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18 Sign up for the COMPLIMENTARY Becker's Hospital Review CEO Report & CFO Report E-Weeklies at www.BeckersHospitalReview.com or call (800) 417-2035 Alan Soderblom. Vice President and CIO of Adventist Health (Roseville, Calif.). Mr. Soderblom began his tenure as vice president and CIO of Adventist Health in June 2007. Mr. Soderblom led Adventist's recent initiative to expand its EMR to more than 130 outpatient clinics in four states. Subra Sripada. Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative and Information Officer of Beaumont Health System (Royal Oak, Mich.). Mr. Sripada serves as executive vice president and CIAO of Beaumont Health, which consists of three hospitals. Mr. Sripada joined Beaumont in November 2008 after serving in a leadership role at PwC. He also worked for six years at Henry Ford Health System in Detroit. Rebecca Sykes. Senior Vice President, Resource Management and CIO of Catholic Health Partners (Cincinnati). Ms. Sykes assumed her current role in 1999 after serving as Catholic Health Partners' director of corporate information services. One of her most notable accomplishments is bringing IT staff members from throughout CHP's systems into one centralized IT organization. Prior to joining CHP, Ms. Sykes was director of information systems for TriHealth in Cincinnati. Phyllis Teater. Associate Vice President of Health Sciences and CIO of The 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 testified before the House Committee on Ways & Means on the adoption of meaningful use. Gretchen Tegethoff. CIO of Athens (Ga.) Regional Medical Center. Ms. Tegethoff has been CIO of 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 2010. Before then, he served as senior vice president and CIO of Methodist Hospital System in Houston. He has also spent time as senior vice president and CIO of Adventist Health System in Winter Park, Fla., and Palmetto Health in Columbia, S.C. 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 February 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 IT provider. Becker's Hospital Review 5th Annual Meeting May 15-17, 2014 Swissôtel • Chicago, Illinois Co-Chaired by Chuck Lauer and Scott Becker 100+ sessions and 190+ speakers Register by April 1 for Early Registration Discounts For more information visit, www.BeckersHospitalReview.com and click on "Conferences." 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 IT at McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital in Oxford, Ohio. Lac Tran. Senior Vice President, CIO and Associate Dean of Rush University Medical Center (Chicago). Mr. Tran has held his current post at 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 system to garner 15 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 across the Baystate Health system. Before his current role, Mr. Vengco was vice president and general manager of one of the four global businesses that comprise GE Healthcare. 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 2007. He was promoted to vice president of information services, academic hospitals and the Washington University School of Medicineintegration with Barnes-Jewish in August 2008, where he oversees IT alignment between Barnes-Jewish hospitals and the medical school. He has 25 years of experience in the IT field. Greg Walton. CIO of El Camino Hospital (Mountain View, Calif.). Mr. Walton, who has more than 35 years of industry experience, joined El Camino in 2007. Previously, he served as senior vice president and CIO of Carilion Health System in Roanoke, Va. He has also served as the former executive advisor to the Commonwealth of Virginia's Task Force for Health Care Information Systems. David Weiss. Senior Vice President and CIO of BJC Healthcare (St. Louis). Mr. Weiss joined BJC HealthCare in 1990. As CIO, he oversees a $150 million annual budget and an IT staff of 700 professionals. He also currently serves as vice chair of the board of directors of the Missouri Health Information Organization, an information exchange organization. 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 was 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 IT functions with a focus on the 40-hospital system's EMR. Before assuming her current position in November 2011, Ms. Wise served as senior vice president and CIO of Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanguard Health Systems. Wes Wright. Senior Vice President and CIO of Seattle Children's Hospital. Mr. Wright was appointed senior vice president and CIO of Seattle Children's Hospital in August 2012. He is responsible for developing and implementing multiple information systems at the organization. He previously served as chief technology officer at Seattle Children's. 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

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