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Medell Briggs-Malonson
Dr. Medell Briggs-Malonson, MD, MPH, MSHS is the Chief of Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion for the UCLA Hospital and Clinic System. She is also an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. In her current role, she is responsible for the implementation and oversight of organizational structures and initiatives that promote inclusivity and equity among UCLA Health staff, patients, and communities. Dr. Briggs-Malonson is also the founder and CEO of Contour Health Solutions, a national advisory firm that partners with health technology organizations to achieve high performance and value by implementing technology that improves the quality, safety, and efficiency of medical services for diverse populations.
Dr. Briggs-Malonson prides herself in building a culture of innovation, collaboration, and excellence. This has led her to become a nationally recognized healthcare improvement advisor, speaker, and best-selling author.
She has held several administrative and academic roles throughout her career focused on innovative healthcare system redesign to advance health equity within diverse communities. Through her health disparities research, national lectures on implicit bias in medicine, and advocacy to recruit and retain more women and people of color in academic medicine, she has continued to increase awareness of how diversity within the health care workforce plays a critical role in eliminating health inequities. She has held several hospital executive and department leadership positions including being the Senior Medical Director of Quality for Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital in South Los Angeles and the Medical Director of Clinical Effectiveness for UCLA Health.
Dr. Briggs-Malonson received her undergraduate degree from UCLA, MD from Harvard Medical School, MPH from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and her MSHS from the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. She completed her emergency medicine residency training at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, where she also served as chief resident.
Following her clinical training, she was a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar whose research focused on developing novel health care delivery models to improve the quality of health care services provided in under-resourced communities of color. Dr. Briggs-Malonson is also an improvement adviser certified by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and is trained in Lean Healthcare and Six Sigma improvement methodologies. She has received several awards of recognition, including being named among the 2015 Top Healthcare Professionals Under 40 from the National Medical Association, 2021 Top 25 Influencers Under 45 in Emergency Medicine, and the 2021 Los Angeles Dodgers Healthcare All-Star.
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
Eboné M. Carrington
Professional Experience
Eboné Carrington is a managing director with Manatt Health, an interdisciplinary policy and business advisory practice of Manatt. Based in New York and a distinguished health and business executive, Eboné draws on her extensive leadership experience with complex health care organizations to advise clients with successfully operationalizing groundbreaking care delivery strategies as they continue to evolve in line with the broader industry’s transformation.
Eboné helps clients identify challenges and opportunities, forecast goals, streamline operations and develop new strategic initiatives. She advises health care organizations on operational management, performance improvement, managing through cultural shifts and transformation, cost containment initiatives, revenue enhancement, building effective teams, patient experience, and quality of care efforts.
Before joining Manatt, Eboné was the Chief Executive Officer of NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem, where she led initiatives to improve revenue performance, bolster patient experience metrics, reduce the patient readmission rate by 10%, and eliminate a $40 million budget deficit. In recognition of these many achievements, both she and the hospital received multiple awards and recognitions throughout the years. In an effort to further modernize Harlem Hospital, she also redesigned and reorganized systems to further advance change management strategies and championed an internal cultural transformation to help it become a high-reliability organization. Additionally, Eboné led the public health system’s response to COVID-19, directing all aspects of pre-, intra- and post-COVID-19 inpatient, outpatient and emergency department COVID-19-related patient care.
Prior to Harlem Hospital, Eboné served as the Chief Quality Officer for Interfaith Medical Center, where she oversaw quality management, regulatory and compliance, and performance improvement processes. She also conducted root-cause analyses for cases reportable to Department of Health for the medical center.
Education
New York University, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, MPA, 2004
Managing Director Manatt Health E ecarrington @manatt.com
Kathleen Blake, MD, MPH
Dr. Blake became a Senior Advisor at the American Medical Association in January 2022 after serving as its Vice President for Healthcare Quality. She is an AMA subject matter expert on a wide range of health technology innovations including artificial intelligence, real world data and evidence including clinical registries and electronic health record systems, cybersecurity, appropriate use criteria and the use of clinical algorithms. Dr. Blake was co-chair of the Health Information Technology Policy Committee of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology until April 2017. She currently serves on the Governing Committee of the National Evaluation System for health Technology (NEST) coordinating center, a public private partnership advancing innovation and use of real-world evidence throughout the total product life cycle of medical devices.
