ACIS 2020-2021
Cohort 1
Karthik Balakrishnan, MD, MPH, FAAP, FACS, CIL
Professor of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, Stanford Children’s Hospital
Monique Bouvier, PhD, RN, PNP-BC, CIL
Corporate Director for Nursing Science, Emory Healthcare
Kathleen Carrothers, MS, MPH, CIL
Sr Director Quality & Performance Improvement, Stanford Medicine Tri-Valley
Lauren Destino, MD, CIL
Associate Division Chief of the Pediatric Hospital Medicine Division and co-Medical Director of Acute Care and Case Management at Stanford Children’s Hospital
Fouzel Dhebar, CIL
Vice President, Health Navigation, Global Services & Corporate Partner Solutions, Stanford Health Care
Kathryn Eden, CIL
Chief of Staff at Second Harvest of Silicon Valley
Maureen Fay, DNP, RN, CCRN, NEA-BC, CIL
Senior Director, Clinical Services, Stanford Health Care
Carl Gold, MD, CIL
Clinical Professor, Adult Neurology and Clinical Associate Professor, Neurosurgery, Stanford Medicine
Gloria Hwang, MD, CIL
Clinical Professor, Radiology, Stanford Medicine
Justin Ko, MD, MBA, CIL
Clinical Professor, Dermatology, Stanford Medicine
Joe Gayk, CIL
Senior Director of Accreditation and Strategy, Stanford Health Care
Will Hicken, CIL
Rural Health Clinic Compliance Coordinator, Uintah Basin Healthcare
Alaina Kipps, MD, CIL
Clinical Professor, Pediatrics - Cardiology, Stanford Children’s Health
Shenee Laurence, MPH, BSN, RN, CPHQ, CIL
Executive Director, Quality & Operations, Stanford Health Care
Yohan Lee, CIL
Director, Quality & Clinical Effectiveness, Stanford Health Care
Amy Lu, MD, MPH
Chief Quality Officer, UCSF Health
Barbara Mayer, PhD, RN, CIL
Senior Nurse Consultant, Evidence-Based Practice, Stanford Health Care
Rachelle Mirkin, MPH, CIL
Executive Director, Health Education, Engagement and Promotion, Stanford Health Care
Sheri Nakamura, RN, CNS, CIL
Capability Development Manager, Stanford Children’s Health
Elisa Nguyen, DNP, RN, CMSRN, CIL
Vice President & Chief Nursing Officer for Inpatient, Stanford Health Care
Jay Pahade, MD, CIL
Associate Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging
Sean Paulsen, MD, CIL
Radiologist, Uintah Basin Medical Center
Jay Shah, MD, CIL
Immediate Past Chief of Medical Staff, Stanford Health Care, and Associate Professor of Urology, Stanford Medicine
Jacob Shepherd, MSN, CIL
Executive Director of Access, Throughput, & Efficiency and Hospital Operations Center, Stanford Health Care
Lisa Shieh, MD, PhD, CIL
Clinical Professor and Medical Director of Quality, Medicine, Stanford Medicine
Greg Staker, MD, CIL
Chief Medical Officer, UBMC Clinic at Uintah Basin Healthcare
Marc Willis, MD, CIL
Clinical Professor, Radiology, Stanford Medicine
Laurice Yang, MD, MHA, FAAN, CIL
Clinical Professor, Adult Neurology, Stanford Medicine
Yun-Ting Yeh, MBA, CIL
Director, Finance and Administration, Stanford University School of Medicine
James Ramos, CIL
Director of Process Excellence & Senior Financial Analyst
ACIS 2021-2022
Cohort 2
Tricia Britt, DNP, RN, CNS, NEA-BC, CIL
Vice President, Chief Nursing Officer - Ambulatory and Nursing Practice
Whitney Chadwick, MD, CIL
Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine; Associate CMIO Stanford Children's Hospital
Charlene Chow, PA-C, CIL
Physician Assistant with the Urologic Oncology Department at Stanford Health Care
Mihaela Damian, MD, CIL
Associate Professor, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Emory University
Ryan Darke, MHA, MBB, FACHE, CIL
Interim Executive Administrator, Stanford Medicine Center for Improvement & Principal Improvement Professional, Stanford Health Care
Jon Davies
Director, Business Analytics/Enterprise BI, Stanford University School of Medicine
Benjamin Franc, MD, MBA, CIL
Interim Vice Chair for Clinical Strategy and Networks, Department of Radiology
Lisa Goldthwaite, MD, MPH, CIL
Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine
Alison Holmes Tisch, MSN
Director of Clinical Services, Cancer Center Palo Alto & Redwood City, Stanford Health Care
Brad Johnson, PT, MS, MBA, CIL
Vice President, Orthopaedic Destination Service Line and Outpatient Rehabilitation Services, Stanford Health Care
Leslie Garavaglia, MBA
Director, Financial Analysis, BJC Health System
