Becker's Hospital Review

Save the date! Becker's Hospital Review 6th Annual Meeting — May 7-9, 2015 — Chicago. Please call 800-417-2035 to register. 10 technology initiative, IMPACT, which stands for Improving Patient Care Through Technology. He has also worked to ensure the for-profit system remains in line with the stages of meaningful use and converting to ICD-10. Jon Burns. Senior Vice President and CIO of University of Maryland Medical System (Balti- more). Mr. Burns leads information technology services, supply chain strategies, integration and operations across the 12-hospital medical system. He first joined UMMS in 2006 after serving Cleve- land Clinic Health System as the senior executive of information technology and leading technol- ogy services at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine. He also served as chief technology officer for Cleveland Clinic's online care delivery model. Mr. Burns previously held leadership posi- tions at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill, N.C., and Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger Health System. Bobbie Byrne, MD. Vice President and CIO of Edward-Elmhurst Healthcare (Naperville and Elmhurst, Ill.). Following the completion of the merger between Naperville, Ill.-based Edward Hospital and Elmhurst (Ill.) Healthcare in July 2013, Dr. Byrne was named system vice president and CIO. Since 2009, Dr. Byrne has served in the same capacity for Edward Hospital, a role she maintains today. Before joining Edward Hospital, she served as clinical director of the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Tech- nology, an IT developmental nonprofit organiza- tion based in Chicago. Deborah Cancilla. CIO of PinnacleHealth Sys- tem (Harrisburg, Pa.). Ms. Cancilla joined Pin- nacleHealth as CIO in 2014 and is spearheading the centralization of the organization's IT system. Prior to joining PinnacleHealth, she was senior vice president and CIO of Grady Health System in Atlanta. In her time there, she moved the system from HIMSS level 1 to level 6 in two years. Ms. Cancilla holds an MBA from Daemen College in Buffalo, N.Y. Mike Canfield. Vice President of Operations and CIO of Firelands Regional Medical Center (San- dusky, Ohio). Mr. Canfield joined Firelands Re- gional Medical Center in 2011 as vice president of information systems before adding CIO to his title in 2013. With more than 25 years of IT experience, he has served in numerous IT roles. Prior to his current appointment, Mr. Canfield served as direc- tor of IT business management office and program management at Kaiser Permanente Ohio. Dedra Cantrell, RN. CIO of Emory Healthcare (Atlanta). When Ms. Cantrell was named CIO of Emory in 2000, she became the first woman and the first nurse to hold the position and oversee the IT infrastructure for the entire hospital sys- tem, which includes five hospitals, several clinics and physician practices. In her tenure as CIO, Ms. Cantrell led the implementation of the system's EHR and established Emory as one of the first systems to enable worldwide access to the EHR in real time. Ms. Cantrell also currently serves as the associate director for enterprise clinical infor- matics at Emory's Center for Clinical Informatics and as deputy CIO for the Office of Information Technology at Emory University. Marc Chasin, MD. Vice President and CIO/ CMIO of St. Luke's Health System (Boise, Idaho). Dr. Chasin was named to his current role at St. Luke's Health System in November 2012, though has been with the system since 2010. In addition to his leadership roles, he is a board member of the Idaho Health Data Exchange and chair of the Care Everywhere Network at Epic Systems. Dr. Chasin oversaw the implementation of the Epic EHR at St. Luke's. Previously, he served as a man- aging partner for First Care Physicians Associates from 2001 to 2006 and served in several capacities at Bon Secours Charity Health System in Suffern, N.Y., including CMO and CMIO. Kumar Chatani. Executive Vice President and CIO of Mount Sinai Health System (New York City). Mr. Chatani's career as CIO of Mount Si- nai Health System dates back to 2011, prior to which he served as CIO for the Northwest region of Kaiser Permanente in Portland, Ore. Under Mr. Chatani's leadership, Mount Sinai Health System won the HIMSS Enterprise Davies Award in 2012 and one of the hospitals under his direction re- ceived the HIMSS Stage 6 EMR Award. David Chou. CIO of University of Mississippi Medical Center (Jackson). Mr. Chou has served as CIO of University of Mississippi Medical Cen- ter since August 2013. Previously, he served in a variety of leading IT roles, including senior di- rector of IT operations of Cleveland Clinic-Abu Dhabi, a multispecialty hospital on Al Maryah Island in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; CIO of AHMC Healthcare in Alhambra, Calif.; and di- rector of information systems at Sherman Oaks, Calif.