Cohorts

How to Join a Cohort -  Once logged in, go to your Member Compass (click on your name at the top right) and click on Profile.  Then scroll down to the Cohort section and select any or all cohorts you'd like to join.

Meetings - Cohorts generally meet 4 to 6 times a year. You can find upcoming cohort meetings listed on our Events calendar.  Registration is required for most meetings. Please note - you will receive a confirmation e-mail with your own unique link to access the event. You can also access this link in your Member Compass (click on your name on the top right of the homepage) under the Events button on the left menu.

Cohort Resources -  You can access cohort-specific resources like presentations and recordings on our PAC Engage Community Portal.

Interested in an access topic that you don't see listed here?  We would love to get you engaged! Please email us at admin@patientaccesscollaborative.net.

Elizabeth (Liz) Johnson - Director, Access - Northwestern Medicine
Dean Brown, MBA - Principal Access Analytics Analyst - Mayo Clinic
Heather Russo - Senior Business Director, Clinical Operations and Access, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Kris Allen, BSN, MSN, MPH - Chief Nursing Officer - MSU Health Care
Sarah Freelove, MPH, RN - Vice President, Clinical Integration and Operations, Office of the Chief Operating Officer - Massachusetts General Physicians Organization
Daniel Kerls, MBA, MA, OTR/L - System Director of Ambulatory Services - Lifespan Health System 
Mariah Wright - Director, Ambulatory Optimization & Transformation - University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics 
Sunny Reynolds - Manager Capacity Management - MSU Health Care
Jennifer Alf-Yasin, MHA - Capacity Management Analyst - UW Medicine 
Amy Oden -  Manager, Capacity Management - Children's Nebraska 
Bill Guptill - Director of Ambulatory Capacity Management & Technology - Brigham and Women's Hospital 
Sylvia White, RN, MBA - Director, Patient Access - UF Health Gainesville
Bridget Fredstrom - Manager - IS - Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center 
Stacy Silwany, MBA - Senior Director of Operations - University of Utah Health 
Ryzell McKinney, EdD - Director, Access Technology - Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Pravina Mason - Executive Director, Patient Access Contact Center -  Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Tasha Grant -  Regional Access to Care Director -  Ochsner Health System 
Grace Karon Fangman - Director, Business Operations & Strategic Planning - Texas Children's Hospital
Paul Miller - IT Revenue Cycle Director - Stanford Medicine Children's Health
Jake Moore - Director, Access Optimization - Penn Medicine
Michelle Winfield-Hanrahan, BSN, MHA, MSN - Chief Clinical Access Officer & Assistant Vice Chancellor for Access and Senior Nursing Director - University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Danielle Werner, MHA, FACHE -  Chief Operating Officer, Clinical Practices of the University of Pennsylvania - Penn Medicine 
Kimberly Gandy, RN, MHA, BSN, PHN - Senior Director, Enterprise Access, Patient Support Center - Queen's Health System
Kristi Lee - Associate VP, Connected Care Center and Access - Oregon Health & Science University
Janice Flier -  Director, Unified Communications - Oregon Health & Science University   
Lisa Whitty, MHSA - System Director, Contact Centers - Henry Ford Health
Vivian Zhao - Senior Director, Access - Johns Hopkins Medicine
Greg Addicott, MSN, RN, CCRN - Director of Nursing - Consumer Experience & Access - New York-Presbyterian Hospital 
Laurie O'Bryan - Clinical Contact Center Manager - UNC Health
Sheryl Bartlett - After Hours Triage Nurse Manager - UT Southwestern Medical Center
Joan Slagle - Quality Specialist - Stanford Health Care
Jennifer Boyd - Nurse Manager - University of Iowa Health Care 
Kate Levine - Director, MSK Direct and Special Programs, Patient Access - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center 
Corey Derr - Associate Vice President, Patient Access - Fred Hutch Cancer Center
Alexandra Blake - Executive Director, Ambulatory Access Operations - MD Anderson Cancer Center
Kevin Jennings, CPAR, CHAA  - Patient Access Director - Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Bonnie Minnillo  -Director of Operations, Radiology Scheduling, Patient Line - UCHealth
Aaron Amin - Administrative Manager, Call Center, Department of Radiology - Michigan Medicine
Chona Diosomito - Manager, Enterprise Contact Center Operations, Radiology - Stanford Health Care
Jess Chacon - Patient Access Director, Department of Radiology - Columbia University Irving Medical Center
David Stolte - Sr. Director, Regional Clinics and Urgent Care - Seattle Children's
Jenny Brackett - Assistant Administrator - UW Medicine
Sarah Button - Manager, Ambulatory Analytics - UC Davis Health System 
Jeff Young - Director of Advanced Analytics - University of Utah Health
Sara Beland, MHA - Associate Vice President of Operations, UNC Faculty Physicians - UNC Health
Heather Rojas - MBA Candidate & Ambulatory Access Director - UVA Health
Michael Hesseltine - Director, Ancillary Services, UI Patient Access Center - University of Iowa Health Care
Jennifer Ward, MBA, CLSSBB - Director of Patient Access, Centralized Patient Access Services - UT Southwestern Medical Center
Andrew Hubal - Director, Training, Quality and Support Services - UC Davis Health System 
Robert Rowe - BS&W - Director of Planning and Support  - Baylor Scott & White Health