The
California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF) has announced the selection of 30
health professionals for the ninth class of its Health Care Leadership Program.
The program equips talented professionals with the skills needed to positively
impact health care policy and delivery in California. Sponsored by CHCF, the
program is administered by the Center for the Health Professions at the
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).
“These
leaders bring a broad range of experience as medical directors, administrators,
and supervisors, as well as diverse fields of expertise including medicine,
nursing, pharmacy, dentistry, clinical informatics, public health, and
business,” said Mark D. Smith, M.D., M.B.A., president and CEO of the
California HealthCare Foundation. “In the nine years that we’ve supported this
effort, we’ve been impressed with participants’ sustained commitment to improve
the quality and efficiency of health care in California,” said Smith.
Over
the course of two years, fellows convene in seminars led by nationally
recognized health care and leadership development experts and faculty
associated with UCLA’s Anderson School of Management. The program addresses
health care issues from business, leadership, and public policy perspectives.
Participants learn to build and lead teams, manage complexity and change,
understand and use financial management tools, and respond to the changing
health care environment.
“The
CHCF Health Care Leadership Program was and continues to be a transformational
experience for me” said alumna Susan Ehrlich, M.D., M.P.P., CEO of the San
Mateo Medical Center. “As a public hospital CEO and practicing primary care physician, I am deeply committed to
improving the health of our communities and the quality, cost, and experience
of health care. Through its network of fellows and alumni, I believe the
program will make improvements of these types at every level of health care
policy and operations throughout the state.”
CHCF Health Care Leadership Program Class
of 2009-2011
Afshan Baig,
M.D.
Chief Medical
Officer, Clinica de Salud del Pueblo
Brawley
Thomas
Barber, M.D.
Associate
Physician-in-Chief, Kaiser Permanente
Oakland
Laurie Bauer,
B.S.N., M.S.P.H.
Quality and
Compliance Officer, Ravenswood Family Health Center
East Palo
Alto
Patricia
Bellas, M.D., M.P.H.
Associate
Medical Director, The Children's Clinic
Long Beach
Lisa Benaron,
M.D.
Medical
Director, Far Northern Regional Center
Chico
Christine
Castano, M.D.
Lead
Physician, HealthCare Partners
Arcadia
J. Craig
Collins, M.D., M.B.A.
Member, SCPMG
Board of Directors; Surgical Residency Program Director; Assistant Chief of
Surgery, Kaiser Permanente
Los Angeles
Edwin
Feliciano, M.D.
Medical
Director, Santa Barbara County Alcohol, Drug, and Mental Health Services
Santa Barbara
Susan
Fernyak, M.D., M.P.H.
Deputy Health
Officer, Director, Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, San Francisco
Dept of Public Health
San Francisco
Khim Fugate,
M.H.A., B.S.N.
Chief Nursing
Officer, Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
Colton
Paul Giboney,
M.D.
Associate
Medical Director, Clinica Msr. Oscar A. Romero
Los Angeles
Dawn
Harbatkin, M.D.
Medical
Director, Lyon-Martin Health Services
San Francisco
Sacramento
Janet Kiely,
R.N., B.S.
Healthcare
Administration, CNO/COO, Healdsburg District Hospital
Healdsburg
Claudia
Landau, Ph.D., M.D.
Chief of
Geriatrics and Palliative Care, Alameda County Medical Center
Oakland
Roscoe
Marter, M.D.
Vice
President/Regional Medical Director-Santa Clarita Valley, Facey Medical Group
Valencia
Laura McComb,
B.S.N.
Corporate
Patient Safety Officer, Community Medical Centers
Fresno
Barak
Mevorak, M.D.
CEO, Advanced
Medical Review
Los Angeles
Sandra Moody,
B.S.N., M.D.
Medical
Director, Home Based Primary Care/Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, SF
VA Medical Center/University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco
Danielle
Myers, M.D.
Associate
Medical Director, Golden Valley Health Centers
Merced
Jamie
Phillips, B.S.N., M.H.A.
VP Regional
Operations, HealthCare Partners Medical Group
Arcadia
Michelle
Schneidermann, M.D.
Medical
Director, SFDPH Medical Respite; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine,
UCSF/SFGH and SFDPH Medical Respite
San Francisco
Hani Sefain,
Pharm.D.
Chief,
Pharmaceutical Procurement, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services
Los Angeles
Susan Smarr,
M.D.
Physician-in-Chief,
Santa Clara Medical Center, The Permente Medical Group/Kaiser Permanente
Santa Clara
David Sofen,
M.D.
Regional
Medical Director, Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group
Santa Cruz
Paul Subar,
D.D.S., Ed.D.
Assistant
Professor/Director, Special Care Clinic and Hospital Dentistry Program,
University of the Pacific, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry
San Francisco
Kenneth Tai,
M.D.
Medical
Director, North East Medical Services
San Francisco
Lucila Tarin,
M.D.
Chief Medical
Officer, University Muslim Medical Association
Los Angeles
Ana Valdes,
M.D.
Medical
Director, St. Anthony Free Medical Clinic
San Francisco
Kamille
Wright, B.S.N., M.S.
Associate
Hospital Administrator II, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services
Los Angeles
About the Center for Health Professions
at UCSF
Since
1992, the Center has been dedicated to transforming health care by delivering
Leadership programs to empower change agents at every level and within all
sectors of the health care system; and internationally recognized, unbiased
research to help health care decision makers understand today's workforce
issues and design actionable strategies to solve them.
About the California HealthCare
Foundation
CHCF
is leading the way to better care for all Californians, particularly those
whose needs are not well served by the status quo. We work to ensure that
people have access to the care they need, when they need it, at a price they
can afford.
CHCF informs
policymakers and industry leaders, invests in ideas and innovations, and
connects with changemakers to create a more responsive, patient-centered health
care system.
CONTACT INFORMATION
CHCF
Communications Officer
California
HealthCare Foundation
