Technical Expert Group
Hattie Rees Hanley, MPP .
Director & Founder, Right Care Initiative, Center for Health Care Organizational and Innovation Research, UC Berkeley School of Public Health; Invited Founding Member, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Hypertension Roundtable; Cardiovascular Disease Master Plan Steering Committee Member, California Department of Public Health . .
Stephen M. Shortell, PhD, MBA, MPH
Founding Director, UC Berkeley School of Public Health, Center for Healthcare Organizational & Innovation Research (CHOIR); Distinguished Professor of Health Policy and Management Emeritus; Co-Founder, Right Care Initiative .
Robert Kaplan, PhD .
Research Director, Clinical Excellence Research Center, Stanford University; Former Chief Science Officer US HHS AHRG; Right Care Initiative Technical Expert Group; Former Associate Director, National Institutes of Health .
Hector R. Rodriguez, PhD, MPH
Co-Chair, Right Care Technical Expert Group; Member, National Academy of Medicine; Professor of Health Policy and Management; Director, Center for Healthcare Organizational and Innovation Research, School of Public Health University of California, Berkeley .
William J. Bommer, MD, FACP, FACC
Chairman, Right Care Initiative University of Best Practices; Specialty Delegate, California American College of Cardiology & California Medical Association; Director, California ePCI Program; Director, Prevention Forward Program and Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, UC Davis; Chairman, CA Dept. of Public Health’s 2022 CVD Master Plan Steering Committee .
Joseph Sky, MD, FACP, FACC
Vice-Chair, Right Care Initiative University of Best Practices; Chief of Preventive Cardiology, Associate Chief of Staff, David Grant Medical Center, US Air Force .
Scott Flinn, MD . .
Co-Founder, Right Care Initiative UBP; Regional Medical Director, Blue Shield of California; Former US Navy Undersea Medical Officer with Navy Seals .
Anthony N. DeMaria, MD, MACC
Judith and Jack White Chair in Cardiology, UC San Diego School of Medicine; Founding Co-Chair, Right Care University of Best Practices San Diego; Be There San Diego Co-Founder and Chairman .
Catrina Taylor, PhD, MSPH
Chief, Surveillance and Research Section; Director, Neurodegenerative Disease Registry; Chronic Disease Surveillance and Research Branch; Center for Healthy Communities California Department of Public Health .
Parag Agnihotri, MD . .
Chief Medical Officer, Population Health Services, UC San Diego Health; Co-Founder, Capital Region University of Best Practices .
Noel Bairey Merz, MD, FACC, FAHA, FESC
Director, Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Center; Director, Linda Joy Pollin Women’s Heart Health Program; Director, Preventive and Rehabilitative Cardiac Center; Professor, Cardiology, Smidt Heart Institute .
Matthew Budoff, MD, FACC, FAHA
Prof. of Medicine, Endowed Chair of Preventive Cardiology, School of Medicine UCLA; Prog. Dir., Div. of Cardiology, LA Biomedical Research Institute; Steering Committee & Dir., CT Reading Center, Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) Trial
Steve Chen, PharmD, FASHP, FCSHP, FNAP
Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs; William A. & Josephine A. Heeres Chair in Community Pharmacy; Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, USC; Co-Chair, LA Region UBP .
Keith Emmons, MD .
Medical Director, CenCal Health of Santa Barbara (Medi-Cal plan); Co-Chair, Right Care Heart Failure Work Group .
Cindy Giambrone, PharmD
Co-Chair, Right Care Initiative Heart Failure Work Group; Director, Pharmacy Performance, Memorial Care Foundation and Medical Groups .
David Maron, MD, FACC, FAHA
Co-Chair, Right Care Technical Expert Group; C.F. Rehnborg Professor of Medicine; Chief, Stanford Prevention Research Center; Director, Preventive Cardiology, Stanford University School of Medicine .
John Øvretveit, PhD ..
Professor of Improvement Implementation and Evaluation, LIME/MMC, Karolinska Institute Medical University, Sweden .
Stephen Sidney, MD, MPH .
Director of Research Clinics, Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research; Leader, CARDIA Study of Coronary Calcium in the Young; Right Care Lifetime Achievement Award Winner .
