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Keynote Speaker:
Aneesh Chopra, Secretary of Technology, Commonwealth of
Virginia
 Aneesh
Chopra is currently Virginia’s fourth secretary of technology
serving Governor Tim Kaine. In this capacity, he leads the
Commonwealth’s strategy to effectively leverage technology in
government reform, promotes Virginia’s innovation agenda, and
fosters technology-related economic development with an emphasis on
entrepreneurship. For the governor, Secretary Chopra chairs the
Solutions Committee of the IT Investment Board, the Effectiveness
and Efficiency Committee of the Council on Virginia’s Future, and
co-chairs the Healthcare IT Council with Virginia's health
secretary. Secretary Chopra was awarded the Healthcare Information
and Management Systems Society’s (HIMSS) 2007 State Leadership
Advocacy Award, and was also recently named to Government
Technology magazine’s Top 25 in their Doers, Dreamers, and
Drivers issue. Prior to joining Governor Kaine’s cabinet, Mr.
Chopra served as managing director with the Advisory Board Company,
a publicly-traded health care think tank serving nearly 2,500
hospitals and health systems. He led the firm’s Financial Leadership
Council and the Working Council for Health Plan Executives, and
assisted the launch of the firm’s first business intelligence
software solution, Compass. |
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 Anthony
M. Boccanfuso, PhD, Executive Director
University-Industry Demonstration Project, The
National Academies
Dr. Boccanfuso was selected to serve as the
inaugural executive director for the University
Industry Demonstration Partnership at the National
Academies. He holds a PhD in inorganic chemistry
from the University of South Carolina and earned his
BS in political science and chemistry from Furman
University. Dr. Boccanfuso began his professional
career as a science policy fellow at the American
Chemical Society where he worked within the
society's government relations and science policy
division. Before taking on this new position, Dr.
Boccanfuso was director for research and economic
development at the University of South Carolina and
currently retains the position of senior director
for strategic alliances within the College of
Engineering and Computing. Dr. Boccanfuso has had a
distinguished career in the research management and
science policy arenas and has held a variety of
positions at the National Science Foundation, the
National Institutes of Health and
PricewaterhouseCoopers, as well as at several
universities. He currently serves on several boards
including the National Hydrogen Association, South
Carolina BIO and the Hydrogen Education Foundation
for which he is the current chair. |
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 John
A. Brose, DO, Dean
Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine
John A. Brose, DO, is dean and professor of family
medicine at the Ohio University College of
Osteopathic Medicine (OU-COM). For the past three
years, Dr. Brose was the chair of the Ohio Council
of Medical School Deans. He received his
undergraduate degree from Gettysburg College and
attended the University of North Texas Health
Science Center at Fort Worth, earning his doctor of
osteopathic medicine degree. He completed a
residency in family practice at the USAF Medical
Center Scott, Scott Air Force Base, in 1979, where
he was chief resident from 1978-1979. He completed a
Research and Administration Fellowship at The Ohio
State University in 1985 and was named Ohio Educator
of the Year by the Ohio Academy of Family Physicians
in 2001. Dr. Brose is certified by the American
Osteopathic Board of Family Practice and the
American Board of Family Practice. He has received
more than 20 Outstanding Teacher Awards at Ohio
University and The Ohio State University. |
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 Sharon A. Denham,
RN, DSN, Professor
Ohio University School of Nursing
Dr. Denham started her nursing education as a
non-traditional student in an associate degree
nursing program at Shawnee State University,
Portsmouth, Ohio. She then completed a Bachelor of
Science in nursing at Ohio University, a
Master of Science in nursing from Bellarmine
College, and a Doctor of Science in nursing
at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Her
areas of focus have been nursing education, family
nursing, and community health. She is a professor at
Ohio University’s School of Nursing where she
teaches both undergraduate and graduate students.
