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42 Phyllis Teater. CIO and Associate Vice President of e Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (Columbus). Ms. Teater joined e Ohio State University Wexner Medical Cen- ter, Central Ohio's only academic medical center, in 1991. She was appointed CIO of the hospital in October 2010, aer serv- ing as its interim CIO. Under her leadership, Wexner achieved HIMSS Analytics Stage 7. e hospital also made U.S. News & World Report's 2015-16 list of the Most Connected Hospitals. Tim ompson. Senior Vice President and CIO of BayCare Health System (Clearwater, Fla.). Mr. ompson has served as CIO of BayCare since September 2010. Prior to that, he was senior vice president and CIO of Methodist Hospital System in Houston. At Methodist, Mr. ompson launched a health infor- mation exchange. He also previously held the CIO role at both Adventist Health System in Altamonte Springs, Fla., and Palmetto Health in Columbia, S.C. He earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois and is a member of CHIME and HIMSS. Lac Van Tran. Senior Vice President, Associate Dean and CIO of Rush University Medical Center (Chicago). Mr. Tran has had the title of CIO for two decades. He assumed his po- sition at Rush, a 664-bed hospital, in 2002. Prior to Rush, Mr. Tran served as CIO of various hospitals and health sys- tems, including Methodist Hospital System in Houston, Bos- ton Children's Hospital and Brook (N.Y.) Medical Center. Joel Vengco. Vice President and CIO of Baystate Health (Spring- field, Mass.). Mr. Vengco has served as CIO of nonprofit Baystate since 2012. He's credited with launching TechSpring, Baystate's health technology innovation center, in 2013. Many tech start- ups have partnered with TechSpring for product development, including CarePort Health and Medecision. Prior to joining Bay- state, Mr. Vengco served as vice president and general manager at one of the businesses that makes up GE's healthcare IT business. John Ward. CIO of TriHealth (Cincinnati). Aer serving as interim CIO, Mr. Ward was appointed CIO of TriHealth in May 2014. He previously served as director of business development at Group Health Associates, a physician part- ner group of TriHealth. Mr. Ward also served as director of health systems integration and director of ambulatory sys- tems for TriHealth. He is a member of CHIME and HIMSS. David Weiss. Senior Vice President and CIO of BJC HealthCare (St. Louis). Mr. Weiss has served as CIO of nonprofit BJC Health- Care since 1990. As CIO, Mr. Weiss is responsible for planning, developing and supporting information technology and telecom- munications initiatives throughout BJC's hospitals and service or- ganizations. He also serves as chairman of the Telecommunication Facilities Corp., a joint venture between BJC HealthCare and the Washington School of Medicine. Mr. Weiss is a member of HIMSS. Deanna Wise. Executive Vice President and CIO of Dig- nity Health (San Francisco). Ms. Wise has served as CIO of Dignity Health since 2011, and she previously served in the CIO role at four other health systems. At Dignity, Ms. Wise is responsible for all IT functions with particular fo- cus on implementing the health system's EHR soware. Be- fore joining Dignity, Ms. Wise served as senior vice president and CIO of Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanguard Health Systems, which merged with Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare in 2013. Eric Yablonka. Vice President and CIO of University of Chi- cago Medicine and Biological Sciences. With more than 25 years of experience in leading hospital operations and informa- tion systems management functions, Mr. Yablonka has served as vice president and CIO of University of Chicago Medical Cen- ter and Biological Sciences since August 2001. He is responsible for overseeing all information technology functions, biomed- ical engineering and the call center. Prior to joining University of Chicago Medicine, Mr. Yablonka was vice president and CIO of Saint Raphael Healthcare System in New Haven, Conn. n Sponsored by: Leidos Health is a leading healthcare IT consulting firm with deep clinical and technical expertise to support our customers in selecting, implementing, and optimizing information technology investments. Leidos Health offers a comprehensive range of technology services for health care providers - from vendor selection, strategy, design, imple- mentation, and optimization, across all major electronic medical record systems. Our professional services help providers meet regulatory requirements, optimize technology for their clinical workflow, improve collections and reduce receivables, and keep data safe.