Q-REVIEWS - Key Persons
Healthcare leader, focused on commercial, client, and product strategy, with expertise bringing innovative HealthTech products and services from concept to market for digital health companies. Ajay has had the privilege of working within and outside of healthcare organizations, giving him a unique perspective of the challenges hindering our industry from adopting a consumerism driven mindset. Starting on the provider side at University Hospitals in Cleveland, he transitioned to The Advisory Board Company where he partnered with over 30+ health systems, advising C-Suite leaders on their care transformation efforts. In recent years, he has led commercial strategy for digital health companies that led to successful exits.
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- President, DocsNetwork, Ltd
Barry Chaiken, MD, MPH has over 25 years' experience in healthcare information technology, clinical transformation, and business intelligence. He is currently President of DocsNetwork Ltd. and previously worked with the National Institutes of Health, U.K's. National Health Service, McKesson, Infor, and Salesforce/Tableau. Chaiken is the author of the recently released Navigating the Code: How Technology Transforms the Patient-Physician Journey, a book on healthcare information technology and its potential impact on quality, access, and cost of care. Chaiken served as a Healthcare Advisory Board member to numerous organizations as head of DocsNetwork, his own boutique healthcare IT consulting company. Chaiken received his medical degree from Downstate Medical Center, his masters in public health degree in health services administration from the Harvard School of Public Health, and his bachelors of arts degree in psychology from the University at Albany. He acquired his specialty training from the Centers for Disease Control as an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer and from the New Jersey State Department of Health as a preventive medicine resident. He is board certified in General Preventive Medicine and Public Health as well as Health Care Quality Management. Chaiken is an Overseas Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine. Chaiken served as a Board member (2006-2010), Board Liaison to HIMSS Europe (2006-2009), and Board Chair (2009-2010), and continues his involvement as a Fellow of the Health Information Management and Systems Society (HIMSS). He is a guest lecturer in both graduate and undergraduate level courses in healthcare information technology at Boston University's Questrom School of Management.
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- Board Member, Notified ( an Intrado Business )
Ben Chodor has 20+ years' experience as a leader in Enterprise Communications, Social Video & Digital Health and is a pioneer of Online Communications through Interactive & Streaming Content. As former President of Notified (an Intrado business), Ben led the organization in expanding best-in-class solutions in public relations, investor relations, marketing webcasting, web hosting, media monitoring, referral marketing, streaming and more. Previously, Ben served as Co-Founder & CEO of Happtique, the first Digital Health mobile application marketplace. He was also Founder & CEO for world leading On-Demand Digital Media & Webcasting company Stream57, and Former Global head of Streaming & Virtual Events at InterCall. In addition Ben acts as a mentor for startup accelerator Blueprint Health, is an active investor & board member for digital startups, has hosted radio shows mHealth Zone Live & HealthTech Talk, and is frequent speaker on digital media/technology.
When not working in one of his many business roles, Ben enjoys spending time with family, boxing, yoga, traveling and training for his first Triathlon.
Benjamin (Ben) Kim is a product designer with more than 10 years experience in the financial services and healthcare sector. He is a versatile contributor, able to go beyond design and lead aspects of the engineering, product management and marketing functions. A skilled entrepreneur, from his time building start ups, he is expert in solving design challenges. Ben previously held senior designer, UI, UX, and product positions at Gerson Lehrman Group, Axial Market, Quality Reviews, Cureatr, and FirstThought.
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- EVP Corporate Integrity & Chief Compliance Officer, LiveOnNY
- LiveOnNY As Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff
Dr. Kristine joined LiveOnNY as Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff in 2022. She oversees LiveOnNY's contracting, corporate compliance, and business development. Prior to joining LiveOnNY she spent 18 years at Mount Sinai Health System in various executive roles including SVP, Chief Contracting Officer at Mount Sinai Health System and SVP, Business Development and Managed Care.
Jill has 20 years' experience in healthcare business development and operations. Prior to joining Quality Reviews®, Jill worked in the healthcare industry where she has been responsible for developing and implementing the sales strategy, market research, and business development to meet and exceed sales growth projections.