She is active in several professional
nursing organizations and has served on the Board of
Commissioners for the National League of Nursing
Accreditation Commission; she chairs the Family and
Health Section of the National Council on Family
Relations; and has been involved for many years with
the Appalachian Studies Association. She currently
serves as the director of the Appalachian Rural
Health Institute at Ohio University. Her current
research and scholarship focus is on type 2
diabetes, but she has published findings about
family health, abuse and violence, and alcohol and
tobacco use in Appalachian populations. |
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Heather Dimeris, MS, RD, Associate Director
Office of Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and
Services Administration
Heather Dimeris serves as the associate director of
the Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP), Health
Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services and is a
lieutenant commander in the United States Public
Health Service. She joined the ORHP in 2003 as a
public health analyst. For the past four years,
Lieutenant Commander Dimeris coordinated the Small
Health Care Provider Quality Improvement grant
program and served as a project officer for the
Rural Health Care Services Outreach and Rural Health
Network Development grant programs, specializing in
quality improvement and health information
technology (IT) issue areas. She is a registered
dietitian and certified lactation consultant. Prior
to her work with HRSA, Lieutenant Commander Dimeris
worked as a dietitian for Malden Hospital in
Massachusetts. She holds a Master of Science in
public health nutrition from Case Western Reserve
University and a Bachelor of Science in dietetics
from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. |
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 Jo Anne Goodnight,
NIH SBIR/STTR Program Coordinator
National Institutes of Health
Jo Anne Goodnight is the Small Business Innovation
Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology
Transfer (STTR) program coordinator of the National
Institutes of Health (NIH). With more than 25 years
of government service, she has held positions in the
U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug
Administration, and is currently at the NIH. Ms.
Goodnight leads NIH’s efforts to better manage and
coordinate the NIH SBIR/STTR programs. She was
intimately involved in the development and
implementation of the NIH SBIR/STTR Fast-Track
Program, SBIR/STTR Phase II Competing Renewal
Awards, NIH Technical/Commercialization Assistance
Programs, and the NIH Pipeline to Partnerships
initiative. Her contributions and passion for
helping small businesses to be successful in these
programs have been acknowledged through several
national awards. Ms. Goodnight received a BS
in microbiology from Virginia Tech in 1983.
Go Hokies. We Will Not Forget. |
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 Wayne
Hawthorne, Technology Transfer Coordinator
Ohio University Technology Transfer Office
Wayne Hawthorne is the technology transfer
coordinator at Ohio University's Technology Transfer
Office. His main responsibilities include managing
invention disclosures and related patent matters,
federal invention reporting and compliance, and
license enforcement and compensation. Mr. Hawthorne
has over five years' experience in technology
transfer and has over 20 years of experience in
building partnerships with business and industry. In
addition to his work at OU, he has worked with
federal agencies and laboratories, such as the EPA,
DOD, VA and Homeland Security. |
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 David
H. Holben, PhD, RD, LD, Professor; Director,
Didactic Program in Dietetics
Ohio University School of Human and Consumer
Sciences
David H. Holben, PhD, RD, LD, is on the
faculty at Ohio University, where he is a professor
and director of the Didactic Program in Dietetics.
Dr. Holben is known internationally for his work in
food access and health outcomes. He has authored
numerous papers on food access of Ohioans, including
how food access is related to obesity and diabetes.
He is also the author of The American Dietetic
Association's (ADA's) position paper, “Food
Insecurity and Hunger in the United States.”
Locally, he is a board member for Community Food
Initiatives and a member of The Ohio State
University Athens Extension Advisory Board.
Professionally, Dr. Holben is a member of ADA's
Commission on Dietetic Registration, associate
editor of Journal of Hunger and Environmental
Nutrition, and he is a Canada-United States
Fulbright Scholar. As such, he was the 2007 Visiting
Research Chair in Sustainability at the Centre for
Sustainable Community Development at Simon Fraser
University in British Columbia. |
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 Gillian
Ice, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor, Social
Medicine
Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Gillian H. Ice, PhD, MPH, is an associate
professor of biological anthropology and gerontology
in the department of social medicine at the Ohio
University College of Osteopathic Medicine. She also
holds adjunct positions in the departments of
African studies and biological medical sciences at
Ohio University and in the department of
anthropology at The Ohio State University. Her
research focuses on stress and aging. She has
conducted several studies examining stress in
elderly in the United States, including healthy,
community living elders and demented elders in
institutional settings. She has conducted research
in Kenya for the last six years that examines the
impact of caring for orphans on the health and
nutrition of Luo elders. She recently edited (with
Gary James), “Measuring Stress in Humans: A
Practical Guide for the Field." |
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 Liesa Jenkins,
Executive Director
CareSpark
Ms. Jenkins currently serves as executive
director of CareSpark, a regional health information
organization (RHIO) in the Tri-Cities
Tennessee-Virginia region. She is well-known for her
skills as a facilitator, resource developer and
project manager, serving her community in the areas
of education, literacy, neighborhood revitalization,
civic leadership, cultural arts, recreation,
environmental and health issues, diversity and
economic development. A native of Glade Spring,
Va., she holds degrees in French from King
College, University of Kentucky and Université of
Besançon, France. Professionally, she has worked as
a teacher, director of an after-school program in
public housing neighborhoods, and executive director
of Kingsport Tomorrow. She has served numerous
non-profit organizations and has been honored with
several recognitions, including the 2005 “Health
Care Hero.” Under her leadership, CareSpark has
developed as a broad-based community-driven effort
to improve health through the collaborative sharing
of health information, recognized at state and
national levels as a leader in consensus-driven
quality improvement process and model for
collaboration. |
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Jesse R. Jones,
President & CEO
Ohio IT Alliance, Inc.
