UW HEALTH - Key Persons
Andrew worked as a reporter with Gannett in northeast and central Wisconsin, the Chicago Sun-Times Newsgroup in the northwest Chicago suburbs, and as interim editor of The Monroe Times. He joined UW Health in 2016, after stints in bicycle racing and with Innovenn Inc., a biotechnology startup company located in Madison.
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- Chief Nursing Officer - Vice President, Patient Services
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- CEO and Owner, EQT by Design, LLC
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- Executive Director, City of Rockford
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- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
- Senior Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer Interim Chief Administrative Officer
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- Board 1st Vice Chair, Secretary / President, Community Foundation of Northern Illinois
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- Chairman, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
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- Dean, University of Wisconsin - Madison School of Nursing / Former Representative Donna Seidel
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- CEO, UW Health, UW Medical Foundation Board Chair
- Role of Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Alan S. Kaplan assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer of UW Health in May 2016. He is a nationally renowned health care leader with a proven track record of leading large-scale clinical and cultural transformation with a focus on care coordination...
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- Chief Operating Officer
- Senior Vice President
Emily has been with the UW Health Media Relations team since 2014. Prior to UW Health, she spent 6 years as a local TV news and sports reporter in Madison. She is a graduate of the UW-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communications.
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- Owner, Helen Hill Communications
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- President, UW Medical Foundation
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- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
- Senior Vice President, External Affairs
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- Chairman / CEO, Kaney Aerospace
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- President and CEO, Illinois Bank & Trust
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- Chancellor, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Jessica joined UW Health in 2023. Previously, she worked for 12 years as a television reporter and producer in Illinois and Wisconsin, most recently at Spectrum News 1. She graduated from Loyola University with a degree in Journalism.
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- Vice President, Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer
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- Vice President, Strategic Growth / Executive Leadership
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- Executive Director, Centro Hispano of Dane County
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- Retired, SwedishAmerican Health System
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- Chairman, Department of Anesthesiology
Kelly Wilson - Chief Legal Officer, SVP
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- Chief Legal Officer
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
- Senior Vice President
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- Chief Administrative Officer / Vice President, Practice Plan
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- Dean, University of Wisconsin - Madison School of Nursing / Former Representative Donna Seidel
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- Program Manager of the UW Health Mindfulness Program
Lisa Thomas Prince, Program Manager of the UW Health Mindfulness Program has been teaching with the program since 2014. Lisa has been studying, practicing and integrating mindfulness meditation into her life for nearly 25 years. She has been influenced by long-time study of yoga, martial arts and qigong, and she is a 200hr certified yoga teacher. Lisa's early career paths focused in international public health and world language instruction, including 12 years as a language educator in grades preK-8. Since joining the Mindfulness Program, Lisa's activities include curriculum development for the UW Health Mindfulness for Middle Schoolers course, mindfulness training for educators and staff in local school districts, MBSR instruction, and establishment of the Mindfulness-based Childbirth and Parenting (MBCP) program in Madison. Her professional trainings include the Inner Kids professional training program with Susan Kaiser Greenland, the UCSD MBSR Teacher Training Intensive, and MBCP professional teacher training Levels I & II. Lisa is particularly energized in working with expectant parents, parents, children, caregivers and families to support mindful awareness and compassion across generations.
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- President, Entre Computer Solutions
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- Department of Dermatology
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- Chief Financial Officer
- Treasurer
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- Board Vice Chair / Retired Owner and Board Member, Hall, Render, Killian, Heath and Lyman
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- Chief Clinical Officer
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
- MMM / Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer
- Senior Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
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- Chairman, Department of Surgery
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- Chief Financial Officer
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
- Senior Vice President
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- Board Chair / Dean, UW School of Medicine and Public Health
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- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
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- Political Director for IBEW Local 494
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- President, SwedishAmerican Hospitals
Samantha Sharp, MD, is a UW Health integrative family medicine doctor. She provides health care to patients of all ages with both short-term and long-term health issues. Dr. Sharp is also a clinical assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health.
Dr. Sharp's passion includes care for all ages, transgender medicine and treating headaches and integrative medicine, which includes medical hypnosis, osteopathic manipulation (using physical touch to diagnose and treat injury or illness), nutrition, herbs and supplements.
Dr. Sharp understands the importance of listening to her patients. She makes sure to leave plenty of time for questions during each appointment. By clearly explaining diagnoses and care options, she can relieve her patient's stress and anxiety about their visit and their condition.
In her free time, Dr. Sharp enjoys traveling and writing.
Sara joined UW Health in 2020. Previously, she worked in national media relations for Kaiser Permanente, and before that she worked at a public relations agency supporting clients in Silicon Valley. She is a graduate of the UW-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communications.
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- Co - Chair of Joint Finance Committee ( Senate )
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- Retired, Ben Franklin Bank of Illinois
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- Medical Director, UW Medical Foundation Practice Plan / Chair, Department of Urology
- UW School of Medicine and Public Health, Chair, Department of Urology
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- President, Northwest Bank
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- President, Northern Illinois Medical Group
Travis Andersen joined UW Health - SwedishAmerican Health System in July 2021 and assumed the role of President and CEO three months later. ...