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41 POPULATION HEALTH Richard T. Lopes, MD, Executive Vice President and Chief Population Health Officer, SCL Health (Denver). Dr. Lopes rejoined SCL Health in May 2011 as senior vice president of SCL Health PSO (formerly Health Networks) before his promotion to his current position, in which he oversees the organization and management of SCL Health's healthcare delivery system. Previously, he was in a leadership role on SCL Health's board from 2004 through 2010. Prior to joining SCL Health in 2004, he was vice president of medical operations for two of Denver-based Catholic Health Initiatives' regions. Dr. Lopes pre- viously held a number of positions with San Francisco-based Catholic Healthcare West, which changed its name to Dignity Health in 2012. Rhonda M. Medows, MD, Executive Vice President of Population Health, Providence Health & Services (Renton, Wash.). Dr. Medows joined Providence in May 2015, where she over- sees the Providence Health Plan, ACOs, payer strategy and contracting, physician services and the affiliated Pacific Medical Group. Before taking on her current role, she was executive vice president and CMO of UnitedHealth Group. She also has previous experience as commission- er for the Georgia Department of Community Health and as the state health officer for Georgia. Dr. Medows also served under former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) as secretary of the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration, the state agency responsible for the Medicaid programs, health facility regulation, managed care quality, health information exchange and public policy development. In additoin, she was CMO for the CMS Southeast region. Sandy Melzer, MD, Executive Vice President for Networks and Population Health, Seattle Children's. At Seattle Children's, Dr. Melzer works with other leaders to position Seattle Children's as the preferred pediatric provider. His work includes developing systems that facilitate coordinated care between Seattle Children's specialists, primary care physicians and other community providers. Prior to his current role, he served as senior vice president and chief strategy officer at Seattle Children's. Peter Roberts, Executive Vice President for Population Health and Business Development, Children's Health System of Texas (Dallas). Mr. Roberts joined Children's in 2011 and has played a big role in the development of a pediatric value-based business model, including an HMO financing vehicle, a provider-led ACO, adult health system affiliations, data and analytics core and a com- prehensive population health management support system. Mr. Roberts led the conceptualization and development of e Health and Wellness Alliance for Children, as well as the establishment of adult health system affiliations with Children's Medical Center across the Dallas and Fort Worth areas. He is responsible for all functions related to population health, managed care, ACO laws and regulations, physician networks, physician corporations, external organization affiliations and recruiting, primary care strategy, disease management and corporate planning. Bert Scott, Senior Vice President of Population Health, Novant Health (Winston-Salem, N.C.). In his role at Novant Health, Mr. Scott works with other leaders to integrate population health across Novant Health, both culturally and operationally. Prior to Novant Health, he was president and CEO of Affinity Health Plan, a consumer-driven health plan organization in New York. Previously, he was president of U.S. commercial markets for Cigna and executive vice president and chief development officer at TIAA-CREF, a financial services organization. During his 10 years with TIAA-CREF, he also served as executive vice president of strategy, integration and planning where he was responsible for leading the development and implementa- tion of company strategy and all merger and acquisition activities. Joel J. Shu, MD, Vice President of Clinical Transformation and Population Health, Catholic Health Services (Rockville Centre, N.Y.). Dr. Shu is the first person to fill this role at CHS. Before joining CHS, he was at Jersey City (N.J.) Medical Center, where he was chairman of the medical staff peer review, director of EMR implemen- tation, director of continuing medical education and project director of an ACO. ere, he instituted clinical practice changes within the ACO there to improve various aspects, such as bundled payment care, an in- patient pain and symptom management program, an outpatient cancer rehabilitation program and patient satisfaction. Mark Sparta, Executive Vice President and Chief Population Health Officer, Hackensack (N.J.) University Health Net- work. In his position, Mr. Sparta leads the development of Hacken- sackUHN's population health program and accountable care services. He facilitates strong partnerships internally with the HackensackAlli- ance ACO leadership and the medical executive community as well as with external community health agencies, nursing home facilities and other entities. Prior to his current position, which he took over in May, he was HackensackUHN's vice president of clinical services and senior operations officer for eight years. He le that position in Novem- ber 2014 to serve as acting CEO of HackensackUMC at Pascack Valley. He has a clinical background as a physical therapist, helped lead the development of Fitness & Wellness Powered by the Giants, a fitness and wellness center available to members and patients. Barbara A. Walters, DO, Executive Vice President and Chief Population Health Officer, Trinity Health (Livonia, Mich.). Dr. Walters joined Trinity Health from Dartmouth-Hitchcock in New Hampshire, where she was executive medical director. She was involved in Dartmouth-Hitchcock's population health management work and also led the development of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Pioneer ACO, as well as a three-state Medicare Shared Savings Program ACOs. Currently, Dr. Walters is responsible for Trinity Health's physician network operations, and for continuing the development and implementation of the strategic initiatives that will create Trinity Health's approach to population health management. She is also a key system representative and spokesperson with external stakeholders (payer relationships, governmental advocacy and public health policy) for population health activities. Stacey Youcis, Senior Vice President of Service Lines and Population Health, Lancaster (Pa.) General Health. Ms. Youcis has a clinical background in radiology, cardiology and emergency medi- cine. In her current role, she works closely with executive and physician leaders to provide vision, leadership and operational oversight of LG Health's seven major service lines. She is accountable for each of the service lines' financial performance, operational efficiency and quality improvement to meet targeted clinical and operating outcomes. Before taking on her current role, she was vice president of operations at Lan- caster (Pa.) General Hospital. n