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. 17 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. Dick Escue. CIO of Valley View Hospital (Glen- wood Springs, Colo.). Since September 2013, Mr. Escue has served in his current role as Valley View Hospital CIO. Throughout his 27-year-long career, he has served in several different roles and health- care settings. Most recently, he was president of St. Louis-based Bick Health. Before that, he worked as an independent consultant, senior vice president and CIO of RehabCare Group, vice president and CIO of St. Louis-based Mercy health system and vice president and CIO of Memphis, Tenn.-based Baptist Memorial Health Care. Frank Fear. Vice President of Ancillary Services and CIO of Memorial Healthcare (Owosso, Mich.). Mr. Fear first joined Memorial Health- care as CIO in May 2007, before becoming vice president of ancillary services and CIO in Janu- ary 2014. In 2014, Mr. Fear achieved professional certification from CHIME, the highest standard of professional development for healthcare CIOs. Among his accomplishments at Memorial, Mr. Fear worked with the hospital's integration partner to develop a dashboard gathering data from multi- ple systems to automate its tracking and reporting processes, helping the hospital achieve stage 1 of meaningful use. Now, the dashboard is being used by more than 100 hospitals across the country. Ferdinand Feola. CIO of Pocono Medical Cen- ter (East Stroudsburg, Pa.). Mr. Feola has held the position of CIO at Pocono Health System since October 2013. Prior to his current role, he served as strategic project manager at the hospi- tal, responsible for overseeing the operations of the hospital's strategic projects in health IT. Mr. Feola's IT experience spans various industries, having previously filled IT roles in banking with Keystone Savings Bank and in radio with KNBT, a San Antonio, area station. Jeff Ferranti, MD. Vice President of Medical In- formatics and CIO of Duke University Health System (Durham, N.C.). Dr. Ferranti has served in numerous roles at Duke University Health Sys- tem since joining in 2003, including newborn ICU fellow, director of pediatric informatics and com- puterized patient safety initiatives, associate CIO, CMO and neonatologist. Since June 2013, Dr. Fer- ranti has served as vice president for medical in- formatics and CIO of the system. In this role, he led Duke's enterprise-wide Epic installation across four hospitals and 300-plus ambulatory clinics. James S. Fine, MD. CIO of University of Wash- ington Medicine (Seattle). Dr. Fine is a board- certified pathologist and serves as professor and chair of the Department of Laboratory Medicine at UW Medicine. For nearly 10 years, Dr. Fine has led IT operations for the University of Washing- ton Medical Center and School of Medicine, UW Neighborhood Clinics and UW Physicians. He earned his medical degree from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, completed an intern- ship at St. Paul (Minn.)-Ramsey Medical Center and did his residency at the University of Minne- sota Medical Center. Indranil Ganguly. Vice President and CIO of JFK Health (Edison, N.J.). Mr. Ganguly has served as vice president and CIO of JFK Health since November 2013. He is also a fellow of CHIME, where he serves on the board of directors. Prior to joining JFK Health System, Mr. Ganguly was vice president and CIO of Freehold, N.J.-based Cen- traState Healthcare System, a role he served for more than 14 years. At the same time, he served in various leadership roles with HIMSS, includ- ing chair of the public policy committee, board member and president. Dave Garrett. Senior Vice President and CIO of Novant Health (Winston-Salem, N.C.). Mr. Garrett joined Novant Health in October 2008 as the system's senior vice president and CIO. With more than 40 years of IT experience across several industries, including banking, hospitality and healthcare, Mr. Garrett has spent 30 years in healthcare. Prior to his current role, he was senior vice president and CIO at Palmetto Health in Co- lumbia, S.C., and CIO at Baptist Health Care in Pensacola, Fla. Mr. Garrett is a member of HIMSS and CHIME. Joy Grosser. Vice President and CIO of Uni- tyPoint Health (West Des Moines, Iowa). Ms. Grosser has served as vice president and CIO of UnityPoint since 2009. Under her leadership, Uni- tyPoint has earned a title as one of the nation's "Most Wired Health Systems" by Hospitals &

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