SUBURBAN HOSPITAL - Key Persons
Based out of Frederick County, MD, Austin Bristor is a creative who dabbles in various disciplines such as photography, painting, and music production and performance. Relevant to this project, photography has served as a visual journal in Austin's life to best capture moments from his perspective and to preserve the memory and magic of these experiences. Nature and abstracted perspectives are a couple common themes one may notice when browsing his collection of work.
Billie Coursey-Lookingbill was born at Suburban Hospital and has lived in Maryland her entire life. A self-trained artist, Billie utilizes resin to embed items such as sea glass into beautiful compositions, capturing themes of the ocean and nature. Her work can be found at various glass arts festivals on the East Coast in the warmer months.
Art Work: Water, Earth and Sun (about, shown left to right) - 2nd floor main concourse
Job Titles:
- Digital Health and Innovation
Job Titles:
- Project Manager, Education & Training
Hopkins GIM has nearly 80 full-time faculty members who fall into 3 broad groups: over 25 Clinician-Educators; over 20 Academic Hospitalists; and over 40 Patient-Oriented Researchers. All three groups are engaged in scholarship and teaching.
Job Titles:
- Vice President of Quality and Transformation
As vice president of quality and transformation, Jennifer Bailey, R.N., M.S., is responsible for ensuring that Johns Hopkins Community Physicians (JHCP) is prepared for health care reform, including the pay-for-performance programs for improving quality and containing costs. These include meaningful use of electronic health records, value-based purchasing for Medicaid, accountable care organizations and patient-centered medical home programs.
Ms. Bailey also assists and supports JHCP's executive team and Johns Hopkins Medicine leadership to prepare for clinical integration and the transition to accountable care and other innovative payment models, such as shared savings programs. As the liaison for ambulatory quality in the Johns Hopkins Medicine Armstrong Institute for Quality and Patient Safety, she leads projects to further integrate all components of Johns Hopkins Medicine, with the goals of improving health and quality and reducing costs. At JHCP, she has developed a mature clinical analytics program to support successful performance improvement initiatives.
The sculpture has been generously donated to Suburban Hospital from local businessman and resident, Samuel Rose. The artist, Jesús Moroles (1950 - 2015), was a renowned sculptor known for his monumental abstract granite works. He once described his works as a "discussion" of how man interacts with nature, and wanted viewers not only to observe his sculptures but also to touch the different surfaces. Moroles has over 2,000 works held in public and private collections in the United States and throughout the world, and is considered one of the master sculptors of his generation.
Job Titles:
- Chief Financial Officer
- Vice President, Finance
- Chief Financial Officer for Johns Hopkins Community Physicians
As chief financial officer for Johns Hopkins Community Physicians, Jim Clauter provides leadership in financial analysis and decision support, operational budgeting and management of assets and operating cash flows; revenue and expense management and financial development of business opportunities.
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- Health Care & Surgery Centers
- Regional
Johns Hopkins Community Physicians offers primary care, including internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, and pediatrics, and some specialty care at 39 convenient locations throughout Maryland and the Greater Washington D.C. region. For more information, or to make an appointment, please visit the Johns Hopkins Community Physicians Web site.
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As chief of staff, Kathryn Waldeisen reports to the President and is responsible for special projects, strategic planning and implementation of the President's agenda. Ms. Waldeisen also works closely with the President to develop, plan and implement the Johns Hopkins Medicine Primary Care Strategy in collaboration with the Office of Johns Hopkins Physicians. Since 2017, she has taken a leadership role to engage Johns Hopkins Community Physicians (JHCP) in performance excellence through the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.
Ms. Waldeisen began her career at Hopkins in July 2013 as a post-graduate administrative resident for Johns Hopkins Medicine International and joined JHCP in September 2016. She received her Bachelor in Science in Biology from The Pennsylvania State University and Master in Healthcare Administration from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Job Titles:
- President, Johns Hopkins Community Physicians / Associate Professor of Medicine
It has been Lea's lifelong dream to make a living as an artist. As a teenager, a bone tumor in her spine taught her the lesson that has defined her as an artist - life is too short not to pursue what you love.
She enjoys creating large-scale sculptural installations, custom lighting, & vessels that delight & inspire. She has studied with some of the world's most esteemed glass masters at Scuola del Vetroe Abate Zanetti in Murano, Red Deer College in Canada, Pilchuck Glass School, Corning Museum of Glass, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, and Penland School of Crafts.