-based Prime Health Care, among others. Charles Christian. Vice President and CIO of St. Francis Hospital (Columbus, Ga.). Mr. Chris- tian's healthcare career spans 40 years. He joined St. Francis Hospital in January 2013, and before that, he served as CIO at Good Samaritan Hos- pital in Vincennes, Ind., for 23 years. Currently, he is also the 2015 chairman of CHIME. He is the former chairman of the board of HIMSS. In 2010, he was recognized with the John E. Gall Jr. CIO of the Year Award from CHIME and HIMSS. George Conklin. Senior Vice President and CIO of CHRISTUS Health (Irving, Texas). Mr. Conk- lin has served as senior vice president and CIO of nonprofit, international CHRISTUS Health since its inception in 1999. At the start, Mr. Conklin was responsible for merging and integrating the technical operations of two delivery systems into a single new information management system. Now he oversees information systems across the entire 60-hospital system. Mr. Conklin also serves on the board for Greater Houston Healthconnect, a health information exchange organization. Myra Davis. Senior Vice President of Informa- tion Services and CIO of Texas Children's Hos- pital (Houston). Ms. Davis has served as senior vice president of information services and CIO of Texas Children's Hospital since December 2012. Under her leadership, the hospital earned a desig- nation as a "Most Wired" hospital from Hospitals & Health Networks. The hospital uses an enter- prise data warehouse solution to help make EHR data more actionable. Previously, she served for five years as the hospital's vice president of infor- mation systems. She earned a master's degree in software engineering from the University of Saint Thomas in Saint Paul, Minn. Randy Davis. Vice President of Support Services and CIO of CGH Medical Center (Sterling, Ill.). Mr. Davis currently serves as vice president of support services and CIO of CGH Medical Center. Prior to becoming a CIO, Mr. Davis spent 30 years running physician multispecialty group practices as an administrator. Before it became integrated with CGH Medical Center in 2011, he served as administrator of Sterling (Ill.) Rock Falls Clinic. Edith Dees. Vice President and CIO of Holy Spirit Health System (Camp Hill, Pa.). Since Au- gust 2005, Ms. Dees has served as vice president and CIO of Holy Spirit Health System. Previously, she served as senior vice president and CIO of St. Mary's Health System in Lewiston, Maine. Other prior roles include outsourced consulting, in- terim IT leadership and IT patient care services manager at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Jocelyn G. DeWitt, PhD. Vice President and CIO of University of Wisconsin Health (Madison). Dr. DeWitt was named vice president and CIO of UW Health in 2012. In this role, she leads the UW Health Information Services Department in reducing redundant work, improving support paths for customers, making information delivery services more efficient and developing strategic plans for IT infrastructure and apps. Dr. DeWitt came to UW Health from University of Michi- gan Hospitals and Health Centers in Ann Arbor, where she served as CIO and developed the strat- egy and funding for a seven-year, $300 million EHR project. Frank DiSanzo. CIO and Chief Strategy Officer of St. Peter's Healthcare System (New Brunswick, N.J.). Mr. DiSanzo began his duties as CIO and chief of strategy of St. Peter's Healthcare System, which includes St. Peter's University Hospital, in 2008. As CIO, his responsibilities include oversee- ing the entire IT and telecommunications opera- tions for the system as well as creating IT strategy and leading multiple EHR implementations. Prior to joining St. Peter's, Mr. DiSanzo served as CIO of Staten Island (N.Y.) University Hospital. Jake Dorst. CIO of Tahoe Forest Hospital (Truckee, Calif.). Mr. Dorst has served as CIO of Tahoe Forest Hospital since August 2014. Most re- cently, he served dual roles as vice president and CIO of Hagerstown, Md.-based Meritus Health. Prior to that, he was CIO of Southside Regional Medical Center in Petersburg, Va., a position he held for nearly six years. Other positions include various IT leadership roles with Franklin, Tenn.- based Community Health Systems, The Kings Daughters' Hospital in Madison, Ind., and Key Solutions, an IT and services company.

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