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.


Membership Roster

Mitchell Schwartz, M.D., Chair
President of Luminis Health Clinical Enterprise
Anne Arundel Medical Center
Annapolis

Carrie Adams, Pharm.D
Vice President & Chief Quality/Transformation Officer
Meritus Health
Hagerstown

Mohammed Shafeeq Ahmed, M.D.
President
Howard County General Hospital
Columbia

John Chessare, M.D.
President & CEO
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

Terry Fairbanks, M.D.
Vice President, Chief Quality and Safety Officer
MedStar Health
Columbia

Kathryn Fiddler, DNP
Vice President, Population Health
TidalHealth
Salisbury

Michelle A. Gourdine, M.D.
Senior Vice President, Population Health & Primary Care
University of Maryland Medical System
Baltimore

Pamela Johnson, M.D.
Vice President, Care Transformation
The Johns Hopkins Health System
Baltimore

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, MedStar Health
Baltimore

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

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

Esti Schabelman, M.D.*
Chief Medical Officer
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Baltimore

Rahul Shah, M.D.
Vice President, Chief Quality & Safety Officer
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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