Faculty
Activity Director
Ahmad Kilani, MD, MBA, MLS, MSIT, CHCQM-PHYADV, FACP, FACHE
Medical Director, RCM Executive Administration
Staff, Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics
Cleveland Clinic
Vice President of Operation, American College of Physician Advisors
Planning Committee
Melanie Bender, BSN, RN
Nurse Manager, Utilization Management
Cleveland Clinic
Sandi Gartin, MSN, RN
Nurse Manager, Utilization Management
Cleveland Clinic
Meana Gerges, MD
Enterprise Physician Advisor
RCM Executive Administration
Staff, Department of Hospital Medicine
Cleveland Clinic
Nathan Hart, MS, MBA, PA-C
Senior Director APP
Integrated Hospital Care Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Nicholas Libertin, MD
Enterprise Physician Advisor
RCM Executive Administration
Staff, Center for Emergency Medicine
Cleveland Clinic
Caroline McKnight, DO
Enterprise Physician Advisor
Department of Hospital Medicine
Cleveland Clinic
Sumana Narasimhan, MD, CHCQM
Enterprise Physician Advisor
RCM Executive Administration
Staff, Center for Pediatric Endocrinology
Cleveland Clinic
Ritu Prasad, MD, CHCQM-PHYADV
Vice President - Case Management, Utilization, and Physician Advisor Services
MedStar Health
Columbia, Maryland
Deborah Samoson
Program Manager, RCM Executive Administration
Cleveland Clinic
Guest Faculty
Clarissa Barnes, MD, MBA, FACP, ACPA-C
Chief Medical Officer, South Dakota Medicaid
Hospitalist, Avera McKennan Hospital and University Health Center
Clinical Professor, Internal Medicine Department, University of South Dakota
President, American College of Physician Advisors
Earl Berman, MD, FACP, MALPS-L
Chief Medical Officer
CMD J-15 Part B
CGS Administrators, LLC
Stephanie Van Zandt, MD, ACPA-C
Medical Director, Physician Advisor Services
BayCare Health System
Vice President of Member Engagement, American College of Physician Advisors
Cleveland Clinic Faculty
James Cotelingam, MHA
Executive Vice President
Chief Strategy Officer
Cleveland Clinic
Harold Frolich, MD
Enterprise Physician Advisor
RCM Executive Administration
Cleveland Clinic
Bruce Rogen, MD, MPH
Executive Director and Medical Director, Employee Health Plan
Chair, Quality Alliance
Cleveland Clinic
Patrick Schmitt, DO
Enterprise Physician Advisor
RCM Executive Administration
Cleveland Clinic
Michael Taylor, MD
Enterprise Physician Advisor
RCM Executive Administration
Staff, Department of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Cleveland Clinic
Mark Torok, BSN, MBA
Senior Nursing Director, Inpatient Care Management
Nursing Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Marcus Tower, MD
Enterprise Physician Advisor
RCM Executive Administration
Cleveland Clinic