Technical Expert Group

Nirali Vora, MD

Co-Chair, Right Care Initiative Technical Expert Group; Clinical Associate Professor, Neurology, Stanford Stroke Center; Director, Global Health Neurology; Program Director, Adult Neurology Residency

Stephen Sidney, MD, MPH

Former 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

Keith Emmons, MD

Medical Director, CenCal Health of Santa Barbara (Medi-Cal plan); Co-Chair, Right Care Heart Failure Work Group

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

Parag Agnihotri, MD

Chief Medical Officer, Population Health Services, UC San Diego Health; Co-Founder, Capital Region University of Best Practices

Cindy Giambrone, PharmD

Director, Performance Improvement and ACO Pharmacy Risk, MemorialCare Foundation & Medical Group; Co-Chair, Los Angeles Region University of Best Practices

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

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

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

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; CVD Master Plan Steering Committee Member, CDPH