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- Co - Founder
- President & CEO, LiveOnNY
Leonard (Lenny) Achan is a Co-founder of Quality Reviews, and is President & CEO of LiveOnNY. Having started his career as an ICU Nurse in 1999 at Mount Sinai Hospital, he is a veteran healthcare executive with over 20 years of leadership experience. He previously served as the President of the Hospital for Special Surgery's Innovation Institute. His leadership roles have spanned clinical, operational, marketing, communications, crisis management, digital transformation, branding, and innovation and he has served in several C-suite roles.
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- Co - Founder
- Co - Founder, Gerson Lehrman Group
Mark Gerson is an entrepreneur and philanthropist, is the co-founder of Gerson Lehrman Group, African Mission Healthcare, and United Hatzalah of Israel, and Co-founder of Quality Reviews. A graduate of Williams College and Yale Law School, Mark is the author of books on intellectual history and education. His articles and essays on subjects ranging from Frank Sinatra to the biblical Jonah have been published in The New Republic, Commentary, The Wall Street Journal and USA Today. He writes a weekly Torah column for the Christian Broadcasting Network and hosts the popular podcast The Rabbi's Husband, and recently launched Torah Academy, an online resource for channeling the Torah's practical insight and wisdom to live a happier, more successful life. Mark is married to Rabbi Erica Gerson. They and their four children live in New York City.
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- Co - Founder and Managing Partner, Omorfi, Inc
Previously was the chief technologist of the Informatics business at Thermo Fisher Scientific. Also was Director of Development at Varro Technologies, a venture-backed bioinformatics company. Seamus has a BSc in Mathematics from the National University of Ireland.
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- Managing Partner of Third Kind Venture Capital
Shana Fisher is Managing Partner of Third Kind Venture Capital, a NY Based venture fund focused on early-stage investments. Previously, Ms. Fisher was Managing Partner at High Line Venture Partners. Earlier in her career, she served as IAC's Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning & Mergers and Acquisitions, and prior to that as the Senior Vice President of Business Operations for IAC. Previously, Ms. Fisher served as Vice President and Director, Media and Technology Mergers and Acquisitions and Corporate Finance for Allen & Company, LLC. In this capacity she led principle investments and advised publicly traded technology firms, private telecommunications firms and media companies. Prior to Allen & Company, LLC., Ms. Fisher was a program manager for the Microsoft Corporation.
Ms. Fisher received her B.A. from Hampshire College with a triple major in Sculpture, Philosophy and Linguistics and attended the Master of Arts program at New York University's ITP.
Previously was Chief of Medical Services for the Palliative Care Service and Co-Director of Integrated Palliative Care/Geriatrics and Palliative Care/Oncology fellowships at Mount Sinai. Sonni obtained her BS from Tulane University and her MD from Louisiana State University.
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- Board Member of LiveOnNY.Org
- Vice Chairman & President, U.S. News & World Report
Bill Holiber has had a distinguished career in media for over four decades, managing over 30 publications and launching more than 10 new magazines in the media and tech industries. Holiber currently serves as vice chairman and president of U.S. News, having served as president and CEO from 2004 -2021 while concurrently serving as president and CEO of The New York Daily News from 2010-2017. Holiber played a critical role in transforming U.S. News from print to an all-digital model, through a strategy to diversify its revenue in advertising, brand licensing, performance marketing, B2B products and conferences. He also developed the "life decisions" brand strategy that is the foundation for the U.S. News vertical business model. In 2000, he was appointed publisher of U.S. News, and in 2022 he was appointed vice chairman & president. He is also on the board of U.S. News & World Report.
At the Daily News, Holiber created the strategy for digital content and audience expansion as a national news platform reaching over 50 million unique visitors per month. This included a national digital advertising strategy and the development of Daily News Digital Solutions, a local digital marketing business. In the early 90's, he worked with Mort Zuckerman's media company to develop the corporate revenue program for U.S. News, The Atlantic, Fast Company and Applied Graphic Technologies.
Holiber previously served in senior executive roles at other media companies including CurtCo Freedom Group, where he expanded its magazines portfolio through acquisitions and startups, and Cowles Business Media, where he was group publisher and responsible for all revenue for Folio, Catalog Age and Direct Magazine.
Holiber is a board member of LiveOnNY.org, a nonprofit organization committed to helping the greater New York City area live on through organ and tissue donation and to caring for the families touched by donation.