Eveline Stock, MD .
Co-Chair, Right Care Initiative University of Best Practices; Associate Professor and Cardiologist, University of California San Francisco Cardiovascular Care & Prevention Center .
Nirali Vora, MD .
Co-Chair, Right Care Technical Expert Group; Clinical Associate Professor, Neurology, Stanford Stroke Center; Director, Global Health Neurology; Program Director, Adult Neurology Residency
Nathan Wong, PhD, FACC, FAHA
Professor, School of Medicine & Department of Epidemiology; Director, UCI Heart Disease Prevention Program, UCI School of Medicine
Bay Area, Capital and Los Angeles Region University of Best Practices Leadership
Oliver T. Brooks, MD .
Immediate Past President, National Medical Association; Medical Director, Watts Healthcare; Chief Medical Officer, L.A. Care Health Plan; Chairman, Community Clinic Association of Los Angeles County; Co-Chair, Los Angeles Region University of Best Practices
Steve Chen, PharmD, FASHP, FCSHP, FNAP
Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs; William A. and Josephine A. Heeres Chair in Community Pharmacy; Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Southern California; Co-Chair, Los Angeles Region University of Best Practices .
Scott Flinn, MD .
Co-Founder, Right Care Initiative UBP; Regional Medical Director, Blue Shield of California; Former US Navy Undersea Medical Officer with Navy Seals .
Tony Kuo, MD, MSHS .
Director, Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health; Co-Program Leader, Population Health Program, UCLA Clinical and Translational institute; Co-Chair, Los Angeles Region University of Best Practices .
Joseph Sky, MD, FACP, FACC
Vice-Chair, Right Care Initiative University of Best Practices; Chief of Preventive Cardiology, Associate Chief of Staff, David Grant Medical Center, US Air Force .
Eveline Stock, MD .
Co-Chair, Right Care Initiative University of Best Practices; Associate Professor and Cardiologist, University of California San Francisco Cardiovascular Care & Prevention Center
Nirali Vora, MD .
Co-Chair, Right Care Technical Expert Group; Clinical Associate Professor, Neurology, Stanford Stroke Center; Director, Global Health Neurology; Program Director, Adult Neurology Residency
Edward M. Yu, MD, CMQ, CPPS, CPE
Chief Quality Officer, Palo Alto Medical Foundation; Co-Chair, Right Care Initiative Bay Area Silicon Valley University of Best Practices .
Carol Zaher, MD, MPH, MBA
Medical Director, Health Net California Medical Management, Centene .
Faculty & Volunteer Advisors
Jessica Abraham, PharmD, APh
Director of Population Health, University of Southern California .
Timothy T. Brown, PhD .
Associate Adjunct Prof. of Health Economics, UC Berkeley; Associate Director for Research, UC Berkeley Center for Health Technology
Rebecca Cupp, RPh .
VP Pharmacy Controls, Kaiser Permanente, National Pharmacy Program; Former Air Force Officer .
Michael Dolan, MD .
Executive Vice President & Chief Medical Officer, Gundersen Health System .
Shannon Fox Dornbrach .
Patient & Family Advocate, Right Care Volunteer .
Brent Fulton, MBA, PhD
Assoc. Adj. Prof. of Health Economics & Policy, UCB
School of Public Health .
Liz Helms
President & CEO, California Chronic Care Coalition .
Jan D. Hirsch, RPh, PhD
Founding Dean, UC Irvine School of Pharmacy .
Michael Kanter, MD
Professor and Chair, Department of Clinical Science, Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine .
Neal Kohatsu, MD, MPH
Program Evaluator & Health Strategist, Institute for Population Health Improvement, UC Davis Health; Former Chief Medical Officer, Medi-Cal
Eleanor Levin, MD, FACC, FAHA
Clinical Prof Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University; Former Kaiser Permanente Nor Cal Chief of Cardiology .
Jessica Nunez de Ybarra, MD, MPH
Community Health Medical Administrator, Former Chronic Disease Control Branch Chief, CDPH .
