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16 Sign up for the COMPLIMENTARY Becker's Hospital Review CEO Report & CFO Report E-Weeklies at www.BeckersHospitalReview.com or call (800) 417-2035 Provena Health after serving five years as system vice president of administrative services and CIO. Prior to his time at Provena, he was vice president of information services for Oakbrook, Ill.-based Advocate Health Care. Rose Ann Laureto, CIO of ProMedica (Toledo, Ohio). Ms. Laureto was named CIO of ProMedica in February 2013. Prior to ProMedica, she served as CIO of UNC Health Care in Chapel Hill, N.C. Ms. Laureto has more than 30 years of experience in health IT. Randy McCleese. Vice President of Information Services and CIO of St. Claire Regional Medical Center (Morehead, Ky.). Before joining St. Claire Regional Medical Center as CIO, Mr. McCleese spent more than 14 years with Equitable Resources in Prestonsburg, Ky., and Kingsport, Tenn., as a geologist and manager of information resources. He has more than 23 years of information systems management experience, with 15 years devoted to healthcare. He currently serves on the CHIME Foundation Board of Directors. William McConnell Jr. Senior Vice President and CIO of Indiana University Health (Indianapolis).  Mr. McConnell joined IU Health in 2012. Prior to this role, he was president and CEO of Indianapolis start-up company FlowCo. Before then, he served as vice president and CIO for Guidant Corp., part of Boston Scientific and Abbott Labs, for nine years after serving as senior vice president and CIO for Resort Condominiums International from 1990 to 1996. Rob McDonald. CIO of Texas Regional Medical Center at Sunnyvale (Texas). Mr. McDonald has been with 70-bed Texas Regional Medical Center at Sunnyvale since it opened in September 2009. He has been instrumental in the hospital's implementation of computerized physician order entry for more than 250 physicians and oversees meaningful use adoption. Previously, Mr. McDonald served as CIO of Richardson, Texas-based Rockwall Hospitals. Virginia A. McFerran. CIO of UCLA Health System and David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA (Los Angeles). Ms. McFerran was appointed CIO of UCLA Health System in 2009. She plays a vital role in the system's leadership team, collaboratively gaining buy-in for the overall IT strategic plan and operationalizing the plan with successful implementation. Prior to joining UCLA, Ms. McFerran served as CIO and department head at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City. Bruce Metz, PhD. Senior Vice President and CIO of Lahey Clinic (Burlington, Mass.). Since joining Lahey Clinic in 2011, Dr. Metz has led an enterprise-wide strategy to grow the organization and achieve the highest levels of patient care. He came to Lahey after serving as CIO of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia and its affiliated hospitals for six years. Blackford Middleton, MD. Chief Informatics Officer and Assistant Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs at Vanderbilt University Health System (Nashville, Tenn.). Dr. Middleton joined Vanderbilt in February 2013. Prior to his current role, he served as corporate director of clinical informatics research and development at Partners HealthCare in Boston. He has also held leadership posi- Becker's Hospital Review 5th Annual Meeting May 15-17, 2014 • Swissôtel • Chicago, Illinois The Most Business- and QualityFocused Meeting in the Hospital and Health System Arena 100+ sessions and 190+ speakers Register by April 1 for Early Registration Discounts Keynote speakers include: Barry Arbuckle, PhD Joe Torre For more information visit, www.BeckersHospitalReview.com and click on "Conferences." Toby Cosgrove, MD Forrest Sawyer tions at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and Stanford (Calif.) University Hospital. Nader Mherabi. Senior Vice President, Vice Dean and CIO of NYU Langone Medical Center (New York City). During his 23 years in the IT field, Mr. Mherabi has held IT management positions with Mount Sinai Health System in New York City, Credit Suisse First Boston, Citibank and AT&T. Prior to serving as vice dean and CIO of NYU Langone Medical Center, he served the hospital as vice president for IT product solutions and chief technology officer. Jim Murry. CIO of University of California, Irvine Medical Center and Associate Dean of IT & Informatics, UC Irvine School of Medicine. Prior to joining UC Irvine, Mr. Murray was senior vice president and CIO of City of Hope National Cancer Center and Beckman Research Institute, both in Los Angeles, from 2006 to 2008 and vice president of IT at Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, Calif., from 2002 to 2006. Mr. Murry has been involved in EMR and clinical implementations since 1984. Michael Nelson. Vice President and CIO of Universal Health Services (King of Prussia, Pa.). Having served as CIO since 2007, Mr. Nelson is responsible for all aspects of UHS' information services strategy, budget and daily operations. Prior to joining UHS, he was an information services vice president for Carolinas HealthCare System in Charlotte, N.C. Laureen O'Brien. Vice President and CIO of Providence Health & Services (Renton, Wash.).  Ms. O'Brien has more than 30 years of experience in health IT. Before joining Providence as vice president and CIO in 1997, she was the divisional director of information services at Columbia Healthcare Systems in Denver. At Providence, Ms. O'Brien has oversight of information services across the five-state nonprofit healthcare ministry. Patrick O'Hare, Senior Vice President and CIO of Spectrum Health (Grand Rapids, Mich.). Since 1997, Mr. O'Hare has served as senior vice president and CIO of Spectrum Health. He is also a founding board member and chair of Michigan Health Connect, a statewide health information exchange. Before joining Spectrum, Mr. O'Hare was the vice president of IT management at Trinity Health, now CHE Trinity Health, based in Livonia, Mich. Michael O'Rourke. Senior Vice President and CIO of Catholic Health Initiatives (Englewood, Colo.).  Mr. O'Rourke joined Catholic Health Initiatives as a private consultant in 2007 before accepting the permanent CIO position two years later. He has more than 25 years of experience in the healthcare technology field. Before joining CHI, he served as vice president and CIO of Triad Hospitals in Plano, Texas. Marty Paslick. Senior Vice President and CIO of Hospital Corporation of America (Nashville, Tenn.). Mr. Paslick has spent more than 28 years

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