Grissel Hernandez, PhD, MPH, RN
VP, Professional Development, Research & Magnet, Stanford Health Care
Neville Irani, MD, CIL
Founder, Healthcare Quality Improvement Platform (HQuIP)
Joseph Kim, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine
Marcie Levine, MD, FACP, CIL
General Internist and the Medical Director of the Stanford Primary Care Santa Clara Clinic
Ron Li, MD, CIL
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine and Center for Biomedical Informatics Research at Stanford University School of Medicine
Javier Lorenzo, MD
Associate Division Chief of Anesthesia Critical Care in the Department of Anesthesia, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford Medicine
Ann Mitchell Ellsworth, MSN, RN, PHN, CNS, Caritas Nurse®, CIL
Senior Director, Center for Professional Practice, Stanford Health Care
Rahim Nazerali, MD, MHS, FACS, CIL
Clinical Associate Professor, Surgery - Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford Medicine
Shilpa Patel, MD, CIL
Chief Quality Officer, Hawaii Pacific Health & Hospitalist - Pediatrics, Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children
Sarah Pittman, MD, CIL
Clinical Associate Professor, Radiology, Stanford Medicine
Andrei Purysko, MD, CIL
Section Head, Abdominal Imaging Associate Professor of Radiology, CCLCM Staff, Nuclear Medicine and Urology Cleveland Clinic
Nivedita Srinivas, MD, CIL
Clinical Professor, Pediatric Hospital Medicine, Stanford Children’s Health
Kristan Staudenmayer, MD, MS, FACS, CIL
Associate Professor of Surgery - General Surgery & Associate Chief of the Section of Acute Care Surgery
Kathan Vollrath, MD, MPH, CIL
Primary Care Physician, Evaluation Researcher, Stanford University
Ben Wandtke, MD, MS, CIL
Vice Chair, Quality and Safety, Department of Imaging Sciences, University of Rochester Medical Center
ACIS 2022-2023
Cohort 3
Paden Angelo, MD, CIL
Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health, Stanford Medicine
Sarah Aranha, MSN, CIL
Director, Access & Patient Flow, The Royal Melbourne Hospital
Michelle Arteaga, MS, MHA, CIL
Global Engagement Programs Manager, Stanford University School of Medicine
Robin Asido, CIL
Sr. Manager, IT Informatics Education, Stanford Health Care
Tracy Burk, MFA
Sr. Program Manager, Quality and Clinical Initiatives, Stanford University School of Medicine
Dot Cordova, CIL
Point of Care Ultrasound Program Manager, Stanford Health Care
David Crichton, CIL
Manager, Quality and Clinical Effectiveness, Quality, Patient Safety and Effectiveness, Stanford Health Care
Kaniksha Desai, MD, CIL
Clinical Professor of Medicine and Quality Director in Endocrinology at Stanford University School of Medicine
Heidy Garcia, CIL
Chief Nurse, Acute Care Hospital Operations, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Joy Goor, MBA, MBB, CIL
Principal Improvement Consultant, Stanford Health Care
Michelle DeCoux Hampton, PhD, RN
Editor in Chief, Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association
Allison Faust
Sr. Financial Analyst, Stanford University School of Medicine
Nitay Gill, CIL
Director, Navigation & Stanford Personalized Services, Stanford Health Care
William Gostic, MD, CIL
Clinical Assistant Professor & Physician Improvement Leader, Department of Anesthesiology, Stanford University School of Medicine
Dionne Hunte-Macon, MHA
Executive Director of Strategic Initiatives, Stanford Medicine Partners
Jyotsna Janardan, MD, CIL
Lead General Physician at South Australian Virtual Care Service and Consultant General Physician
Tara Neary, MHA, MBA, CPHQ
Senior Quality Consultant, Stanford Health Care
Salma Mansour, DNP, MBA, CIL
Director of Clinical Services & The Hospital Operations Center, Stanford Health Care
Lisa Morse, PhD, MS, RN, AGCNS-BC, CIL
Nurse Scientist - Quality Scholar Postdoctoral Fellow, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Tracy Ou, MS, BSN, RN, CPHQ, LSSBB, CIL
Senior Program Manager, Nursing Quality, Stanford Health Care
Ashley Peterson, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine
Mona Sidhu, MHA, CIL
Senior Manager - Ambulatory and Provider Optimization, Stanford Health Care
Elidia Tafoya, MPH, CIL
Manager, Office of Research, Patient Care Services, Stanford Health Care
Hirut Truneh, MSN
