Last month, the Nashville Health Care Council and former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, MD, announced the latest class of the Nashville Health Care Council Fellows. For 2015, 36 senior healthcare leaders were selected for the renowned program, which is focused on influencing and transforming the nation’s healthcare system.
“The 2015 Fellows include some of the industry’s best and brightest leaders with experience and industry focus spanning all sectors of healthcare,” said Frist, who co-directs the initiative with Larry Van Horn, PhD, a leading expert in healthcare management and economics and professor at Vanderbilt’s Owen Graduate School of Management. “These individuals have a challenging task ahead, and I look forward to the meaningful discussion and debate on our nation’s healthcare that will come from our rigorous curriculum,” Frist continued.
Now in its third year, Council Fellows engages industry leaders in clearly defining healthcare’s greatest challenges and exploring innovative business strategies to navigate the difficult issues facing the American healthcare system.
Members of the 2015 Fellows Class are:
Oran Aaronson, MD: Medical Director, Vanderbilt Spine Center
Gregg Allen, MD: EVP & CMO, MedSolutions
Greg Allen: General Manager, Cigna-HealthSpring
Bill Baucom, MD: Summit Medical Associates
Bill Brown: CEO, Entrada
Dave Caluori: Principal, Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe
Nick Coussoule: SVP & CIO, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee
Mike Cuffe, MD: President & CEO, Physician Services, HCA
Michael Dal Bello: Partner, Pritzker Group
Rebecca Dexter: VP, Market Performance & Account Management, Healthways
Lisa Doyle: VP, Human Resources, HCA
Joel Galanter: Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel, Aegis Sciences Corporation
Rachel Haithcoat: Director, Mergers & Acquisitions, DaVita HealthCare Partners
Mark Harris, PhD: Founder & CEO, NextGxDx
Darren Hodgon: VP, Strategy & Innovation, UnitedHealthcare
Rusty Holman, MD: CMO, LifePoint Hospitals
Debbie James: President & CEO, Vivere Health
Philip Johnston, PharmD: Dean, College of Pharmacy, Belmont University
Ed Jones: President & CEO, HealthTrust
Kris Joshi, PhD: EVP, Emdeon
Neil Kunkel: EVP, Chief Legal & Administrative Officer, Capella Healthcare
Mark Lamp: CEO, American HomePatient
Julie Lampley: Attorney, Butler Snow
Helen Lane: EVP & Partner, C3 Consulting
Darren Lehrich: Managing Director, Deutsche Bank
Wendy Long, MD: Deputy Director & Chief of Staff, Bureau of TennCare/Health Care Finance and Administration
David Massaro, MD: Deputy CMO, VA MidSouth Healthcare Network
Ken Misch: CFO, MEDHOST
Anna-Gene O’Neal: President & CEO, Alive Hospice
Bill Paul, MD: Director, Metro Public Health Department
Beth Ratliff: SVP, Premise Health/CHS Health Services
Saurabh Sinha: CEO, emids
Lloyd Smith: Partner, PwC
Paul Smith: VP, Division VI Operations, Community Health Systems
Harsh Trivedi, MD: Executive Director & CMO, Vanderbilt Behavioral Health
Erin Wilkins: President, Southeast Region, Press Ganey
Council Fellows is presented in partnership with BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, Community Health Systems, HCA, Healthways, LifePoint Hospitals and Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management. For more information on the program or Class of 2015, go online to healthcarecouncilfellows.com.