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Faculty & Experts

 

The Patient-Centered Care Institute brings its members thought leadership and best-practices through the vision of its Advisors, Expert Faculty and Member Editorial Board. 

 Expert Faculty

 

Thomas Atchison, EdD
President and Founder
Atchison Consulting, LLC
Hot Springs Village, AR

Michael Bleich, RN, PhD
Dean and Distinguished Professor of Nursing
Oregon Health and Science University School of Nursing
Kansas City, KS

Kathleen Bower, DNSc, RN, FAAN
Principal and Co-owner
The Center for Case Management
South Natick, MA

Rosalyn Cama, FASID
President and Principal Interior Designer
CAMA, Inc. Chair
Center for Health Design
New Haven, CT

Randall L. Carter

Vice President, Organizational Development and Strategy
Planetree
The Dalles, OR

Alison Clay, MD
Assistant Professor
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC

Donna Falvo, RN, PhD
Clinical Professor
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Pittsboro, NC

Linda Galindo
President
Versera Performance Consulting
Park City, UT

Kathleen Jennison Goonan, MD
Director
MGH Center for Performance Excellence
Boston, MA

Peggy Hewlett, PhD, RN, FAAN
Dean and Professor
University of South Carolina College of Nursing
Columbia, SC

JoEllen Koerner, RN, PhD
Senior Advisor
Dynamis Consulting
Sioux Falls, SD

Laura M. Lee
Special Assistant to the Deputy Director for Clinical Care
National Institute of Health
Bethesda, MD

Gregory Makoul, PhD
Vice President and Chief Academic Officer
St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center
Chicago, IL 

Diane Meier, MD
Director
Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, NY

John Rolland, MD
Clinical Professor
Department of Psychiatry
Co-Director, Center for Family Health
University of Chicago
Wilmette, IL

Julie Samuelson, RN, MSN  
Senior Vice President, Improvement and Learning
Patient Centered-Care Institute
Lincoln, NE

Julie Smith, PhD
Co-founder and Senior Partner
CLG, Inc.
Morgantown, WV

Sister Maurita Soukup, RSM, RN, MSN, PhD
Vice President
Mercy Medical Center
The Iowa Heart Hospital
Des Moines, IA

Gail Warden
President Emeritus
Henry Ford Health System
Detroit, MI

Diana Whitney, PhD
Founder and President
Corporation for Positive Change
Chapel Hill, NC

Lynn K. Wieck, RN, PhD, FAAN
Jacqueline M. Braithwaite Professor
The University of Texas at Tyler
College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Tyler, TX 

Brian D. Wong, MD, MPH
Founding Partner
Healthcare Performance Solutions LLC
Seattle, WA

 Member Editorial Board

 

Julie Firman, MSN, RN, FACHE
McKee Medical Center
CNO
Loveland, CO

Katie Harrelson, RN
Bronson Healthcare Group
CNO
Kalamazoo, MI

Ann Evans, RN, MS, MBA
Vice President, CNO
Exempla Lutheran Medical Center
Wheat Ridge, CO

Barbara Summers RN, PhD
Vice President, CNO
The University of Texas
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

Suzanne Cleere, RN, MSN, MBSA
Vice President of Patient Care Services
Memorial Health Center
Owosso, MI

Jody Boes
Vice President Patient Care Services
Door County Memorial Hospital
Sturgeon Bay, WI

Dale Beatty, RN, MS
Vice President of Patient Services, CNO
Northwest Community Healthcare
Arlington Heights, IL

Nancy Ray, RN
CNO
University Health System
San Antonio, TX

Karen E. Long, RN
Vice President Patient Services, CNO
The William W. Backus Hospital
Norwich, CT

Carolyn Catton
CNO
Banner Desert Medical Center
Mesa, AZ

Laura M. Hill, MBA, MPH
Director, SHC Experience
Stanford Hospital & Clinics
Palo Alto, CA

Mary Dee McEvoy, Ph.D., RN
Director
Mount Sinai Hospital
The Joseph F. Cullman, Jr. Institute for Patient Care
New York, NY

 Advisors

 

Richard Buck, MD, MPH, FACPM
Healthcare Strategist
St. Louis, MO

Wendy Leebov, PhD
Owner
Wendy Leebov, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA

Jo Manion, PhD, RN, CNAA, FAAN
Owner and Principal Consultant
Manion and Associates
Oviedo, FL

Jim Rice, PhD, FACHE
Executive Vice President and
Practice Leader
Integrated Healthcare Strategies
Minneapolis, MN

Sue Ellen Pinkerton, PhD, RN, FAAN
Consultant
Computer Sciences Corporation in Global Health Solutions
St. Augustine, FL

Julie Samuelson, RN, MSN  
Senior Vice President, Improvement and Learning
Patient Centered-Care Institute
Lincoln, NE