The People and Organizations involved in the VHA Complexity Science Leadership Initiative New people and organizations are joining the network all the time. Here is a current list of people and their organizations who are actively applying and learning about complexity science in the context of their organizations. If you want to find out more please see contact us and will be happy to get back to you. Lin Aina Charlene Allred Associate Professor Duke University School of Nursing Ruth A. Anderson, PhD, RN, CNAA Associate Professor Duke University School of Nursing Arthur J. Ansert, Jr. Vice President, Contracting Trident IPA Robert Bayly, MD Director, Critical Care Services Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center James W. Begun, PhD Professor and Director, MHA Program University of Minnesota Kathleen Blandford Vice President, Operations VHA East Coast Terrance R. Borman Medical Dir. Luther Midelfort - Mayo Health System Paul Boumbulian Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning and Pop. Med. Parkland Family Health Center Jeff Brewer President Walker Baptist Medical Center Carmen Brochu   Kootenai Medical Center Clyde Brooks, MD Physician Consultant HealthEast Richard Brooks Vice President, Hospital Operations Samaritan Medical Center Joseph S. Bujak, MD Vice President, Medical Affairs Kootenai Medical Center Matt Burkhart Student Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota Tammera D. Caine, MS Dir., Education & Community Health Improv.Services VHA Pennsylvania Victor Calvo Sr. Staff Development Officer Fremantle Health & Hospital Service Gayle Capozzalo Jan Carter Dir., Strategic Planning & Marketing American Academy of Family Physicians Robert Chapel Corp., Controller -- Finance Vice President VHA Inc. Stacy Cinatl Vice president, Clinical Affairs VHA Inc. John Collins, MD Senior Vice President, Clinical Affairs VHA Inc. Shannon Collins Dept. of Veterans Affairs David Cook, PhD Chief Medical Officer The Key Family of Companies Jerry Coursen, PhD Arizona State University Patricia Crosetti, MBA, MPA CEO VA Heartland Network Edwin E. Dahlberg President St. Luke's Regional Medical Center Eugene Dankbar Continuous Improvement Coordinator Mayo Clinic Martha Dawson CNO University of Louisville Hospital Craig Deao Student University of Minnesota Carlene DeVeau Executive Director, Human Resources Deaconess Billings Clinic Linda DeWolf Vice President of Community Health Improvement VHA Inc. Eileen Dimmler SVP, Professional New York Community Hospital Laura Dimmler Leadership Development Dir. Deaconess Billings Clinic Jean Douglas Mary Ellen Doyle Chief Nursing Officer St. Luke's Health System Erica Drazen Vice President First Consulting Group Mike Duke Member Services, Vice President VHA Inc. Mary Dye Project Manager, Rush Institute for Healthy Aging Rush-Presbyterian-St.Luke’s Medical Center-Rush University Arinne Edelman Consultant, Complexity Management VHA Inc. Barrie Evans, C.Psych. Exec.Dir. Madame Vanier Children's Services Andrea Ferrett Director, Organizational Development Memorial Hospital of South Bend Peter Fielding Janel Foote Marinan Freeman Senior Vice President Shannon Health System Lonnie Fuller, MD Physician   Yolanda Gehring Cardiopulmonary Director Chilton Memorial Hospital Roger Gilbertson, MD President MeritCare Health Systems Ray E. Gillis Market Mgmt. VP VHA Central-Atlantic Michael H. Grieco, MD Vice President, Medical Affairs Christ Hospital Steven D. Hagedorn, MD Vice Chair, CI Council Mayo Clinic Alexander J. Hatala President and CEO Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center George Hayes Senior Operating Officer St. Luke's Health System Alfred Herzog, MD Vice President, Medical Affairs Hartford Hospital Terry Hluchyj Transition Leader Borgess Health Alliance Eileen Hoffman, MD   American College of Women's Health Physicians James Hoffman, MD Memorial Hospital of South Bend James Howard, MD Senior Vice President Washington Hospital Center Dan Hull Dir., Peformance Consulting Scott & White Hospital Susan C. Hull Principal WellSpring Don Inderlied Vice President, Strategic Organizational Excellence Hamot Health Foundation Tom