Dr. Blake received her medical degree from the University of Chicago, graduate medical education in internal medicine, cardiology and cardiac electrophysiology at Stanford University, and Master of Public Health degree from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. From 1988 until 2011, Dr. Blake practiced at the New Mexico Heart Institute, where she also served as President. She is a part-time faculty member at the Johns Hopkins University.
Irene Dankwa-Mullan MD MPH
Dr. Irene Dankwa-Mullan is a nationally recognized industry physician and scientist, health equity thought leader, scholar, and author with over 20 years of diverse local-regional, national, and global leadership experience in primary care, healthcare systems, businesses, and the community. She is Chief Health Equity Officer and Deputy Chief Health Officer at IBM Cloud and Cognitive Software, IBM Corporation. She is also a member of the IBM Industry Academy, a selected community of pre-eminent leaders to drive innovation and engage in cutting-edge work for the industry. Dr. Dankwa-Mullan spent more than a decade delivering and managing front-line primary care, preventive services, and community-based research in cancer prevention and care as both a primary care physician and clinical leader. She has supported projects and co-leads efforts to elevate primary care priority issues that show promise in improving health care delivery. This includes promoting initiatives to help in the transformation of public health and primary care practices to become more equitable and patient centered.
Dr. Dankwa-Mullan was formerly Deputy Director for extramural scientific programs at the National Institutes on Minority Health and Health Disparities, NIH. While at the NIH, she was an active member on many key strategic boards and committees, including many that were cross-sectoral and transdisciplinary. She helped launched the transformational research agenda at the NIH to advance the science of health disparities research in a deliberate and inclusive engagement process involving the NIH, community partners and the broader scientific community. She is the lead scientific editor of the first authoritative resource textbook ‘The Science of Health Disparities Research’ designed to help researchers and the health community identify research questions, design, and conduct studies with culturally appropriate interventions, and advance the science while proposing solutions and promote health equity. She currently co-chairs the Patient-centered Primary Care Coalition project to translate primary care research and evidence into action for the community of primary care clinicians, researchers, payers, and policymakers. She also serves on the National Quality Forum’s measure applications partnership Health Equity Advisory Group to help provide input on measurement issues impacting health disparities and critical access hospitals.
She has published widely on health disparities, evaluation of AI technologies, including on the integration of health equity, ethical AI and social justice principles into the AI-ML development lifecycle.
Nicol Turner Lee
Dr. Nicol Turner Lee is a senior fellow in Governance Studies, the director of the Center for Technology Innovation, and serves as Co-Editor-In-Chief of TechTank. Dr. Turner Lee researches public policy designed to enable equitable access to technology across the U.S. and to harness its power to create change in communities across the world. She has a forthcoming book on the U.S. digital divide titled Digitally Invisible: How the Internet is Creating the New Underclass (forthcoming 2021, Brookings Press).
Terri L. Willits
Terri Willits is an IT Strategy & Planning Director, leading the Responsible Artificial Intelligence (AI) program at Anthem, Inc. She holds a master’s degree in accounting/business administration from Indiana University and a CPA (inactive). Terri has been at Anthem for over 11 years, working in various leadership roles within the finance and digital teams. She loves boating, hiking, and spending time with her husband, three children and two Berne doodles.
Denise Hines, DHA, PMP, FHIMSS
Dr. Denise Hines is an award-winning, nationally recognized expert in healthcare technology. Dr. Hines has more than two decades of healthcare experience in a variety of settings, including health systems, physician offices, home health, technology vendors, consulting, state government and revenue management.
Since its founding in 2013, Dr. Hines has served as Executive Director of the Georgia Health Information Network (GaHIN), the state-designated health information exchange (HIE). Dr. Hines has been instrumental in advancing healthcare connectivity in Georgia, ensuring physicians have the information they need to deliver quality care. Through her work at the local, state and regional level, Dr. Hines has improved technology adoption and advanced its exchange. In 2017, she was recognized with the prestigious Women of the Year in Technology
- Small Enterprise Award from Georgia’s Women in Technology (WIT).