Senior Director of Clinical Services, Stanford Health Care
Gabe Tse, MD, MS, CIL
Clinical Assistant Professor, Stanford Children’s Health
Laura Vaughan, MD, CIL
Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health, Stanford Health Care
Margaret Wang, PhD, CIL
Senior Program Manager, Stanford Health Care
Marianne Yeung, MD, MPS, FACP, CIL
Deputy Chief of Staff, Acute Care Hospital Operations, VA Health Care Systems
ACIS 2023-2024
Cohort 4
Chris Albini, MBA, CIL
Executive Director, Business Operations, Analytics and PgMO, Stanford Health Care
Lynette Apen, DNP, RN, CNS, CNE
Associate Dean, Academic Affairs and Faculty Development, University of San Francisco School of Nursing and Health Professions
Teri Ard, PhD, MBA, CIL
Director, Environmental Health and Safety, Stanford Children’s Health
Katherine Boyd, MD, CIL
Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatrics, Stanford Children’s Health
Michael Chen, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine
Nathalie Cheng, CIL
Senior Quality Consultant, Cardiovascular Health DSL, Stanford Health Care
Anisia Dugala, MPH
Senior Quality Manager, Stanford Health Care
Angela Flowers, DNP, MSN, MBA, BSEE, CIL
Senior Director, Strategic Operations, Stanford Health Care
Kim Hoang, MD, CIL
Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatrics, Stanford Children’s Health
Dana Jones, CIL
Senior Program Manager, Stanford Health Care
Megan Faughnan, MD, CIL
Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatrics, Stanford Children’s Health
Neil Gordon, MBA, CIL
Health System Administrator; Associate Director, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Colin James
Patient Care Manager, Cancer Destination Service Line, Stanford Health Care
Matt Kinsella, MHA, CIL
Regional Chief Financial Officer, SSM Health Wisconsin-Care Delivery
John Lavelle, MD, CIL
Associate Chief of Staff for Quality, Safety & Value, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, & Assoc. Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine
Craig Lindquist, MD, PhD
Adjunct Professor, Clinical Excellence Research Center (CERC), Stanford University School of Medicine
Mary Lough, PhD, RN, FCCM, FAHA, FCNS, CIL
Implementation Scientist, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Stanford Health Care & Clinical Associate Professor, Stanford University Department of Medicine
Kyle Nondorf, CIL
Regional Chief Operating Officer - Mid Missouri/Oklahoma, SSM Health
Chungmei Shih, DNP, RN, CNS, CWON
Executive Director, Professional Practice & Clinical Improvement, Center for Professional Practice Leadership, Stanford Health Care
Kim Spencer, PharmD, MHA, BCPS, CIL
Chief Clinical Officer, Model Oncology
Stephanie Squires, MD, CIL
Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Stanford Children’s Health
Kevin Tsui, DNP, RN, NEA-BC
Vice President, Hospital Medicine Service Line & Strategy, Stanford Health Care
Alicia Wilson, CIL
Sr. Quality Consultant, Stanford Health Care
Amy Wilson, DNP, RN, CPHQ, CIL
System Chief Nursing Executive, SSM Health
Shephali Wulff, MD, CIL
System Vice President/Chief Quality Officer, SSM Health
Alice Yan, PhD, CIL
Research Scientist and Director, Stanford Health Care
Lauren Zimmer, CIL
System Vice President - Continuous Improvement, SSM Health
ACIS 2024-2025
Cohort 5
Sumit Bhargava, MD, CIL
Clinical Professor, Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine & Medical Director, Stanford Children’s Hospital Pediatric Sleep Laboratory
Bilwa Buchake, MPH, CIL
Director of Quality Analytics, Stanford Health Care
Karen Calderon, CIL
Senior Manager, Stanford Health Care
Ana Calugar, MHSA
Sr. Quality Consultant, Stanford Health Care
Jaime Chavarria, MD, CIL
Chief Medical Officer, Ravenswood Family Health Network
Amy Cruz, MSN
High Reliability Executive, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Richard Elles, PMP, CIL
Project Manager, Health Equity Research, Stanford Health Care
Rhonda Hamilton, MD, CIL
Section Chief General Medical Clinic (Primary Care Clinic), U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - Palo Alto
Regine Lopez, MPH, CIL
Program Manager, Interventional Platform, Pharmacy & Imaging, Stanford Health Care
Colleen Moreno, DNP, CNM, CIL