Her work is part of art collections at Kaiser Permanente, Marriott, California Bank & Trust, Novartis, Sharp Medical Center, Rady Children's Hospital, City of Vista Civic Center, Westwood Medical Plaza, Professional Hospital Supply, Inc., L'Auberge Del Mar, Aveda, and Vistage as well as other public & private collections worldwide.
Job Titles:
- Senior Director of Human Resources
As senior director of human resources at Johns Hopkins Community Physicians, Leslie Rohde, M.B.A., works to integrate multiple medical practices into the Johns Hopkins Health System and works directly with practicing physicians, physician leaders and administrators.
Ms. Rohde has more than 25 years of human resources management and leadership experience in health care and private industry.
Ms. Rohde received her bachelor's degree in human resource management from Towson University and her master's degree in business administration from the Loyola College Executive M.B.A. program.
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- Johns Hopkins Dermatologist, Is Developing a Cell Therapy That Could Enable Prosthetics Wearers to Use Their Devices Longer
Luis Garza, a Johns Hopkins dermatologist, is developing a cell therapy that could enable prosthetics wearers to use their devices longer.
Job Titles:
- Assistant
- Director of Education and Training
- Senior Director of Education and Training / Assistant Dean for Part - Time Faculty, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- Senior Director of Education and Training at Johns Hopkins Community Physicians
Maura J. McGuire, M.D., senior director of education and training at Johns Hopkins Community Physicians (JHCP). Here, she leads interdisciplinary development of approximately 1,200 JHCP employees, and works with 400 learners from the Schools of Medicine, Nursing and Public Health who train in JHCP's practices each year. She continues to practice general internal medicine at JHCP's Remington location.
Dr. McGuire also serves as assistant dean for part-time faculty, representing a group of more than 1,500 clinicians and scientists who contribute more than $5 million per year of voluntary teaching and service to Johns Hopkins University's School of Medicine.
An innovator and program builder, Dr. McGuire has worked for years to enhance the safety and effectiveness of primary care by focusing on infrastructure and education. She has a keen appreciation for challenges faced by patients, clinicians and learners in our primary healthcare system.
Prior to current roles, she has served as internal medicine chief, clinical education director, and director of quality and compliance at JHCP. She developed and implemented JHCP's system-wide point-of-care laboratory program, its competency-based support staff training and pharmacist-run care management programs, and quality compliance reporting for its electronic medical record. In addition, she has provided strong leadership in primary care education at the School of Medicine, and later integrated interprofessional efforts with the School of Nursing and the Bloomberg School of Public Health where she holds adjunct appointments.
Dr. McGuire matriculated in the School of Medicine in 1979 after receiving her degree in chemical and biomedical engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, where she also studied fine arts. She completed her medical training as a member of the Osler housestaff and subsequently as a fellow in hematology. Since joining the faculty in 1989 in the division of general internal medicine, she has taught primary care and hospital medicine to 20 generations of Osler housestaff and has mentored dozens of residents and fellows.
Job Titles:
- Medical Director for Diversity and Inclusion
As medical director for diversity and inclusion, Melody Nangle, C.R.N.P., champions, promotes, and guides the implementation of Johns Hopkins Community Physicians' inclusion strategy and diversity initiatives across our organizational footprint. She works with leadership to develop, implement and review policy, training, and communications, relative to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
In addition to this role, N.P. Nangle practices family medicine at our Direct Primary Care office. She has worked with Johns Hopkins Community Physicians since 2019, and has over 20 years of health care experience that ranges from in-patient, to community, to educational settings.
N.P. Nangle received both her bachelor of science in nursing and masters in nursing education from University of Phoenix, and earned her post-graduate certificate, family nurse practitioner, from Coppin State University.
In addition to providing primary care in Odenton, Michael Albert, M.D., F.A.C.P., serves as chief of primary care clinical innovation at Johns Hopkins Community Physicians.
In this role, Dr. Albert oversees key innovation and business development for Johns Hopkins Community Physicians, interfacing with chiefs and regional directors across the entity, as well as collaborating with Johns Hopkins Medicine and Johns Hopkins University leaders. He also directly oversees existing innovative care models and all care coordination transformation and implementation efforts throughout the organization.
