Cohorts

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How to Join a Cohort

Meetings 

  • Cohorts generally meet 4 to 6 times a year.
  • Find upcoming cohort meetings 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.
    Find this link later here:  Your Member Compass 

Cohort Resources

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.

Current Cohorts 

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 
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