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Lifetime Membership
Eligibility Requirements: The individual must have been a CHIME member for a total of 15 years (consecutive or non-consecutive) and must have served on the CHIME Board OR have achieved CHIME Fellow status.
Lifetime members are entitled to all the benefits and privileges of CHIME membership but are no longer required to pay annual dues.*
Lifetime CHIME members are entitled to use the LCHIME designation. Memberships will be assessed each year, and those members who meet the criteria will be notified and entered into the program.
*In the event that a Lifetime member moves to a healthcare IT vendor or consulting firm, the benefits and privileges of individual CHIME membership will be suspended; however, they may continue to use the LCHIME designation.
Emeritus Membership Program
Emeritus status can be granted to members upon their retirement from the healthcare IT industry as long as they are no longer involved in earning income from a position in the healthcare information services industry and are not earning income by being employed by or as a vendor or consultant in any industry.
Individuals who would like to transition into Emeritus status must have been a member of CHIME in good standing for not less than five years.
Emeritus status provides for continuation of all rights, privileges, and benefits of CHIME except joint membership in HIMSS (but HIMSS membership may be purchased separately).
In addition, those members with Emeritus status are not eligible to serve as an elected Officer.
Fellow Program
CHIME’s Board of Trustees established the Fellow program to honor and recognize CHIME members who have actively participated in the organization and who have made significant contributions to the healthcare IT field as a CIO.
Advancement to Fellow is an award and recognition for service and contribution to the organization, not just an acknowledgment of the length of membership in the CHIME. The CHIME Board of Trustees is pleased to offer advancement to Fellow for those members who have been long standing contributors to the success of the CHIME.
Application Process
Members wishing to apply should contact CHIME to begin the application process. CHIME staff will complete a membership audit to determine if all criteria for advancement to Fellow are met. If the criteria are met, the application will be submitted to the Board for approval. In the event that all prerequisites are not met, members will receive the audit with recommendations on ways to fulfill outstanding criteria.
Applications for advancement to Fellow will be accepted year round.
After all applications are reviewed, the candidate will be notified of their Fellow status by the CHIME staff and shall also be sent an official letter of acknowledgement cosigned by both the President and the Chair of CHIME. Any issues should be directed to the CHIME staff, who will then work with the Board Member who oversees Membership to resolve any problems.
Award/Recognition
Fellow status in CHIME shall be designated by the letters FCHIME. Once awarded with Fellow status, the member may list FCHIME after his or her name.
All members achieving Fellow status will be featured in the CHIME’s newsletter and/or other printed materials. In addition, each member will receive a Fellow award at the Fall Forum proceeding.
Current CHIME Fellows
- Pamela Arora, FCHIME, LCHIME, CHCIO Dallas, TX
- Cara Babachicos, FCHIME, CHCIO South Shore Hospital – S Weymouth, MA
- Michael T. Balassone, LCHIME, FCHIME, CHCIO MUSC Physicians – Charleston, SC
- Marion J. Ball, FCHIME Multi-Interprofessional Center for Health Informatics at UTA – Arlington, TX
- Pam Banchy, CHCIO, FCHIME Western Reserve Health System – Lyndhurst, OH
- Gary L. Barnes, MBA, LCHIME, FCHIME, CHCIO Medical Center Health System – Odessa, TX
- Heath Bell, FCHIME, CHCIO North Shore Health System – Skokie, IL
- Dr. James Brady, FCHIME, CHCIO, CDH-E Fairview Health Services
- Russell P. Branzell, FCHIME, CHCIO CHIME – Ann Arbor, MI
- Geoff Brown, FCHIME Piedmont Healthcare – Atlanta, GA
- Yuri Campbell, FCHIME, FACHE, CHCIO, CISSP, PMP, PMI-ACP Health Readiness Center of Excellence – Schertz, TX
- Randall A. Carpenter, FCHIME, LCHIME Omnicare, Inc. – TN
- Marc Chasin, FCHIME, M.D., MMM, LCHIME, CPE, CHCIO Westchester medical Center – Valhalla, NY
- Charles E. Christian, FCHIME, FHIMSS, LCHIME, CHCIO Indiana Health Information Exchange – Indianapolis, IN
- Chani Cordero, FCHIME, FACHE, FHIMSS, CDH-E Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center – San Antonio, TX
- Melinda Costin, FCHIME, CHCIO, FHIMSS JPS Health Network – Fort Worth, TX
- James R. Cramer, FCHIME, LCHIME, CHCIO, FHIMSS Honor Health (Retired) – Scottsdale, AZ
- Drexel DeFord, FCHIME, CHCIO, FHIMSS, FACHE Seattle, WA
- Rodney C. Dykehouse, FCHIME, LCHIME, CHCIO Penn State Hershey Medical Center and College of Medicine – Hershey, PA
- Cletis Earle, FCHIME, LCHIME, CHCIO Penn State University – Hershey, PA
- Adrienne M. Edens, MA, LCHIME, FCHIME, CHCIO Valley Region, CHIME – Oakland, CA
- Dr. William Feaster, MD, MBA, MJ, CPE, CDH-E, CHCIO, FCHIME Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC)
- Jason Fischer, FCHIME,CHCIO, CDH-E PIH Health
- Chad Fletcher, FCHIME, CHCIO, CPHIMSS Methodist Texsan Hospital – Ft. San Antonio, TX
- Paul Foelsch, LCHIME, FCHIME North Kansas City Hospital – N. Kansas City, MO
- Indranil Ganguly, MBA, FCHIME, LCHIME, FHIMSS, CHCIO JFK Health System – Edison, NJ
- John P. Glaser, FCHIME, CDH-E Acton, MA
- Larry D. Grandia, LCHIME, FCHIME, CHCIO Retired – Ivins, UT
- George T. (Buddy) Hickman, FCHIME, LCHIME, LFHIMSS, CPHIMS, CHCIO Albany Medical Center – Albany, NY
- Skip Hubbard, MBA, FCHIME, LCHIME, CHCIO Bon Secours Baltimore Hospital (Retired) – Marriottsville, MD
- Michael Jefferies, FCHIME, MBA, CHCIO, FACHE, PMP, CDH-E Boulder Community Health
- Liz Johnson, MS, FAAN, FCHIME, FHIMSS, CHCIO, RN-BC Tenet Healthcare Corporation – Dallas, TX
- Edward F. Kopetsky, FCHIME Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital – Palo Alto, CA
- Curt Kwak, FCHIME, CPHIMS, CHCIO Proliance Surgeons – Seattle, WA
- Dr. Bob Latz, FCHIME, CHCIO, DPT, CDH-E Trinity Rehabilitation Services, LLC
- Rose Ann Laureto, MHA, FCHIME Gundersen Health System – Fenton, MI
- Scott MacLean, MBA, CHCIO, CPHIMS, FCHIME, LCHIME, FHIMSS MedStar Health – Columbia, MD
- Michael Maksymow, FCHIME, FHIMSS, CPHIMS, CHCIO Beebe Healthcare – Beachwood, OH
- Fernando Martinez, CHCIO, FHIMSS, CISSP, CISM, CISA, CGEIT, FCHIME Texas Hospital Association – Palmetto Bay, FL
- Edward W. Marx, FCHIME, CHCIO Divurgent, LLC – Virginia Beach, VA
- Randy McCleese, MBA, MS, FCHIME, LCHIME, FHIMSS, CHCIO Methodist Hospital – Morehead, KY
- D. Sheree McFarland, MS, FCHIME, LCHIME, CHCIO West Florida Division, HCA – Clearwater, FL
- George W. McCulloch, FCHIME, CHCIO CHIME – Nashville, TN
- Joan McFaul, MA, FCHIME, CPHIMS, CHCIO Optimum Healthcare IT, LLC – Plymouth, MA
- Pamela G. McNutt, FCHIME, LCHIME Methodist Health System – Dallas, TX
- Theresa Meadows, CHCIO, FCHIME Cook Children’s Health Care – Fort Worth, TX
- Aaron Miri, CHCIO, FCHIME Baptist Health Jax, Jacksonville, FL
- Michael Mistretta, FCHIME, CPHIMS, CHCIO Virginia Hospital Center – Arlington, VA
- William L. Montgomery, FCHIME Retired CIO – The Villages, FL
- Daniel Morreale, PhD, FCHIME, LCHIME Hunterdon Healthcare System – Galloway, NJ
- Pamela Mon Muccilli, FCHIME, LCHIME William W. Backus Hospital – Norwich, CT
- David S. Muntz, LCHIME, FCHIME, CHCIO, CDH-E Austin, TX
- Albert Oriol, FCHIME, CHCIO Rady CHildren’s Hospital – San Diego, CA
- Mr. Kevin Peck, FCHIME, CHCIO Tripler Army Medical Center
- Keith Perry, FCHIME, CHCIO St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital – Memphis, TN
- Shane Pilcher, FCHIME, FHIMSS, CHCIO Siskin Hospital – Chattanooga, TN
- Rich S. Pollack, LCHIME, CHCIO, CPHIMSS, FCHIME Virginia Commonwealth University Health System – Chesterfield, VA
- Marc Probst, CHCIO, LCHIME, FCHIME Intermountain Healthcare – Salt Lake City, UT
- Tim Pugsley, FACHE, CHCIO, FCHIME Nebraska Orthopedic Hospital – Mt. Pleasant, TX
- Shafiq Rab, MD, MPH, FCHIME, CHCIO Rush University Medical Center – Chicago, IL
- Linda A. Reed, FCHIME, LCHIME, CHCIO St. Joseph’s Healthcare System – Paterson, NJ
- William Reed, FCHIME, FHIMSS Huntzinger Management Group – Dunmore, PA
- Bertram Reese, FCHIME, LCHIME Retired CIO – Virginia Beach, VA
- George Reynolds, MD, MMM, FAAP, CPHIMS, CHCIO, FCHIME Retired CIO & CMIO – Omaha, NE
- Sarah Richardson, CHCIO, CPLC, FCHIME Healthcare Partners, A DaVita Medical Group – El Segundo, CA
- Craig Richardville, MBA, FCHIME, FACHE, CHCIO, CDH-E Intermountain Health
- Donna Roach, FCHIME, CHCIO Ascension Information Services – Saint Charles, MO
- Elizabeth Rockowitz, FCHIME, CHCIO Florida International University – Weston, FL
- Kathy Ross, MBA, CHCIO, FCHIME Broward Health – Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Wayne Sass, PhD, CHCIO, FCHIME, PMP, MCSE, ITIL, CDH-E Sage Health
- Rick Schooler, LCHIME, FCHIME, FACHE, FHIMSS, CHCIO Practical Advisory, LLC – Orlando, FL
- Susan Schade, FCHIME, LCHIME, FHIMSS, MBA Boston, MA
- Gene Shaw, FCHIME, LCHIME Gene Shaw Coaching – Chesapeake, VA
- Edmund Siy, FHIMSS, FCHIME, CHCIO Hunterdon Healthcare System – Flemington, NJ
- Patricia Skarulis, FCHIME, LCHIME Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center – New York, NY
- Richard I. Skinner, MHA, MS, FCHIME, LCHIME RS2 – Charlottesville, VA
- Michael W. Smith, LCHIME, FCHIME, FACHE, FHIMSS, CHCIO Lee Memorial Health System – Fort Myers, FL
- William A. Spooner, LCHIME, FCHIME, CHCIO Retired CIO – Jonesborough, TN
- Tressa Springmann, CHCIO, FCHIME LifeBridge Health – Glenwood, MD
- Brian Sterud, CHCIO, CPHIMS, CHISL, FCHIME Faith Regional Health Services – Norfolk, NE
- Timothy Stettheimer, PhD, FCHIME, CHCIO CHIME – Birmingham, AL
- Stephen Stewart, MBA, FCHIME, FACHE, FHIMSS, CPHIMS, CHCIO, et al. Iowa Health Information Exchange – West Des Moines, IA
- Ronald J. Strachan, MHA, FCHIME, LCHIME, CHCIO McLaren Health – Grand Blanc, MI
- Joanne Sunquist, RN, MS, FCHIME, LCHIME, CHCIO Sunquist Professional Services – Plymouth, MN
- Dr. Paul Tang, FCHIME, LCHIME Stanford School of Medicine – San Francisco, CA
- Gretchen Tegethoff, FCHIME, CHCIO
- Helen V. Thompson, FCHIME, FABC, PMP Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems – Elkmont, AL
- David H. Tucker, FCHIME 314e Corporation – Pleasanton, CA
- Anna Turman, CHCIO, FCHIME, CDH-E CommonSpirit Health
- Jim Turnbull, FCHIME, LCHIME, DHA University of Utah Health Care – Salt Lake City, UT
- Vincent Vitali, FCHIME, FHIMSS, CHCIO Norwegian American Hospital – Riverside, IL
- Lynn H. Vogel, PhD, LCHIME, FCHIME, FHIMSS, CHCIO Ridgewood, NJ
- Anita Wilson, FCHIME, FHIMSS, CPHIMS, CHCIO University of San Diego – San Diego, CA
- Eric B. Yablonka, MBA, LCHIME, FCHIME Stanford Healthcare – Palo Alto, CA
- Russell A. Yeager, FCHIME, LCHIME, CHCIO Encompass Health – Vestavia, AL
- Corey Zeigler, CHCIO, FCHIME Helio Health – Harrisville, NY
- Mark Zirkelbach, CHCIO, FCHIME Loma Linda University Health Services – Loma Linda, CA
- Timothy Zoph, LCHIME, CHCIO, FCHIME Impact Advisors, LLC – Northbrook, IL