Dr. Albert has been with Johns Hopkins Community Physicians for more than a decade, having joined as a full-time provider in our Odenton internal medicine practice in 2009. A year later, Dr. Albert became the office medical director at East Baltimore Medical Center. In 2013, he was promoted to regional medical director and he assumed the role of chief of internal medicine in 2015.
Dr. Albert received his bachelor's degree in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Princeton University in 1996. After four years of teaching middle school science, he went on to earn his medical degree from the University of Maryland in 2004, and completed his residency at the University of Maryland Medical System in 2007.
Job Titles:
- Chief Operating Officer
- Vice President of Operations
- Chief Operating Officer and Vice President of Practice Operations
As chief operating officer and vice president of practice operations, Michael Cole oversees Johns Hopkins Community Physicians' primary and specialty practices, hospital-based medicine programs, Johns Hopkins Medicine shared suites, practice implementations and more.
Mr. Cole was appointed to this position in 2023, after working with Johns Hopkins Medicine for two decades in roles at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, and finally joining Johns Hopkins Community Physicians in 2016. Throughout his tenure at Johns Hopkins Community Physicians, Mr. Cole has led multiple strategic initiatives and practice builds. He is an expert at strategic thinking and planning, proven by multiple workflow and operations-related innovations he has implemented to increase access, revenue and patient satisfaction. He has also served as a mentor in the Johns Hopkins Community Physicians Mentorship Program.
Mr. Cole earned his master's degree from the College of Notre Dame of Maryland and began his career in health care as a certified radiologic technologist.
Job Titles:
- Assistant Director, Marketing & Communications
Molly Jackson, M.H.A., is the assistant director, marketing and communications, for Johns Hopkins Community Physicians (JHCP). In this role, Ms. Jackson reports to the president and directly oversees all JHCP marketing and internal, institutional and executive communications efforts. She interfaces with Johns Hopkins Medicine marketing & communications leadership to ensure integration and alignment of strategic goals. In addition, Ms. Jackson leads our engagement efforts-both employee- and community-related.
Ms. Jackson joined Johns Hopkins Community Physicians in November of 2012 as a communications specialist focused on internal communications. She received her B.A. in International Affairs with a concentration on International Economics from The George Washington University and earned her M.H.A. from the University of Maryland in 2020.
Job Titles:
- Epic and Health IT Strategy and Coordination / Data Governance and Analytics
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- Johns Hopkins Community Physicians in 2002 As an Associate Medical Director
Demonstrating a passion for patient-centered excellence, Dr. Raymond Zollinger was named vice president of medical affairs for Johns Hopkins Community Physicians in 2013. Reporting to the president, he is the senior medical leader responsible for clinical and quality oversight of the providers. He oversees the employment and compensation for the 400+ multispecialty providers, and also oversees Risk, Safety, and Service for the organization.
Dr. Zollinger joined Johns Hopkins Community Physicians in 2002 as an associate medical director for the White Marsh location, where he was promoted to office medical director in 2003. In 2011, he was promoted to regional medical director for the Baltimore North region of Johns Hopkins Community Physicians. Throughout his career his efforts have led to improvements in quality, provider engagement, operations and financial performance. He is a part-time instructor for the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. In 2012, he became a co-leader of the community intervention of the Johns Hopkins Community Health Partnership, a grant from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation. Dr. Zollinger continues to deliver primary care to a panel of adult patients at Johns Hopkins Community Physicians' Remington location.
After receiving his bachelor's degree in Physics from Harvard College, Dr. Zollinger worked for Goldman Sachs as an analyst and then associate in fixed income. Transitioning to a medical career, he earned a Master's degree in healthcare management from the Wharton School and a Doctorate in Medicine degree at the University of Pennsylvania. He went on to complete his internship and residency in Internal Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital.
Job Titles:
- Vice President of Business Development and Strategic Alliances for Johns Hopkins Medicine
Sanford Wu is the vice president of business development and strategic alliances for Johns Hopkins Medicine. In this role, he collaborates with entities and individuals across the health system and school of medicine to shape and lead business development and alliance management efforts in support of strategic initiatives that include enterprise growth and development, new programs and business ventures, care delivery innovations, corporate partnerships and other strategic relationships. Additionally, Mr. Wu serves on various management and advisory committees that provide leadership and strategic direction on matters related to physician practice coordination and development, technology innovation, precision medicine, programmatic development, name use and licensing guidelines.
