COUNCIL ON CLINICAL & QUALITY ISSUES

This council consists of experts in health care quality from MHA member hospitals, and is charged with setting the field’s agenda on quality improvement in many areas. The council explores clinical and other patient care issues that arise in response to changes in technology, community expectations, and financing. The council also promotes the measurement and improvement of community health status, supports initiatives to assess and improve health care performance, and recommends strategies to address emerging public health issues.


COUNCIL ON CLINICAL & QUALITY ISSUES Roster

David Maine, M.D., Chair*
President & Chief Executive Officer
Mercy Health Services
Baltimore

Mohammed Shafeeq Ahmed, M.D.
President 
Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center
 Columbia

John Chessare, M.D.
President & Chief Executive Officer
Greater Baltimore Medical Center
Baltimore

Angela Cooper
Director, Quality & Population Health
Mercy Medical Center
Baltimore

Griffin Davis, M.D. 
Chief Clinical Officer
Holy Cross Health
Silver Spring

Jonathan D’Souza, M.D.
Chief Medical Officer
Ascension Saint Agnes
Baltimore

Angela Green*
Vice President, Safety and Quality
Johns Hopkins Health System
Baltimore

Kathryn Fiddler, DNP
Vice President, Population Health
TidalHealth
Salisbury

Heather Kirby
Vice President, Integrated Care Delivery & Chief Population Health Officer
Frederick Health
Frederick

David Lang, M.D.
Chief, Office of Patient Safety & Clinical Quality 
NIH Clinical Center
Bethesda


Stuart Levine, M.D.
President, MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center & Senior Vice President, MedStarHealth
Baltimore

Stephen Michaels, M.D.
President, MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center & Senior Vice President,
MedStar Health
Clinton

Matthew Poffenroth, M.D.*
Senior Vice President & Chief Physician Executive
LifeBridge Health
Baltimore

Michael Anne Preas
Vice President, Quality Management
University of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore

Brent Reitz
President, Post-Acute Care Services
Adventist HealthCare Rehabilitation Rockville

Nitza Santiago
Assistant Vice President, Quality & Patient Safety
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
Baltimore

Mitchell Schwartz, M.D.
Chief Physician Executive, Luminis Health &
President, Luminis Health Clinical
Enterprise
Annapolis

Rahul Shah, M.D.
Senior Vice President, Hospital-Based Specialties 
Children’s National Health System
Washington, D.C.

Neel Vibhakar, M.D.
Senior Vice President & Chief Medical Officer
University of Maryland Baltimore Washington
Medical Center
Glen Burnie

 


*Denotes new members


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