Mr. Jones has held numerous executive-level IT positions in federal,
state and local government focused on strategic
planning and policy, operational efficiencies,
economic development and policy. Mr. Jones’ current
role as the president and CEO for Ohio IT Alliance (OhioITA)
expands upon his previous experiences in leveraging IT
as it plays an increasingly important role in the
quality of life for all communities (i.e., health
care and economic prosperity). OhioITA is a state of
Ohio Edison Technology Center, chartered by the
governor of Ohio, with support and funding from the
Ohio Department of Development's Thomas Edison
Program. With its 1,300+ members, OhioITA works with
Ohio's 10,700 IT companies, ensuring that Ohio's IT
resources are shared, leveraged and optimized for
the benefit of the entire industry. |
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 Laura Kolkman,
RN, MS, President
Mosaica Partners
Laura Kolkman is the founder of Mosaica
Partners, a nationally recognized health information
consulting firm, which works with states and regions
to develop health information exchanges (HIE). Ms.
Kolkman is also the FY2009 chair of the HIMSS Health
Information Exchange Steering Committee. Her recent
activities include working with the state of Arizona
to establish RHIOs in six rural areas in the state
and working with the state of Maryland to assist in
their HIE development activities. Ms. Kolkman has
over two decades of experience in health care and
IT. She is a registered nurse
who also holds a master’s degree in computer
science. In addition to 10 years of health care
clinical experience, she has over 15 years
experience in IT and has held technical and global
management positions in several national and global
corporations. |
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 John
J. Kopchick, PhD, Goll-Ohio Professor of Molecular
Biology
Edison Biotechnology Institute, Ohio University
Dr. John J. Kopchick is an
internationally-recognized leader in the growth
hormone (GH) field. Since 1987, he has held the
Milton and Lawrence H. Goll Eminent Scholar
Professorship in Molecular and Cellular Biology and
directs the growth/obesity/diabetes section of the
Edison Biotechnology Institute at Ohio University.
He also is professor in the biomedical sciences
department at OU-COM. In 1989, Dr. Kopchick and his
group were the first to discover and characterize
the molecular aspects of GH antagonists, an
accomplishment for which he and Ohio University were
awarded several U.S. and European patents. He was
instrumental in founding a company, Sensus, which
applied his laboratory discovery to development of a
drug that has been evaluated in clinical trials for
acromegaly, a chronic disease caused by excessive
secretion of GH by a pituitary adenoma. The drug,
Somavert, has been approved for use in the U.S. and
in Europe and is being marketed by Pfizer. Dr.
Kopchick has been involved in the start up of two
additional biotechnology companies. The latest,
DiAthegen, focuses on the discovery of diagnostics,
therapeutics, and therapeutic targets in the obesity
and diabetes field. Dr. Kopchick’s impressive career
in research has resulted in 12 patents with several
more pending. |
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 William Macek, IT
Director
Diagnostic Hybrids
Mr. Macek’s career includes achievements in
managing departments and teams implementing
enterprise solutions and maintaining daily IT
functions. Prior to joining Diagnostic Hybrids, he
managed and directed large Global IT Enterprise ERP
(SAP, Oracle), PDM/PLM (Windchill, TeamCenter), CRM
(GoldMine), and engineering solutions for companies
such as GE, Siemens Transportation, Northrop Grumman
and Emerson Electric. These solutions re-engineered
business processes to support common solutions
across corporate divisions located throughout the
world. Mr. Macek has a wealth of experience in
mechanical engineering and manufacturing utilizing
and integrating 3-D Cad software directly into
manufacturing environments; and in integrating
engineering document control, change management and
BOM systems with ERP solutions. His career also
includes 15 years departmental management experience
and 20 years project management experience. |
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 Cindy
Marling, PhD, Associate Professor
Ohio University Russ College of Engineering and
Technology
Cindy Marling, PhD, is an associate professor in
the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer
Science in the Russ College of Engineering and
Technology at Ohio University. Dr. Marling received
her Ph.D. in computer science from Case Western
Reserve University. Her research interests include
artificial intelligence in the health sciences,
case-based reasoning, knowledge-based systems,
health informatics and biomedical engineering. Dr.
