Management Committee

Management Committee

David Dreis, MD (Immediate Past Chair)
Medical Director, Clinical Outcomes
Virginia Mason Medical Center
Seattle, WA

J. Richard Goss, MD, MPH
Director, Quality Improvement; Medical Director
Harborview Medical Center
Seattle, WA

Mary Gregg, MD, FACS, MHA
VPMA, Cherry Hill Campus
Director, Quality and Patient Safety
Swedish Health Services
Seattle, WA

Don Hanna
Manager, Cardiac Service Line
Kadlec Medical Center
Richland, WA

Geoff Harms, MD
Interventional Cardiology
Central WA Medical Center
Wenatchee, WA

G. Gilbert Johnston, MD
Cardiovascular Surgery
St. Joseph Cardiothoracic Surgeons
Tacoma, WA

Julie McDonald, RN, BSN, CPHQ
Director, Clinical Analytics
Providence Regional Medical Center, Everett
Everett, WA

Chelle Moat, MD, MPH
Medical Director, Care Management
Premera Blue Cross
Mountlake Terrace, WA

Kristin Peterson, JD (Vice Chair)
Attorney
Coopersmith Health Law Group
Seattle, WA

Richard C. Phillips, MD, MS, MPH
Ret. Cardiac Surgeon; Cardiac Outcomes Research
Everett, WA

Michael E. Ring, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Medical Director Cardiac Services Line and Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center
Spokane, WA

Mandya Vishwanath, MD (Chair)
Cardiovascular Surgery
Northwest Heart & Lung Surgical Assoc.
Spokane, WA

Richard W. Whitten, MD, MBA, FACP
Carrier Medical Director, Medicare B
Noridian Administrative Services
Kent, WA

Special Advisors to COAP

Susie Dade, MS
Director, Quality Improvement & Administration
Puget Sound Health Alliance
Seattle, WA

Nancy L. Fisher, MD, MPH
Chief Medical Officer
Center for Medicare & Medicaid Service, Region X
Seattle, WA

Charles Maynard, PhD
COAP Statistician
Research Professor
University of Washington
Seattle, WA

Terry Rogers, MD, FACP
CEO
Foundation for Health Care Quality
Seattle, WA

Gyula Sziraczky
President
ARMUS Corporation
Burlingame, CA

Jeff Thompson, MD, MPH
Chief Medical Officer
WA State Health Care Authority
Olympia, WA