospitals & Health Networks. Lac Van Tran. Senior Vice President of Information Services, Associate Dean of Information Technology and CIO of Rush University Medical Center (Chicago). Mr. Van Tran has held his current post at 664-bed Rush University Medical Center since November 2002. Before then, he served as senior vice president and CIO of Methodist Hospital System in Houston, vice president and CIO of Children's Hospital Boston and CIO of Stony Brook (N.Y.) Medical Center. Jim Veline. Senior Vice President and CIO of Avera Health (Sioux Falls, S.D.). As senior vice president and CIO of Avera Health, Mr. Veline has led the five-hospital system to garner 13 Most Wired awards. Furthermore; in 2012, the system's eEmergency service was recognized with a "Most Wired Innovator Award" from Hospitals & Health Networks. Joel Vengco. Vice President of Information Services and CIO of Baystate Health (Springfield, Mass.). As vice president of information services and CIO, Mr. Vengco oversees the technology strategy and operations for Baystate Health's four hospitals. Before his current role, Mr. Vengco was vice president and general manager of one of the four global businesses that comprise GE Healthcare. Earlier in his career, Mr. Vengco was a senior medical informaticist at Partners HealthCare in Boston. Lynn H. Vogel, PhD. Vice President and CIO of University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (Houston). Along with his duties as vice president and CIO of MD Anderson Cancer Center, Dr. Vogel holds an appointment as associate professor of bioinformatics and computational biology at the teaching hospital. He also carries an adjunct professor appointment in management at University of Texas School of Public Health. Jerry Vuchak. Vice President of Information Systems of Barnes-Jewish Hospital (St. Louis). Mr. Vuchak joined Barnes-Jewish Hospital as vice president of information systems in April 2007. He was promoted to vice president of information services, academic hospitals and the Washington University School of Medicine's integration with Barnes-Jewish in August 2008. In that role, Mr. Vuchak oversaw IT alignment between Barnes-Jewish hospitals and the medical school. He has 25 years of experience in the information technology field. Michael S. Warden. Senior Vice President and CIO of Banner Health (Phoenix). Mr. Warden joined Banner Health as senior vice president of information technology and CIO in 1998, when the system operated as Samaritan Health System. Before then, Mr. Warden served as vice president of information and CIO for Memorial Hermann Healthcare System in Houston. Laishy Williams-Carlson. Vice President and CIO of Bon Secours Health System (Richmond, Va.). Ms. Williams-Carlson has served as vice president and CIO of Bon Secours Health System since 2006. Before then, she served as vice president and CIO of Bon Secours Hampton Roads Health System in Norfolk, Va., for nine years. Deanna Wise. Executive Vice President and CIO of Dignity Health (San Francisco). As executive vice president and CIO, Ms. Wise oversees all of Dignity Health's information technology functions with a focus on the 40-hospital system's electronic medical records. Before assuming her current position in November 2011, Ms. Wise served as senior vice president and CIO of Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanguard Health Systems. Eric Yablonka. Vice President and CIO of University of Chicago Medicine. Mr. Yablonka began his tenure as vice president and CIO of University of Chicago Medicine in August 2001. Before then, he served as vice president and CIO of Saint Raphael Healthcare System in New Haven, Conn. n REGISTER TODAY! 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