Marling is currently researching the use of
artificial intelligence (AI) technologies for
diabetes management. She has also explored the use
of AI technology for planning menus to meet
nutrition requirements and for planning the ongoing
care of Alzheimer’s disease patients. In addition,
Dr. Marling was an active participant in the
Appalachian Regional Informatics Consortium (ARIC)
Integrated Advanced Information Management System (IAIMS)
planning grant. |
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 Chris Muir, Senior
Program Analyst
Office of the National Coordinator for Health
Information Technology, U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services
Chris Muir joined the Office of the National
Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)
in January 2007. As senior program analyst, Mr.
Muir’s responsibilities include acting as ONC’s
liaison to state and local HIE initiatives.
Additionally, he leads programs that address
important issues such as governance, self
sustainability, HIE practices, and state government
participation. Prior to joining ONC, he was the
strategic projects manager for the state of
Arizona’s Government Information Technology Agency (GITA).
GITA is the state CIO’s office and is responsible
for implementing the governor’s information
technology initiatives. During his nine years at
GITA, Mr. Muir led statewide projects including
Arizona’s Health-e Connection. |
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 Barbara A. Nash,
MS, RN, C, CNS, President
Ohio Nurses Association
Barb Nash, a lifelong resident of Ohio, has
witnessed many changes in health care delivery over
her long professional career. As an advanced
practice nurse in primary care and as president of
the Ohio Nurses Association, she has been very
involved in the issues surrounding health care
reform. Ms. Nash frequently speaks about access,
cost, quality and equality in health care and the
pivotal role nurses can play in health promotion,
disease prevention, health literacy and the delivery
of cost effective care. |
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Philip Powers, Director of Technology
Health Policy Institute of Ohio
Philip Powers, director of technology at the Health
Policy Institute of Ohio, is a twenty-plus year IT
professional with extensive experience in
health-related areas. With over a decade of
experience in creating and maintaining public health
data systems, he has administered LANs and WANS,
administered terabyte databases, and developed
applications for public health, commercial
processing and the health insurance industry. He has
recently been part of the Ohio Health Information
Technology (OHHIT) initiative of the Health Policy
Institute to promote the adoption of health IT and
Health Information Exchange throughout our state. |
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 Brian
O Phillips, MEd, Chief Information Officer
Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Brian Phillips is the CIO for OU-COM and
executive director of OhiONE Network. Brian has
contributed to the development of rural telehealth
infrastructure through numerous grants, including
the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department
of Agriculture, the Appalachian Regional Commission
and the Department of Health and Human Services. He
has served on numerous university technology
committees, including the Provost’s Task Force on
Digital Divide, was appointed to serve on Governor
Strickland’s Ohio Broadband Council, and served on
former Governor Voinovich’s Taskforce on
Telemedicine and former Governor Taft’s Medicaid
Administrative Study Council. He has made numerous
presentations in the fields of telehealth, medical
informatics and health IT. Mr. Phillips graduated from
Ohio University with a master’s degree in
educational technology. |
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 Earl J. Reisdorff, MD,
FACEP, Director of Medical
Education, Ingham Regional Medical Center;
Associate Professor, Michigan State University
Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine and Human
Medicine
Dr.
Reisdorff is the director of medical education at
Ingham Regional Medical Center. He has produced two
medical textbooks and is widely published in medical
journals and texts. He has been a reviewer for
several journals including the Journal of the
American Medical Association. Dr. Reisdorff has won
several teaching and speaking awards and has
lectured throughout the U.S., Canada and the
People's Republic of China. He is an oral board
examiner and question writer for the American Board
of Emergency Medicine. Recently, Dr. Reisdorff
served as a member of the Council on Graduate
Medical Education (COGME), an advisory group to the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and
Congress. On COGME, Dr. Reisdorff helped to produce
Report #16, which projected a physician workforce
shortage. He led a similar workforce study
initiative in the state of Michigan. Most recently,
Dr. Reisdorff was the writing chair for the 18th
COGME Report, "New Paradigms for Physician Training
for Improving Access to Health Care” (September
2007). |
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 Scot M. Rourke,
President & CEO
OneCommunity
Scot Rourke is an internationally-known thought
leader in leveraging IT to enhance economic
development and quality of life. As president of the
Cleveland-based non-profit OneCommunity, Mr. Rourke
is dedicated to improving the vitality of Northeast
Ohio through the development and integration of
innovative community technologies. He and
OneCommunity have made great strides in advancing
the region’s health care by establishing the
Northeast Ohio Regional Health Information
Organization (NEO RHIO), which has worked with
OneCommunity to establish a broadband network,
HealthNet, to connect area health care facilities.