GaHIN was one of the initial five recipients of an ONC STAR HIE grant to support Georgia health agencies in accessing, sharing, and using electronic health information, especially data from populations underserved and/or disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The recipients created an ONC Health Equity Workgroup headed by Dr. Hines, who has played a key role in educational programming.
As the Chief Americas Officer for HIMSS from January 2019 to July 2021, Dr. Hines had direct oversight over a business unit responsible for generating annual revenue in excess of $ million through professional development, member services, conferences and events. While at HIMSS, her activities around health equity included: Created the Global Health Equity Network (GHEN), HIMSS’ inclusion initiative that serves as the center for all health equity activities Served as Executive Director for the HIMSS Foundation, the philanthropic arm of HIMSS Led initiatives on Women in HIT Featured speaker at the Center for Health Innovation’s Annual Diversity, Inclusion and Health Equity Symposium – 2019 Led HIMSS’ support for the digital health-focused Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021 Spearheaded support of a more inclusive workforce by establishing a grant program through the HIMSS Foundation for the Certified Associate in Healthcare Information and Management Systems (CAHIMSS)
Prior to joining the executive team at HIMSS, Dr. Hines served as the Chair of the HIMSS North America Board of Directors. On a state level, she was recognized as the 2012 HIMSS Chapter Leader of the Year, with GA HIMSS named the 2012 Chapter of the Year.
She holds a doctorate in healthcare administration and maintains certifications in project management, software development, and healthcare law.
Angela D. Thomas, DrPH, MPH, MBA
Angela D. Thomas, DrPH, MPH, MBA, brings nearly 20 years of experience in the scientific and
administrative leadership of translational and clinical research from Federal and non-Federal
sponsors. She currently serves as the vice president of healthcare delivery research at MedStar
Health Research Institute.
Dr. Thomas is responsible for leading a team of experts to apply rigorous scientific methods to
enable next-generation healthcare delivery through quality, safety, innovation, health
economics, payment reform, outcomes, health services research, data science, and health
equity. This team of healthcare delivery experts lead, implement, and evaluate data-driven
solutions that support policies and programs that improve healthcare in a manner that integrates
science with the clinical and operational expertise required to meet patient and community
needs. Dr. Thomas also ensures that these research activities leverage the collective
leadership and unique strengths of MedStar Health and Georgetown University.
Dr. Thomas’ research interests focus on health equity and patient safety. In March 2020, the A.
James & Alice B. Clark Foundation funded $27 Million of the $30 Million Safe Babies Safe
Moms initiative. As the Executive Leader of this program, Dr. Thomas has overall responsibility
for ensuring the development, implementation, and evaluation of an evidence-based program
that will reduce disparities in maternal and infant mortality in Washington, DC. In addition, she
contributes her research expertise in disparities, health equity, and patient safety to the initiative
to uncover the contributing factors leading to disparities in maternal and infant harm. Through
her previous work at the University of Michigan, Dr. Thomas served as a key member of the
Pelvic Floor Research Group in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology where she
published and presented, both nationally and internationally, on research related to urinary
incontinence in women. Dr. Thomas gained valuable research expertise in using qualitative and
quantitative survey methods to understand the context of racial disparities in urinary
incontinence, which ultimately won an award from the International Continence Society. With a
scientific and administrative career spanning nearly two decades, Dr. Thomas has extensive
expertise executing all aspects of research projects, including retrospective data analysis, chart
review and abstraction, recruitment and retention, and overall project leadership. She has
hands-on experience with both qualitative and quantitative research methods as well as
extensive experience analyzing user data from electronic health records, patient safety event
management systems, AHRQ patient safety indicators, extraction of severe maternal morbidity
cases, using the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s Global Trigger method, statistical
analyses, and disseminating research findings through journal articles, conference
presentations, and technical reports. Dr. Thomas’ research has been funded by the Latham
Foundation, published in several peer-reviewed academic journals, and covered by media
outlets such as Modern Healthcare and WTOP.
