Advisory Board
The UW Master of Health Informatics & Health Information Management has an advisory board to help guide the overall direction of the program. This group includes key faculty and staff as well as representatives from some of the top organizations in the field. Board members help review content, guide course design and provide updates to ensure the program remains current as the field evolves.
Theresa Amihere-Bervell, MHA, RHIA, CHPC, Health Care Mission Leadership, Diversity, Quality, Compliance and Privacy, Providence Health & Services
Hamed Barahimi, MHIHIM, IT Director, Stanford Healthcare (CA)
Amy Bolin-Deon, MHIS, RHIA, CHP, Administrative Director, Health Information Services, Documentation & Coding, Virginia Mason Medical Center
Sarah Cave, MHA, Clinical Associate Professor, HMI Programs, University of Washington
James Condon, EdD, RHIA, CTR, Program Director and Associate Teaching Professor, HMI Programs, University of Washington
Chris Denier-Karr, Senior IT Consultant, Healthcare IT, The BASIC Group
John Hartgraves, MHIHIM, Associate Program Director and Associate Teaching Professor, HIHIM Programs, University of Washington
Seth Hennessey, MHA, Assistant Administrator, Business Development & Clinical Faculty, University of Washington Medical Center
Ernie Hood, Senior Director, Research and Insights, The Advisory Board
James Hudson, MHA, MPH, CEO, Woodcreek Provider Services
Bryant Karras, M.D., Chief Public Health Informatics Officer, Washington State Department of Health
Gretchen Murphy, MEd, RHIA, FAHIMA, Senior Lecturer (retired), UW Faculty
Kathleen Nguyen, MHIHIM, RHIA, Director of IT Clinical Communications, Seattle Children's Hospital
Joe Nichols, M.D., Principal, Health Data Consulting
Sandra Nunn, MA, MS, RHIA, Principle, KAMC Consulting
India Ornelas, Ph.D., MPH, Interim Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Health Systems and Population Health, University of Washington
Tom Payne, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Biomedical Informatics & Medical Education, University of Washington School of Medicine; Adjunct Professor, Department of Health Systems and Population Health, UW School of Public Health; Member of the Brotman Baty Institute for Precision Medicine, UW Medicine
Kathleen Peterson, MS, RHIA, CPHI, CCS, Senior Lecturer Emeritus, MHIHIM, University of Washington
Debra Primeau, MA, RHIA, MOAM, FAHIMA, President, Primeau Consulting Group
Dennis Schmuland, M.D., FAAP, Alliance of Angels, former Microsoft Chief Health Strategy Officer
Carolin Spice, MS, RHIA, CPHQ, Associate Teaching Professor, M/HIHIM , University of Washington
Anne Turner, M.D., MLIS, MPH, Professor, Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education; Associate Director, UW Health Promotion Research Center; Researcher, UW Northwest Center for Public Health Practice, University of Washington
Sara Vaezy, MHA, Executive Vice President, Chief Digital Officer, Providence