Carol Peden MB ChB, MD, FRCA, FFICM, MPH
Executive Dir. for Clinical Quality, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association; Former Co-Chair, Right Care LA UBP; Adjunct Prof. Clinical Anesthesiology, USC & University of Pennsylvania; Former Quality Improvement Leader for Southern England, UK National Health Service
Anne Peters, MD .
Professor of Medicine, USC Keck School of Medicine; Director, USC Clinical Diabetes Programs; Chair, Endocrine Society Committee on Diabetes Devices; EASD/ADA Technology Safety Committee .
Jean Shahdadpuri, MD, MBA
Emeritus Senior Vice President for Medical Affairs, HealthNet/Centene; Managing Director, Nikai .
Shawni Goudarzi .
Regional Director, Quality, Outcomes, Research and Analytics, American Heart Association .
Marilyn Stebbins, PharmD.
Professor & Vice-Chair of Clinical Innovation, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, UCSF (Retired) .
Chuck Toeniskoetter, MBA
Survivor & Patient Advocate; Founder, Stroke Awareness Foundation .
Bob Trine, MBA, CPA .
President & Founder, CEO, Trine Consulting .
Karol E. Watson, MD, PhD, FNLA, FACC
UCLA Professor of Cardiology & Co-Director, Preventive Cardiology; Former Co-Chair, Right Care LA University of Best Practices
Claudine Woo, PhD
Right Care Initiative Volunteer
Additional Early Co-Founding Experts
Arnie Milstein, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine & Director, Clinical Excellence Research Center, Stanford University; Medical Director, Pacific Business Group on Health .
Warren Barnes, JD, M.Div.
Former Chief Lawyer, California Department of Managed Health Care, Minister and Co-Founder, Right Care Initiative .
Allen Fremont, MD, PhD
Right Care Technical Expert Group 2008-2020; Co-Principal Investigator & Data Lead, Right Care-NHLBI (2009-2012); Former Physician Policy Researcher & Director, RAND Q-DART Project, RAND Corporation
Helen Halpin, ScM, PhD
Professor Emerita & Former Director, Center for Health and Public Policy Studies, UC Berkeley School of Public Health .
Jerry Penso, MD, MBA
President and Chief Executive Officer, AMGA (formerly the American Medical Group Association); Co-Founder, Right Care Initiative University of Best Practices .
Additional Early Co-Founding University of Best Practices Physician Leaders
José A. Arévalo, MD, FAAFP
President and Chief Executive Officer, AMGA (formerly the American Medical Group Association); Co-Founder, Right Care Initiative University of Best Practices
Robin Clark, MD .
Chief Executive Officer, Ursa Health; Medical Director for Quality & Quality Transformation Advisor, UCLA Health; Assistant Clinical Professor, UCLA School of Medicine (Retired)
Steve Deutch, MD .
Chief Medical Officer, Cedars-Sinai Medical Care Foundation (Retired) .
Jim Dudl, MD .
National Diabetes Champion, Care Management Institute & Community Benefits, Kaiser Permanente (Retired) .
Don Hufford, MD .
Chief Medical Officer (Retired), Western Health Advantage; Co-Chair, Capital Region University of Best Practices .
Pamela Laesch, MD, FACEP
Senior Vice President of Clinical Services, Hill Physicians Medical Group; Former Co-Chair, Right Care Capital Region University of Best Practices
Jeff Mason, MD .
CMO & Medical Director, United Health Plan of California (Retired) .
Karol E. Watson, MD, PhD, FNLA, FACC
UCLA Professor of Cardiology & Co-Director, Preventive Cardiology; Former Co-Chair, Right Care LA University of Best Practices
Right Care Initiative Operations Team
Hattie Rees Hanley, MPP .
Director & Founder, Right Care Initiative, Center for Health Care Organizational and Innovation Research, UC Berkeley School of Public Health; Invited Founding Member, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Hypertension Roundtable; Cardiovascular Disease Master Plan Steering Committee Member, California Department of Public Health
Sarah D. Epstein, PhD .
Project Policy Analyst .
Jenny Woo .
Lead Pre-Med Student Research Assistant .
Albert Yeam .
Senior Student Research Assistant .
Alissa Maier, MPH .
Project Manager, USC .
Angela Mora
Student Research Assistant