OneCommunity is also an acclaimed expert in helping
communities create sustainable universal broadband
access. The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
partnered with OneCommunity to create the Knight
Center of Digital Excellence to promote civic
opportunities and drive economic development. Mr.
Rourke has spent most of his career transforming
organizations by developing innovative business
models and leveraging IT tools.
He has advised or managed numerous high-growth
technology businesses, including his own software
and consulting business. |
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 Frank
L. Schwartz, MD, FACE, Professor of Endocrinology;
Director, ARHI Diabetes Center @ OUCOM
Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Dr. Frank Schwartz is a board-certified
endocrinologist who has practiced and taught in West
Virginia and Ohio for over 25 years. He has been a
member of both the West Virginia and Ohio Diabetes
Control Prevention and Control Coalition Programs
and is currently the co-chair of the medical
advisory board and chairman of the Ohio Coalition
Program. Dr. Schwartz’s areas of research range from
the effects of socioeconomic stress on the
development of obesity and diabetes and the effects of
depression on diabetes control in type 2 diabetes,
to the molecular level and the role of Toll-Like
Receptors (TLR) in the mediation of autoimmune
endocrine diseases such as type 1 diabetes mellitus.
Surveys prepared by The Institute for Local
Government Administration and Rural Development at
Ohio University’s Voinovich School for Leadership
and Public Affairs and the ARHI Diabetes Center have
demonstrated that the prevalence of diabetes and
heart disease in 11 counties of Southeastern
Appalachian Ohio was 11.3% which is as high as
reported in high-risk ethnic groups such as Native
Americans, African Americans, and Hispanics. |
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 Jay Shubrook, DO, FACOFP, Asst. Professor Family
Medicine; Director of Clinical Research; Director of
Diabetes Fellowship
Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine
A graduate of OU-COM
(1996), Dr. Jay Shubrook is an active clinician in
Athens, Ohio at the Cornwell Center for Diabetes and
Cardiovascular Care and serves as a consultant for
diabetes patients in Southeastern Ohio and West
Virginia. He is recognized by the American Diabetes
Association/ National Committee for Quality
Assurance for diabetes care, and is board certified
in family practice and OMT, ABOFP. Dr. Shubrook
currently serves as the immediate past president for
the Ohio State ACOFP Board of Trustees and is the
chair of the ACOFP Osteopathic Clinical Research
Committee. Dr. Shubrook’s research interests include
childhood obesity and diabetes prevention, new
technologies in diabetes care, clinical quality
improvement, and addressing current gaps and
shortcomings in diabetes care. |
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 Martha
A. Simpson, DO, MBA, FACOFP, Associate
Professor of Family Medicine
Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Dr. Martha Simpson received her DO from the
Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine (Mo.) and
her MBA from Ohio University. She currently is a
faculty member at OU-COM and serves as the college’s
director of HIPAA compliance. Dr. Simpson is an
active clinician at University Medical Associates,
where she also serves as president of the board of
directors. Dr. Simpson is a member of AOA, OOA and
WONCA. Her research focuses on community-based
implementation and utilization of electronic
prescribing. Dr. Simpson has specifically looked at
how electronic prescribing affects the physicians
and pharmacists when this technology is implemented
in everyday patient care. |
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 Marc A. Sweeney,
RPh, MDiv, PharmD, Chair and Associate
Professor, Pharmacy Practice Department
The University of Findlay
Dr. Marc Sweeney is currently an associate
professor and chair of pharmacy practice at the
University of Findlay’s School of Pharmacy. He was
part of the leadership team to start the School of
Pharmacy in 2005, which was Ohio’s first new School
of Pharmacy in over 100 years. He is also a
long-term care consultant pharmacist for Greg's Long
Term Care Pharmacy in Pandora, Ohio. Dr. Sweeney has
served on the board of trustees for the Centers for
Osteopathic Research and Education; served on the
board of trustees and as the president of the Ohio
Pharmacists Association (OPA); and is one of the
founders and a previous board member of the Findlay
Area Pharmacy Association. He is currently the chair
of the OPA Disease State Management Taskforce and
has served in active roles in many other professional
associations. Dr. Sweeney has implemented pharmacy
practices in physician offices and has participated
in the development of disease state management
programs in various institutions and pharmacies.