Dr. Thomas received a Bachelor of Science in biopsychology and the cognitive sciences from
the University of Michigan. She received a Master of Public Health in health behavior and health
education, also from the University of Michigan. Later, she received her Master of Business
Administration from the Walsh College of Accountancy and Business Administration and her
Doctor of Public Health in Advanced Practice Leadership in Public Health from the University of
South Florida.
Robert L. Murry, PhD, MD, FAAFP
Dr. Robert (Bob) Murry joined NextGen Healthcare in July 2012 and was appointed chief medical officer in December 2021. He brings to this position more than 20 years of extensive clinical experience and background in health IT. Previously, Dr. Murry served as the company’s Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO) since May 2017. During his time as CMIO, he was the "Voice-of-the-Physician" across specialties, product safety, and government/regulatory affairs. Before becoming CMIO, he was the company's vice president of Clinical Product Management, responsible for clinical oversight and workflow design.
Previously, Dr. Murry served as Medical Director for Ambulatory Informatics and CMIO for Hunterdon Medical Center, where he continues to practice family medicine at Hunterdon Family Medicine at Delaware Valley.
He is board certified in Clinical Informatics by the American Board of Preventive Medicine and board certified in Family Medicine by the American Board of Family Medicine. He is also a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians. Dr. Murry holds an MD from The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas; a PhD in Physical Chemistry from Boston College; and an MA in Physical Chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Jaffer Traish
As the COO at Aunt Bertha, Jaffer is focused on helping all people in need through growing partner and customer impact within their communities. Across government, healthcare, education, corrections and more, connecting seekers to meaningful programs with strategic investment and technical innovation is Jaffer's passion.
Previously, Jaffer served as the VP of Consulting at Culbert Healthcare where he focused on improving patient care through the marriage of improved clinical and financial operations and analytics with top-ranked electronic health records. He also brings his experience serving as the Director of Implementation for clinical decision support solutions where he led innovation and implementation for the US Market.
Jaffer spent several years at Epic where he led enterprise EHR implementations across large non-profit and academic medical centers in the US. Jaffer is driven by improving outcomes and wellness with innovative technology, system optimization and talented teams.
When not immersed in HIT efforts, he enjoys Austin's outdoor activities and is a local coffee- house and soccer enthusiast.
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Carlos Felipe Uriarte
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Biography
Carlos serves as Vice President and Regulatory Counsel at Unite Us. At Unite Us,
Carlos serves as an Executive Sponsor for Unite BLU, the company’s Black and Latinx
employee resource group.
Before joining Unite Us, Carlos was Chief Counsel for Investigations on the House Select
Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis and previously worked as Vice President,
Compliance at Capital One. Carlos also served as an Associate Deputy Attorney General
at the Department of Justice in the Office of the Deputy Attorney General, Senior
Counsel to the Secretary of the Interior, and Counsel for the House Committee on
Oversight and Government Reform. Prior to working on Capitol Hill, Carlos served as a
Law Clerk to the Hon. Juan R. Sánchez of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District
of Pennsylvania.
Carlos holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and a
Bachelor of Arts,magna cum laude, in Economics and American Culture Studies from
Washington University in St. Louis.
Trenor Williams, MD
Trenor co-founded Socially Determined in 2017 and is responsible for leading the company’s mission and fundraising activities with strategic investors as well as providing executive oversite to clients. As the son of a social worker, Trenor saw firsthand how the insights his mother gleaned during in-home client visits provided a more holistic story of a person than he ever got as a family physician. Inspired by this experience, he created the company to give organizations full visibility into social risk factors so they could understand its impact on the people and communities they serve and strategically intervene.
Prior to Socially Determined, Trenor was the Medical Director of Family Practice at Mammoth Hospital in California. He went on to serve as Lieutenant Commander in the United States Naval Reserve. His experience includes leadership roles at various organizations including Clinovations, a strategic healthcare consulting firm where he served as CEO. He sold the company to the Advisory Board Company (ABCO) in 2014 and stayed as Managing Partner in the Consulting and Management division until 2016.
Trenor serves as a subject matter expert, an advocate and avid speaker in the social determinants of health space. He holds a BS in Biology from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and an MD from Marshall University.
