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

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

Hessam Sadatsafavi, Ph.D.

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

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

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

JHHS Executive Champions

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

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

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

Vice President of Quality & Safety
Armstrong Institute

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

Senior Vice President, Operations
Johns Hopkins Health System

Representing their entity on the JHM Health Equity Advisory Committee
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 and 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

Ann Kane, M.D.
Medical Director of Quality

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 and Entity	Name, Title and Entity	Name, Title and 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 JHU, Student Disability Services & Utilization Review	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 SMH	A.J. Browne, M.F.P., M.A. Director of Economic Inclusion SMH
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	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 ACH	Suzanne 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 Johns Hopkins Health System	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 JHH Director, The Access Partnership (TAP) Co-Director, Centro SOL	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

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JHHS Health Equity Operations

JHHS Health Equity Team

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

Alaysia Phillips, M.P.H.

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

Hessam Sadatsafavi, Ph.D.

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

JHHS Executive Champions

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

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

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