Previously, Dr. Sweeney was the director of
experiential programs and associate professor at
Ohio Northern University. |
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 David Tener
Executive Director, Woodland Centers, Inc.
David Tener has over 20 years experience in the
business community with 15 of those years working in
the behavioral health care arena. Degrees from Ohio
University as a mathematics major and graduate work
in business administration provided an excellent
foundation for his career as he worked with
behavioral health care organizations in 40 states.
Mr. Tener integrates technology into his vision of
community service and utilizes innovative approaches
to meet the challenges of working in a non-profit
environment. |
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Don Thacker
Executive Director, Shawnee Mental Health Center
Mr. Thacker received his Bachelor of Science in
education from Ohio University in 1970 and his
Master of Social Work from West Virginia University
in 1976. He is a licensed independent social worker
in the state of Ohio and is a member of the Academy
of Certified Social Workers and the National
Association of Social Workers. Prior professional
experience includes social worker and director of
child and family services, Shawnee Mental Health
Center; director of medical social services, St.
Mary's Hospital and Holzer Medical Center; and
social worker, Lawrence County Welfare Department. |
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 Steve Trout
Executive Director, Southern Consortium for Children
Steve Trout is the founding director of the
Southern Consortium for Children with over 35 years
experience in various capacities of child and family
services. Mr. Trout has been instrumental in funding
and developing protocols for children's case
management, treatment foster care, crisis and
planned respite, advance practice nursing, early
childhood mental health services, supported
employment for youth, telepsychiatry and
telepsychotherapy, workforce development supported
by telecommunications, and creating a public/private
partnership for the management of children's
psychiatric inpatient services. Under his leadership
the SCC has been recognized as a semi-finalist in
the Innovations in State and Local Government Awards
Program, JFK School of Government, Harvard
University (1992) and recognized by The Annapolis
Coalition on Behavioral Health Workforce Education
as an Innovator in Workforce Development (2004). Mr.
Trout is active in policy development for children
and families at the state and national level, and
has presented at numerous conferences and
child-related forums across the United States. |
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 D.
Keith Watson, DO, FACOS, Associate Dean, Graduate
Medical Education
Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine
D. Keith Watson, DO, FACOS, is the associate dean
for graduate medical education for the Centers for
Osteopathic Research and Education (CORE) and OU-COM.
Dr. Watson was formerly the associate dean for
clinical affairs in the College of Osteopathic
Medicine and Surgery at what is now known as Des
Moines University – Osteopathic Medical Center. He
received a D.O. degree from Texas College of
Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Watson currently serves as
chairman of the CORE Board and as chairman/chief
academic officer of the CORE Academic Steering
Committee, overseeing the OPTI functions for over
100 internships and residencies. He is an examiner
for the American Osteopathic Association (AOA)
Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation and
serves as the chairman for the AOA Council on
Osteopathic Postdoctoral Training Institutes. Dr.
Watson recently received the American Osteopathic
Foundation Educator of the Year award for 2008. Dr.
Watson lectures frequently on anatomy and surgical
topics, provides curricular support for the OU-COM
faculty and is active on numerous national, state
and local committees. |
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 Jamie Welch, CPEHR, CPHIT, MCSE, CIO,
Louisiana Rural Hospital Coalition
& IT Director, Louisiana Rural Health Information
Exchange
Jamie Welch is the CIO at
the Louisiana Rural Hospital Coalition, Inc.,
and IT Director of the Louisiana Rural Health
Information Exchange. She is responsible
for all health IT decisions for 24 hospitals in
northern Louisiana and provides health IT strategic
direction to 42 member hospitals. As CIO and IT
Director, she has been featured in numerous industry
publications worldwide, including multiple cover
stories in Healthcare Informatics and
Health IT News. Currently, she serves on the
Louisiana Healthcare Quality Forum, National Health
Information Technology Standards Panel, National
Health Information Security and Privacy
Collaboration, and the National Committee on Vital
and Health Statistics. Ms. Welch is also actively
involved in the recent award from the Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services for an electronic
medical records demonstration pilot project in
Louisiana, as well as the Federal Communications
Commission rural access award to Louisiana. |
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