Strategic Planning Committee


The Emory University Healthcare Innovation Program is guided by the Strategic Planning Committee, composed of key senior faculty and staff of Emory University.

Committee Members

Fred Sanfilippo, MD, PhD (Chair)

Director, Healthcare Innovation Program (HIP)
Professor, Pathology and Lab Medicine, School of Medicine
Professor, Health Policy and Management, Rollins School of Public Health

fred.sanfilippo@emory.edu

Fred Sanfilippo's Bio

William A. Bornstein MD, PhD

Chief Medical Officer and Chief Quality & Patient Safety Officer, Emory Healthcare
Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Lipids), Emory University School of Medicine

wbornst@emory.edu

William A. Bornstein's Bio

Mark Braunstein, PhD

Professor of the Practice, Georgia Tech College of Computing, School of Interactive Computing
Associate Director, Georgia Tech Health Systems Institute

mark.braunstein@innovate.gatech.edu

Mark Braunstein's Bio

Shari Capers, MBA, MHA

Associate Vice President, Associate Vice President, Strategic Planning, Robert W. Woodruff Health Sciences Center

shari.capers@emoryhealthcare.org

Shari Capers's Bio

Maryam Carn

Program Manager, Healthcare Innovation Program

maryam.carn@emory.edu

Maryam Carn's Bio

Steve D. Culler, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, Rollins School of Public Health
Associate Adjunct Professor, Goizueta Business School

sculler@emory.edu

Steve Culler's Bio

Michael Hart, MD

Associate Chief of Staff / R&D, Atlanta VA Medical Center
Professor of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine
Assistant Dean for VA Research, Atlanta VA Medical Center

chart2@emory.edu

Michael Hart's Bio

Lanny Liebeskind, PhD

Director, University Science Strategies
Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor, Department of Organic Chemistry

chemll1@emory.edu

Lanny Liebeskind's Bio

Elizabeth Ofili, MD, MPH, FACC

Chief, Section of Cardiology, Morehouse School of Medicine
Associate Dean, Clinical Research, Morehouse School of Medicine
Director, Clinical Research Center, Morehouse School of Medicine
Professor, Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine

eofili@msm.edu

Elizabeth Ofili's Bio

Joel Saltz, MD, PhD

Director, Emory University Center for Comprehensive Informatics
Professor, Pathology & Lab Medicine, Emory School of Medicine
Professor, Mathematics and Computer Science, College of Arts and Sciences
Professor of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Rollins School of Public Health
Adjunct Professor, Computational Science and Engineering Division, Georgia Tech
Eminent Scholar, Georgia Research Alliance
Distinguished Cancer Scholar, Georgia Cancer Coalition

jhsaltz@emory.edu

Joel Saltz's Bio

Ani B. Satz, JD, PhD

Associate Professor, Emory University School of Law
Associate Professor, Rollins School of Public Health
Associate Professor, Emory Center for Ethics

asatz@emory.edu

Ani B. Satz's Vio

Susan E. Shapiro, RN, PhD

Associate Chief Nursing Office for Research and EBP, Emory Healthcare
Associate Clinical Professor of Adult Health and Assistant Dean for Strategic Clinical Initiatives, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing

susan.shapiro@emoryhealthcare.org

Susan E. Shapiro's Bio

Paul Spearman, MD

Nahmias-Schinazi Research Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine
Chief Research Officer, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

paul.spearman@emory.edu

Paul Spearman's Bio

David Stephens, MD

Vice President for Health Affairs Research, Woodruff Health Sciences Center
Stephen W. Schwarzmann Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory School of Medicine
Director, Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine
Professor of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health

dstep01@emory.edu

David Stephens's Bio

Anand Swaminathan, PhD

Goizueta Chair and Professor of Organization & Management and Area Coordinator, Goizueta Business School

aswamin@emory.edu

Anand Swaminathan's Bio

Gary Teal, MBA

Chief Administrative Officer, Woodruff Health Sciences Center

gteal@emory.edu

Gary Teal's Bio

Kenneth E. Thorpe

Robert W. Woodruff Professor and Chair , Rollins School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management
Executive Director, Emory University Institute for Advanced Policy Solutions

kthorpe@sph.emory.edu

Kenneth E. Thorpe's Bio

Guillermo E. Umpierrez, MD

Professor of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism
Chief of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Grady Health Systems

geumpie@emory.edu

Guillermo E. Umpierrez's Bio

Viola Vaccarino, MD, PhD

Professor and Chair, Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health
Professor, Division of Cardiology, Emory School of Medicine

lvaccar@emory.edu

Viola Vaccarino's Bio

Kathy Virgo, PhD

Adjunct Professor, Rollins School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management
Managing Director, Health Services Research, Intramural Research, American Cancer Society

kvirgo@emory.edu

Kathy Virgo's Bio

Paul Root Wolpe, PhD

Director, Emory University Center for Ethics
Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Bioethics and Raymond F. Schinazi Distinguished Research Chair in Jewish Bioethics, Laney Graduate School
Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, School of Medicine Professor of Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences

pwolpe@emory.edu

Paul Root Wolpe's Bio