Steering Committee

The Steering Committee consists of quality improvement personnel from each of the project hospitals and is responsible for data analysis and validating the data.

Steering Committee Chair
Robert Wones, MD, The University Hospital

Steering Committee Members

• Mary Andre – Director, Performance Improvement, The Jewish Hospital
• Lisa Banks – Manager, QI/UR/IC, Margaret Mary Community Hospital
• Kathleen Beal – Director, Quality Management Services, The University Hospital
• Kim Biery – Director, Quality, The Christ Hospital
• Diane Dieckman – Director, Quality Management and Informatics, Health Alliance
• Amy Donaldson – Director, Performance Improvement, Clinton Memorial Hospital Regional Health System
• Carole Hains – Director, Quality Management, Mercy Clermont Hospital
• Larry Johnstal – Director, Clinical Improvement, TriHealth
• Janice Maupin – Director, Quality & Case Management, Mercy Anderson Hospital
• Marilyn McDonough, RN – Director, Quality, Brown County General Hospital
• Nancy Moran – Director, Quality & Case Management, Mercy Mt. Airy Hospital
• Carol S. Muehlenkamp – Director, Patient Care Services, Dearborn County Hospital
• Robyn Myers – Director, Quality Management & Accreditation, Atrium Medical Center
• Leslie Nahigyan – Director, Quality & Case Management, Clinton Memorial Hospital
• Margie Namie – Vice President, Chronic Care Management, Mercy Health Partners
• Lisa Richardson – Quality Management Coordinator, Fort Hamilton Hospital
• Donna Summers – Director, PICC, Highland District Hospital
• Theresa Via – Director, Quality Improvement, McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital
• Michele Werner – Vice President, Quality Improvement Facilitation, Margaret Mary Community Hospital
• Beth Zimmerman – Director, Quality, Mercy Fairfield Hospital

Medical Directors Committee

The Medical Directors Committee is comprised of Chiefs of Staff, Medical Directors and Vice President of Medical Affairs and is responsible for the design, execution and evaluation of the project’s various quality improvement initiatives. The Medical Directors have chosen the issue of Congestive Heart Failure as their first focus area and have formed the Beta Blockade Project to investigate this topic.

Medical Directors Committee Members

• Judith Burichin, MD – Chair, Quality Improvement Committee, Atrium Medical Center
• Robert Collins, MD – Vice President, Medical Affairs, Bethesda North Hospital
• Berc Gawne – CMO & Vice President of Medical Affairs, The Christ Hospital
• Stephen Goldberg, MD – Medical Director, Internal Medicine, The Jewish Hospital
• John Hollon, MD – Medical Director, Quality and Care Management, Clinton Memorial Hospital Regional Health System
• Nancy Kennedy, MD – Physician Quality Advisor, Dearborn County Hospital
• Rashid Khan, MD – Associate Medical Director, Mercy Mt. Airy Hospital
• Rob Lambert, MD – Associate Medical Director, Mercy Clermont Hospital
• Timothy McKinley, MD – Chief of Staff, Brown County General Hospital
• Margie Namie – Vice President, Chronic Care Management, Mercy Health Partners
• John Robinson, MD – Vice President, Medical Affairs, Good Samaritan Hospital
• Richard Roedersheimer, MD – Associate Medical Director, Mercy Western Hills Hospital
• Dan Roth, MD – Vice President Medical Affairs, Mercy Anderson Hospital
• Ramesh K. Shivani, MD – Chief of Staff, Highland District Hospital
• Robert Wones, MD – Vice President of Medical Affairs, The University Hospital
• Steve Yamaguchi, MD – Medical Director, Emergency Department, The Christ Hospital

Quality Council Committee

The Quality Council is made up of CEOs and vice presidents of medical affairs from hospitals participating in the project, and serves as the governing board along with several members from the business community. They provide oversight and leadership and serve as the “stewards” of the initiative.

Quality Council Committee Chair
Georges Feghali, MD, TriHealth

Quality Council Committee Members

• Jim Baer – President & CEO, Highland District Hospital
• Hope Clevenger – Corporate Benefits Manager, G & J Pepsi Cola Bottlers, Inc.
• Adele Ducharme, Vice President & Chief Nursing Officer, Brown County General Hospital
• Robert Graham, MD – Professor of Family Medicine, University of Cincinnati
• Jeffrey Hatcher, MD – Chief of Staff Elect, Margaret Mary Community Hospital
• Deborah Hayes – Vice President & Chief Nursing Officer, The Christ Hospital
• Bryan Hehemann – President & CEO, McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital
• M. Aurora Lambert – Senior Vice President, The Jewish Hospital
• Rich Neimeyer – Consultant, The Scheller Bradford Group
• Craig Osterhues – Health Care Manager, GE Aviation
• Lynn Oswald – Senior Vice President, Fort Hamilton Hospital
• Michael Patterson, President & CEO, Brown County General Hospital
• Tim Perry – Vice President, Nursing, Highland District Hospital
• Tim Putnam – President, Margaret Mary Community Hospital
• Randy Randolph, Jr., MD – Senior Vice President & Chief Medical Officer, Mercy Health Partners
• Peter V. Resnick – Executive Director, Dearborn County Hospital
• Andy Riddell – President & CEO, Clinton Memorial Hospital Regional Health System
• Carol Turner – Executive Vice President & COO, Atrium Medical Center
• Creighton Wright, MD – Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery, Academy of Medicine Cincinnati