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Program Director, Health Equity
JHM Office of Diversity, Inclusion & Health Equity Vice Chair for
Diversity, Inclusion, & Health Equity, Department of Medicine Associate Professor,
Division of Infectious Diseases, JHU School of Medicine
Alaysia Phillips, M.P.H.
Program Director, Health Equity Operations
JHM Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Health Equity
Paula Neira, J.D., M.S.N., R.N., C.E.N.
Program Director of LGBTQ+ Equity and Education
JHM Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Health Equity
Marcia Offin
Project Administrator Armstrong Institute
Hessam Sadatsafavi, Ph.D.
Business Intelligence Developer
JHM Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Health Equity
Panagis Galiatsatos, M.D., M.H.S.
SDOH and Health Equity SME Associate Professor of Medicine, JHU School of Medicine
Charles Harris
Senior Administrative Coordinator JHM Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Health Equity
Senior Vice President, Operations
Johns Hopkins Health System
Health Equity Representatives by Entity
We are excited to announce our health equity leadership representatives for each entity. These individuals will be known as the Health Equity Leads of their respective entity. Health Equity leads will be representatives to the centralized JHM Health Equity Advisory Committee and will be responsible for overseeing implementation of the JHM Health Equity Advisory Committee’s centralized initiatives and projects at their entities.
The Health Equity Leads will be responsible for:
Recommending to the JHM Health Equity Advisory Committee policies, programs and other initiatives that will improve health equity, and participating in centralized strategy planning for health equity initiatives
Examining formal and informal structures and processes that increase health inequities and disparities
Supporting the promotion of health equity education across the Johns Hopkins Health System
Overseeing implementation of the centralized health equity strategy at their entities
Name
Title
Entity
Mysha Allen
Director Case Management & Utilization Review
HCMC
Badia Faddoul
Sr. Director of Quality & Safety
JHHC
Kendrick Gwynn
Assistant Professor
Associate Director of Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute
JHCP
Raena Hariharan
Physician
BMC
Raquel Hernandez, M.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics Director, Center for Pediatric Health Equity Research
ACH
S. Diane Iverson, B.S.N.
Nurse Case Manager
JHH
Ann Kane, M.D.
Medical Director of Quality
JHU SOM
Dawn Hohl
Sr. Director of Transitions & Relationship Management
JHAH
Julia Kim, M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics /Director, Center for Pediatric Health Equity Research
SOM
Aisha Rahim, M.D.
Medical Director
JHHP
Monique Sanfuentes
Admin Director of Community Affairs Population Health
Suburban Hospital
Kai Shea, M.S.W., L.C.S.W.-C
Executive Director of Care Management & Social Work
BMC
Tarleen (Tina) Singh
Assistant Professor/Emergency Medicine
JHAH
Alexis White
Director of Women & Infant Services
SMH
The Johns Hopkins Medicine Health Equity Advisory Committee
In January 2020, the Johns Hopkins Medicine Health Equity Advisory Committee launched and includes health equity leaders and stakeholders from across the organization with representation from the Office of Johns Hopkins Physicians, the Schools of Medicine, Nursing and Public Health, Language Services, Center for Health Equity, Center for Health Disparities Solutions, Urban Health Institute, Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health, Nurse Case Management, Population Health, Disability Services and JHHS Quality, Integration & Operations.
The goals of the JHM Health Equity Advisory Committee are:
Name
Title
Entity
Anushree Ahluwalia, M.S.N.
Manager of QI
JHH
Mysha Allen
Director Case Management
Utilization Review
JHH
Cathie Axe, M.E.d.
Disability Officer
JHU
Tom Bauer, MBA
Sr Director of Patient Family and Education
JHHS
Joanne Benica
Director of Disability Services, Student Disability Services & Utilization Review
JHU
Scott Berkowitz, M.D., M.B.A.
VP of Population Health
OPH
Renee Blanding, M.D.
Vice President of Medical Affairs, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
BMC
Marti Brown Bailey, M.S.
Director SSA, Community Health
Sibley Memorial Hospital
A.J. Browne, M.F.P., M.A.
Director of Economic Inclusion
Sibley Memorial Hospital
Annie Coble
Assistant Director, State Relations
JHU
Katie Dietz, M.P.H.
Program Director, The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity and Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute
JHH
Wardi Donnelly
Director of Access Partnership
JHH
Badia Faddoul, D.N.P.
Executive Director of Quality & Safety
JHAH
Hanae Fujii-Rios, M.D. M.P.H.
Associate Professor, Pediatric SOM
JHCC
Darrell Gaskins, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Health Disparities Solutions
JHU SOPH
Angela Green, P.h.D.
VP of Quality and Safety Armstrong Institute
Kendrick Gywnn, M.D. M.P.H.
Physician
JHCP
Raena Hariharan, M.D.
Physician
BMC
Raquel Hernandez, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.A.P.
Co-Lead, Program in Health Equity Research
All Children's Hospital
uzanne Hoffman, M.S., M.A.T.H.
Patient & Family Advisory Council Representative
PFAC
Dawn Hohl, P.h.D.
Sr. Director of Transitions & Transportation Management
JHAH
Michael Huber
Director of Government Affairs, State Relations
GCA
Lisa Ishii, M.D.
Senior Vice President for JHHS Integration
JHHS
S. Diane Iverson, B.S.N.
Nurse Case Manager, Johns Hopkins Hospital
JHH
Marissa McKeever
Senior Advisor, Strategic Initiatives
JHM
Jessica Melton, M.H.A.
Vice President of Strategic Initiatives
JHHS
Margaret Moon, M.D.
Director, Department of Pediatrics JHCC Co-Director
The Johns Hopkins Children's Center
Amber Murphy
Access JHU Student Disability Services
JHU
Diane O'Connor, M.B.A.
Executive Director of Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
JHHS
Jeanette Ortiz, J.D.
Associate Director of Government Affairs, State Relations
GCA
Kathleen Page, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, The Access Partnership (TAP) Co-Director, Centro SOL
JHH
Aisha Rahim, M.D.
Medical Director
JHHP
Monique Sanfuentes, M.B.A., M.A.
Director of Community Affairs & Population Health
Kai Shea, M.S.W., L.C.S.W.-C
Senior Director for Care Management, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
BMC
Erica Shelton, M.D.
SOM Em Med Clinical Programs SOM ED
JHH
Tina Singh, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.P.M.
Medical Director
JHAH
Michelle Spencer, M.S.
Associate Director, Bloomberg American Health Initiative, School of Public Health
JHU SOPH
April Taylor, FACHE, CMQ/OE, CLSSBB
VP- Chief Operating Officer
JHH
Tina Tolson, R.N., M.S.N, NE-BC
Senior Director of Operations, JHM Language Services
JHHS
Maria Trent, M.D.
Director Pediatric Medicine
JHCC
Alexis White, MS.N., R.N.
Director of Women's and Infant Services
SMH
Rebecca Wright, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, JHU School of Nursing
JHU SON
COVID-19 pandemic Support and Resources
During the COVID-19 Pandemic our health equity team implemented several operational strategies to support the most vulnerable populations. COVID-19 Community Education Task Force we partnered with JHM/JHU Government and Community Affairs, JHM Marketing and Communications, the Center for Health Equity, Centro SOL, the Urban Health Institute, and other JHU partners to delivery culturally tailored community COVID-19 vaccine education across the Baltimore and National Capitol Regions.