JHHS Health Equity Operations

JHHS Health Equity Team

Risha Irvin, M.D., M.P.H.

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
Alaysia Phillips

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
Paula Neira, J.D., M.S.N., R.N., C.E.N.

Marcia Offin

Project Administrator
Armstrong Institute

Hessam Sadatsafavi, Ph.D.

Business Intelligence Developer
JHM Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Health Equity
Hessam Sadatsafavi

Panagis Galiatsatos, M.D., M.H.S.

SDOH and Health Equity SME
Associate Professor of Medicine, JHU School of Medicine
Panagis Galiatsatos

Charles Harris

Senior Administrative Coordinator
JHM Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Health Equity

JHHS Executive Champions

Scott Berkowitz, M.D., M.B.A.

Chief Population Health Officer and Vice President of Population Health
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Scott Berkowitz

Angela Green, PH.D., R.N.

Vice President of Quality & Safety
Armstrong Institute
Angela Green

Lisa Ishii, M.D., M.H.S.

Senior Vice President, Operations
Johns Hopkins Health System
Lisa Ishii, M.D., M.H.S.

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.

Read/Download the Task Force Executive Report