Mr. Wu originally joined Johns Hopkins Medicine in 2006. His past roles include assistant director of global strategy and managing director for global services at Johns Hopkins Medicine International. While there, Mr. Wu oversaw a wide range of global initiatives including growth strategy, internal operations, project management functions, consulting engagements and affiliations, business development and commercialization of intellectual property. Additionally, he played an integral role in expanding regional market entry and expansion initiatives across Asia and the Middle East. While at Johns Hopkins International, he worked extensively in China with leading public hospitals and universities, as well as some of the country's largest conglomerates and private equity-backed initiatives that spanned health care services, clinical research, investment strategy, talent and leadership development, risk, market scan and due diligence issues.
Earlier in his career, Mr. Wu held positions in corporate finance, startup platform operations and investment analysis, working in management roles in both private and publicly listed entities in China and the United States.
Mr. Wu earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Colorado Boulder and a master's degree from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs.
Job Titles:
- Chief Medical Officer, Johns Hopkins Clinical Alliance / Assistant Professor of Medicine
- Total Cost of Care / NCR Provider Alignment
Shanthi Chandrasekar is a Maryland artist who has been drawing and painting since early childhood. Her interest in understanding different media has led her to experiment with sculpture, photography, printmaking and papermaking. She has also been trained in the traditional art form Tanjore Style painting. While many of her works are influenced by her Indian heritage, her true inspiration comes from the mystery and majesty of the world around her; her muse lives where the scientific overlaps with the spiritual.
Shanthi's works have been displayed in a variety of locations through the Washington D.C. area, and she has won numerous awards. She won the Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award 2013 and 2016 for Works on Paper. She was awarded the Individual Artist grants from the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County, MD in 2009, 2013 and 2016. She also won the Maryland Traditions Master Apprentice Award to teach Kolam drawing in 2010.
Job Titles:
- Primary Care Strategy / Ambulatory Quality and Safety / Ambulatory Patient Satisfaction / Maryland PCP
An associate professor of medicine, Steven J. Kravet, M.D., M.B.A., heads the largest primary care group in Maryland, Johns Hopkins Community Physicians, a network of suburban community practices that serves more than 900,000 patients annually at more than 40 locations throughout the state and Washington, D.C.
A third-generation pharmacist and community health care advocate who prizes the relationships that develop between patients and care-givers, Dr. Kravet has spent more than two decades at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, providing strong leadership in a wide variety of community health services. Before being named president of JHCP in 2009, he had been medical director of inpatient medical services, internal medicine and ambulatory services, as well as chief medical officer for quality and patient safety, and deputy director for clinical activity in the Department of Medicine at Johns Hopkins Bayview. As a member of the faculty in the Division of General Internal Medicine, he has obtained invaluable insights into the practical realities of primary care. Having earned an M.B.A. in Johns Hopkins' Business of Medicine program, he has an excellent understanding of the business issues affecting outpatient care. The American College of Physicians has used Dr. Kravet's research on primary care processes to formulate plans for redesigning health care practices.
After receiving his pharmacist degree from the Rutgers University College of Pharmacy in 1988, Dr. Kravet ran his family's pharmacy in Spotswood, N.J., until 1992, during which time he worked on obtaining his medical degree from the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He arrived at Johns Hopkins Bayview as a resident in 1992 and has spent his entire career at Hopkins. Among his honors are the Resident Teaching Award and the Department of Medicine Chairman's Award.
Susan Danko has been creating and exhibiting her artwork since receiving a BFA in painting from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1998. As a student she received honors including the Joseph McCullough painting award, and the Ellen Battell Stoeckel painting fellowship from Yale University. Susan is a 2013 Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award recipient, and was awarded the Fine Arts Work Center / OAC collaborative residency in Provincetown, Massachusetts during the summer of 2013.
Danko has shown her work in solo, group and invitational exhibitions at a variety of venues including the Cleveland Botanical Gardens, the Butler Museum of American Art, The Rockford Art Museum, and SPACES gallery in Cleveland. Her exhibitions have been reviewed in sources including the Cleveland Plain Dealer, and the Akron Beacon Journal. Her artwork has also been published in the CAN Journal; 2014, Studio Visit Magazine; 2012, and Angle Magazine in 2006.
Susan's paintings have been included in prominent public and private art collections including the Cleveland Clinic, the Ohio Arts Council, Cleveland State University, and Nordson Corporation. She is represented by Bonfoey Gallery in Cleveland.