Director of Midwifery Services, Clinical Instructor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University School of Medicine
Isaac Moreno, MBA, FACHE, CIL
Clinic Manager, Advanced Wound Care, Stanford Health Care
Karen Ellis, DPT, LSSBB, CIL
Manager, Performance Improvement, Stanford Children’s Health
Khatra Latifi, MBA, CIL
Senior Director, Finance and Business Operations, Stanford Health Care
Billie-Jean Martin, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford Health Care
Kathryn Eden
Chief of Staff at Second Harvest of Silicon Valley
Manchula Navaratnam, MD
Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford Children’s Health
Hayden Schwenk, MD, MPH, CIL
Clinical Professor, Pediatrics - Infectious Diseases, Stanford Children’s Health
Areeya Segarra
Sr. Patient Safety Specialist, Stanford Health Care
Sapana Shah, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatrics - Gastroenterology, Stanford University School of Medicine
Danielle Shoaf
Executive Director, Surgical Services, Stanford Children’s Health
Zachary Threlkeld, MD, FAAN, CIL
Clinical Associate Professor, Adult Neurology, Stanford Health Care, Co-Director, Unit-Based Medical Director Program, and Associate Physician Improvement Leader, Inpatient Neurology
James McAvoy, MD, CIL
Anesthesiologist & Intensivist, Stanford Health Care
Jennifer Meaney, CIL
Manager, Quality Improvement & Reporting, Stanford Health Care
James Xie, MD, CIL
Clinical Associate Professor, Anesthesiology, Stanford University School of Medicine
Aimee Torbela, MSN, RN, CCRN-K, LSSBB, CIL
Senior Clinical Quality Specialist, Stanford Health Care
Uzma Waheed, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Radiology, Stanford Health Care
ACIS 2025-2026
Cohort 6
Gregory Auda, MD, MS, CIL
Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine
Yuliya Behey, RN, MSN, CIL
Senior Clinical Quality Specialist, Quality, Safety & Clinical Effectiveness, Stanford Health Care
Jan Boublik, MD, CIL
Assistant Professor, Regional Anesthesiology, Stanford University School of Medicine
Wendy Bravo, CIL
Senior Manager, Accountable Care & Employer Solutions, Stanford Health Care
Heather Buie, DBH, MS-HCA, CPHQ, CIL
Manager, Quality Management and Regulatory Affairs, Stanford Health Care
Jimmy Dang, BSN, RN
Senior Manager, Accountable Care Clinical Improvement, Stanford Health Care
Cedar Fowler, MD, PhD, MPH, CIL
Clinical Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Stanford University School of Medicine
Rebecca Kameny, MD, CIL
Medical Director, Pediatric CVICU, Stanford University School of Medicine
Cat Lee, MHA, CIL
Senior Quality Consultant, Stanford Health Care
Janice Man, MD, CIL
Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatric Anesthesiology, Stanford Children’s Health
Helene Chokron Garneau, PhD, MPH, CIL
Co-Director, Center for Dissemination & Implementation At Stanford (C-DIAS), Stanford University School of Medicine
Karen Kim, MD, CIL
Gastroenterologist, Medical Director, Enterprise Contact Center, Stanford Health Care
Christina Lin, MD, CIL
Clinical Assistant Professor, Hospital Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine
Michael-Alice Moga, MD, MSc, MBA, CHE, CIL
Medical Director, Patient Safety and Professional Practice, Stanford Medicine Children’s Health
Lauren O’Brien, MD, CIL
Clinical Assistant Professor, Stanford Children’s Health
Meghna Patel, MD, CIL
Clinical Associate Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine
Mike Polisso, MSW, LCSW, APHSW-C, CIL
Lead Palliative Care Social Worker, Stanford Health Care
Michael Powers, MHA, MBB
Chief of Staff at Second Harvest of Silicon Valley
Ashwin Ramayya, MD, PhD, CIL
Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine
Jennifer Rillston, MSN, RN, PHN, NEA-BC, CIL
Manager, Quality and Nursing Outcomes, Stanford Health Care - Tri-Valley
Caryl Schroeder, CIL
Manager, Healthcare Analytics, Stanford Health Care
Stephan Schwarzwaelder, RN, MS, PMP, CIL
Quality Consultant, Stanford Health Care
Regina Serebriani, MS, OTR/L, CNS, CSRS, CIL
Manager, Inpatient Rehabilitation Services, Stanford Health Care
Andrew Shelton, MD, FACS, FACRS, CIL
Clinical Professor, Surgery - General Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine