Foundation Partner Virtual Education – Spring 2021

Dr. Alozie is a graduate of the University of Minnesota’s Infectious Diseases fellowship program. Prior to this, he received his medical degree from the University of Benin in Nigeria and then completed an internship and residency at the Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he got his introduction to Digital Health. He is also board-certified in clinical informatics by the American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM), making him one of less than 100 such certified physicians in the state of Texas.

Dr. Alozie was most recently the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) at Del Sol Medical Center, where he oversaw clinical quality, physician alignment and partnered on healthcare innovations. He is presently the CEO of Southwest Viral Med (SWVM), a non-profit organization in El Paso responsible for the care of clients living with HIV.  Dr. Alozie believes that patient care is the most important part of medicine. “Technology is not a replacement for patient care, but rather a way to enhance and catalyze the care our patients deserve”

As the chair, co-chair or member on multiple local and state committees, he represents El Paso, focused on how health information technology can improve care.  He gave a TedX – El Paso talked titled “The Digital Immigrant” in 2016, and in the same year was awarded “Best Doctor in the City 2016” by the El Paso City Magazine.  In 2017, the El Paso Pharmacy Association gave his clinic the “Award for Innovative Practice”. In 2020, Dr. Alozie represented the El Paso community to various media channels, during the COVID pandemic; these included – CNBC, Bloomberg, NPR, and CBS.

Mr. Christian is the Vice President of Technology and CTO for Franciscan Alliance, a thirteen (13) hospital system serving Indiana and Illinois.

Previously, Mr. Christian served as the Vice President of Technology and Engagement at the Indiana Health Information Exchange.  He also served as the VP/Chief Information Officer of St. Francis Hospital, a position he held for 2.5 years.  Before his role at St. Francis, Mr. Christian served as the VP/CIO for Good Samaritan Hospital, in Vincennes, Indiana, a position he held for 24 years.  Mr. Christian started his career in healthcare as a Registered Radiologic Technologist, serving in various roles for 14 years.

Mr. Christian, as a healthcare IT thought leader, has delivered presentations on a wide range of healthcare technology topics and is frequently quoted and published in national publications.   Mr. Christian is also the author of the Irreverent-CIO health care blog.

Sunila Levi has 22 plus years of IT operations experience, supporting strategies and operations of multi-million, billion dollar budgeted companies and agencies. Levi  has led Enterprise and mid-scale IT divisions, IT systems and projects from Enterprise scale to statewide systems. Some of her areas of experience and focus include: Digital Transformation, Electronic Health Record (EHRs) system modernization projects, Cloud Architecture and Platform as a Service (PaaS) offerings leveraging – AWS, Google and Hybrid Hosted Systems. Enabling technologies, Telehealth, Virtual Care, Artificial Intelligence, Business Intelligence, Machine Learning, Innovation, DevSecOps, Client Experience and Engagement solutions etc. She serves on the State Strategic Plan Advisory Committee Member, guiding the development of 2018-2022 Texas State Strategic Plan for Information Resources Management. Levi has presented at Healthcare IT events such as InnoTech, Forrester, GovLoop, AuditMacs, CIO Austin Panels, Technology Congress, Cybersecurity, CIO Synergy, Health IT Expo etc. Levi is a Texas Star Award recipient, coined as the bravest woman in IT! for supporting COVID efforts at the agency, holds many IT related certifications. Levi is also a Board Member of Austin HIMSS chapter supporting Interoperability. She holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration, Management Information Systems (MBA, MIS) and Bachelor’s in Electronics and Communication Engineering, and is a native of Austin, TX where she lives with her family

Christopher Longhurst MD, MS, serves as chief information officer and associate chief medical officer for quality and safety at UC San Diego Health. This dual, complementary role provides leadership in key functional areas to continuously improve efforts around operations, reputation and care provided at UC San Diego Health.

As CIO, Dr. Longhurst oversees all operations and strategic planning for information and communications technology. He is responsible for planning and developing all administrative and clinical information systems related to operating UC San Diego Health hospital and clinical facilities, including electronic health records and the MyUCSDChart system. Dr. Longhurst also leads the creation and execution of a comprehensive information strategy to meet the future needs of UC San Diego Health along with creating standards, architectures and policies for information technologies across UC San Diego and the UC system.

As associate CMO for quality and safety, Dr. Longhurst is focused on building upon current quality improvement efforts and aligning people, processes and technology to achieve UC San Diego Health’s quality and accountability goals. Leveraging his expertise in health informatics and analytics, he is responsible for the evaluation of structure and faculty leadership in quality, key quality committees, and improved alignment across the organization for achieving these goals. Dr. Longhurst is also a key faculty member in the Departments of Biomedical Informatics and Pediatrics in the UC San Diego School of Medicine, maintaining an active clinical practice as a newborn hospitalist and pursuing scholarship in care quality, patient safety, and health informatics.

He completed his residency at Stanford Medical School and earned his medical degree and MS in medical informatics from UC Davis. He holds a BS in molecular biology from UC San Diego. He is a board-certified pediatrician and clinical informaticist.

Scott T. MacLean is senior vice president and chief information officer at MedStar Health. He is responsible for the leadership and vision of Information Services (IS) in support of clinical, research and academic, and administrative functions across the system.

Starting his career at General Electric, MacLean joined MedStar Health with more than 25 years of experience in Information Technology (IT). Prior to MedStar Health, he was deputy chief information officer and director of IS Operations for Mass General Brigham in Boston, Massachusetts, where he was responsible for the core technology infrastructure and overall administration of the IS department. This role included oversight of the voice and data network, data centers, desktop support, and service desk for the Mass General Brigham hospitals and affiliated ambulatory practices. He oversaw the budget, space, communications, and Human Resources needs of a 1,200-person department.

Previously, MacLean was chief information officer at Newton-Wellesley Hospital and a corporate director for Mass General Brigham, where he oversaw all information systems and telecommunications for Newton-Wellesley. While there, he led successful implementations of enterprise fiscal and administrative systems, several construction projects and prepared the hospital for meaningful use.

During his tenure at Mass General Brigham, MacLean also served as director of Clinical Systems at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, where he was responsible for systems related to patient safety, including physician order entry, Electronic Health Record (EHR), medication administration record and bar coding. He was corporate manager of the Mass General Brigham Oncology Service Line IT Program, an initiative to improve patient safety and cancer outcomes using computer systems.

MacLean was board chair for the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), and has written and spoken on technology in health care across the United States, Middle East and Asia. He is a past president of the New England Chapter of HIMSS and has served on the Ambulatory Steering and Foundation Scholarship Committees. He has been an item writer for the Certified Professional in Healthcare Information and Management Systems (CPHIMS) exam. MacLean served as a charter member of the Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise-USA (IHE-USA) Board of Directors and on an expert panel for the National Quality Forum. He has been on the HIMSS Analytics Board of Directors.

MacLean received a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from Clemson University and a Master of Business Administration in healthcare management from Boston University.

Donna Roach serves as the Chief Information Officer for the University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics (UUHC). Previous to this, she was the Vice President for Information Services at BJC HealthCare and Washington University Medical School and oversaw the Epic program for the 15 BJC Hospitals, the 700 physician medical group, in addition to the 2200 physician member Washington University Medical School Faculty Practice Plan and affiliated practices.

With more than 35 years’ experience in the healthcare industry, Roach has focused on healthcare information technology for the past 30 years. She was with Ascension Information Services, serving as the Chief Information Officer in the St. Louis corporate office, the Gulf Coast, Kansas, Michigan and New York markets. Prior to this, she held the CIO role at Bronson Health in Kalamazoo, Michigan and Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville, Illinois.

Roach earned her Bachelor of Science Degree, Health Administration, from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and her Master of Science in Health Systems Management from Rush Medical College in Chicago. She completed her Fellowship at the Veterans Administration, Chicago.

Roach is a Certified Healthcare Chief Information Officer, a Fellow within the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives and Healthcare Information Management Systems Society and served on the Board for the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives. Previously, she was the President of the Michigan Chapter of Healthcare Information Management Systems Society and Chair for the Michigan Hospital Association Technology Board.

She has taught at the University of Illinois – Circle Campus, Rush Medical College, Department of Health Systems Management, and UCONN, Health Administration.

Linda A. Reed has been with SJH since February of 2016. Prior to that Ms. Reed was with Atlantic Health System and Virtua Health, two of New Jersey’s largest health systems, serving in a variety of roles including Vice President and CIO. As CIO, Ms. Reed is responsible for planning, acquiring and implementing information and telecommunications technologies. Her role includes oversight of system implementations, project management, application development, platform and network infrastructure management, information security, business analytics, web/mobile development, telecommunications and customer service and support. In addition to guiding information technology at SJH, Ms. Reed has been actively involved with leading technological change in health care for New Jersey. Ms. Reed is the founder of Jersey Health Connect, one of four state grant-funded Health Information Exchanges. Jersey Health Connect allows member hospitals and provider organizations to access and update information about patients within the network. Today, JHC is the largest HIE in the state, comprised of 30 hospitals and numerous other healthcare providers across 10 counties throughout northern and central New Jersey.

Ms. Reed is a long standing contributor to the healthcare IT industry, and was featured on the cover of Health & Hospital Network magazine’s July 2013 “Most Wired” edition. Ms. Reed is a longstanding CHIME member and has served as a member of the Board of Trustees. Ms. Reed is a CHIME Fellow and holds CHIME’s CHCIO credential. Ms. Reed serves on a number of health information technology groups including the AHA’s Interoperability work group. Ms. Reed has been recognized in Becker’s Hospital Review’s “100 Hospital CIO’s to know” as well as their “24 Female Hospital and Health System CIO’s to know”. From a community perspective, Ms. Reed was a long-standing board member for the Francis E. Parker Memorial Nursing Home and serves on the board of the Healthcare Employees Federal Credit Union in Princeton, NJ. She served as a member of the strategic advisory councils for Siemens and McKesson Corporation. Ms. Reed has served as an adjunct professor in the MBA program at Widener University and as a trustee of the New Jersey Chapter of HIMSS.

Ms. Reed obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. a Master of Science in nursing with distinction from Pace University in Peekskill, NY, and a Master of Business Administration from Widener University in Chester, PA. She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau, International Nursing Honor Society and Sigma Beta Delta, National Honor Society for Business, Management and Administration.  

As a member of the Ministry Leadership Team, Craig’s responsibilities include leading all aspects of the health system’s information technology and digital services involving strategy, operations, technology, applications, information security, and data assets in leading the system’s digital transformation and information automation. Previously, he served as Senior Vice President & Chief Information and Analytics Officer at Atrium Health for more than 20 years where he transformed the growing company into a national leader in the effective use of technology, utilizing data as a driver and digital services as a differentiator. Craig notably earned the prestigious 2015 John E. Gall, Jr. National CIO of the Year Award from CHIME and HIMSS in healthcare. Mr. Richardville was also awarded in 2017 the Carolinas CIO of the Year and in 2020 the Colorado CIO of the Year for his continued impact using technology and digital across all industries. Craig earned his master’s degree in business administration and also his bachelor’s degree in business administration from University of Toledo.