G. Irons, MD President HealthEast Doreen Johnson Vice President, Operations Ball Memorial Hospital Diane Kane, RN Manager Wyoming Valley Health Care Systems, Inc. Frank Karel Vice President, Communications Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Robert J. Kayser Senior Vice President and Executive Officer VHA Empire State Kathleen C. Keleher, CNM Director, Patient Care – Women's Fletcher Allen Health Care Mary Anne Keyes, RN Vice President, Patient Care Services Solaris Health System Michael Kingsbury   Community Health System John R. Kopicki Senior Vice President of Clinical Services JFK Medical Center Richard Lauve, MD, MBA Physician Medical Advisor VHA Gulf States Cary F. Leptuck President and Chief Executive Officer Chestnut Hill HealthCare Mark Levine, MD Director Center for a Healthy Community Marshal Levine, MD Director of Occupational Health (Retired) NASA Curt Lindberg Senior Consultant, Complexity Management VHA Inc. Cynthia P. Liskov, MD, FACEP Medical Director Wyoming Valley Health Care Systems, Inc. Robert J. Longo Pres. & CEO The Good Samaritan Hospital Martha Lynn, PhD Senior Director, Organization Development Saint Luke Shawnee Mission Health System Marilyn Monk Senior Vice President and CNO Fletcher Allen Health Care Rodney Moriyama Vice President Chief Information Officer The Queen’s Health System Joseph Morris Chief Executive Officer Kootenai Medical Center Bruce Naylor Medical Dir. VHA Oklahoma Trish O'Keefe, RN Dir., Nursing & Acute Care Svs. Morristown Memorial Hospital Eric Olson, PhD Senior Administrator TRI James C. Olsen VP Corporate Services Carolinas Healthcare System John Orzano, MD Clinical Associate Professor/Dept of Family Med. Robert Wood Johnson H.L. Perry Pepper President The Chester County Hospital Mark Pfeifer, MD Chief of Staff University of Louisville Hospital John Peirce, MD Senior Administrator, Medical Education Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center Bonnie Peters Bruce Pitts, MD Executive Partner, System and Clinical Support Services MeritCare Health Systems Mark Pool, MD Med. Dir., Lab & Pathology Riverside Medical Center Kathryn L. Reed, MD Professor and Director of Maternal Fetal Medicine Arizona Health Sciences Center Ronald Reneau President Reneau Associates Patricia Rock Vice President, Nursing Operations Fletcher Allen Health Care Paul Roopria MHA Student Carlson School of Management -- University of MN Linda Rusch, RN Vice President, Patient Care Services Hunterdon Medical Center Patricia Rush, MD, MBA Co-Director Rush Institute for Healthy Aging Marilyn Rymer, MD Medical Director, Stroke Program Saint Luke's Hospital John H. Scharf Vice President, Quality and Outcomes Mgt. Atlantic Health System Brent Shive Vice President, Fee for Service/IT VHA Inc. Mark Smith, MD Chairman, Emergency Medicine Washington Hospital Center George Soper Senior Vice President Memorial Hospital of South Bend Dan Stultz, MD President and CEO Shannon Health System James H. Taylor President and Chief Executive Officer University of Louisville Hospital John Tobin President Greater Waterbury Health Network B. William Vanderburg President VHA New England, Inc. Deborah Vink Vice President, Integrated Services Samaritan Medical Center Darla Weaver Vice President, Patient Services Grand View Hospital Jan Weber, MD Chief of Cardiology Division Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center Anne West-Church Consultant, Complexity Management VHA Inc. Marjorie Whelan, RN Dir. Emergency & Intensive Care Svcs. Hunterdon Medical Center Ken White, PhD Assistant Professor Virginia Commonwealth University Kristianne Wilson Executive Director, Marketing And Regional Services Deaconess Billing Clinic Robert Wise President and Chief Executive Officer Hunterdon Medical Center John J. Wisniewski, MD, MHSA Associate Dean & Medical Director Medical College of Ohio Nick Wolter, MD Chief Executive Officer Deaconess Billings Clinic Paula M. Zalucki Director of Strategic Planning and Research VHA Inc. Deborah K. Zastocki, RN, EdM Senior Vice President, Clinical Services & Operations Chilton Memorial Hospital

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