Faculty
Activity Director
Ahmad Kilani, MD, MBA, MLS, MSIT, CHCQM-PHYADV
Medical Director, RCM Executive Administration
Staff, Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatics
Cleveland Clinic
Planning Committee
Melanie Bender, BSN
Nurse Manager, Utilization Management
Cleveland Clinic
Erin Boyd, MD, MBA, ACPA-C
Associate Chief Medical Officer
Sound Advisory Services
Tacoma, WA
Sandi Gartin, MSN
Nurse Manager, Utilization Management
Cleveland Clinic
Meana Gerges, MD
Enterprise Physician Advisor
RCM Executive Administration
Staff, Department of Hospital Medicine
Cleveland Clinic
Nathan Hart, PA
Department of Hospital Medicine
Cleveland Clinic
Nicholas Libertin, MD
Enterprise Physician Advisor
RCM Executive Administration
Staff, Center for Emergency 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
Assistant Vice President
Case Management, Acute Care Utilization, and Physician Advisor Services
Clinical Care Transformation
Vice Chief of Staff & Physician Advisor – MedStar Union Memorial Hospital
MedStar Health
Baltimore, MD
Deborah Samoson
Program Manager, RCM Executive Administration
Cleveland Clinic
Guest Faculty
Bartho Caponi, MD, APCA-C
UW Health
Madison, WI
Tiffany Ferguson, LMSW, CMAC, ACM
CEO, Phoenix Medical Management, Inc
Flagstaff, AZ
Edward Hu, MD, ACPA-C
UNC Health Care System
Chapel Hill, NC
Andrew B. Maigur, MD, CHCQM-PHYADV
Premier Health
Dayton, OH
Anuja Mohla, DO, MBA, FACP, ACPA-C
ChristianaCare
Wilmington, DE
Ellyn Theophilopoulos, MD, JD
Theophilopoulos Medical Legal Consulting
Tarpon Springs, FL
Cleveland Clinic Faculty
Heather Jones, PharmD, MS
Director, Regional Oncology and Infusion Services
Pharmacy
Cleveland Clinic
Zeshaun Khawaja, MD, MBA
Medical Director of Documentation Excellence
RCM Executive Administration
Staff, Cerebrovascular Center
Cleveland Clinic
Caroline McKnight, DO
Department of Hospital Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Florida, Indian River Hospital
Tracy Peffley, RHIA
Vice President, Revenue Cycle Management
Cleveland Clinic
James Simon, MD, MBA
Department of Data and Analytics
Staff, Department of Kidney Medicine
Cleveland Clinic
Michael Taylor, MD
Enterprise Physician Advisor
RCM Executive Administration
Staff, Department of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Cleveland Clinic
Marcus Tower, MD
Enterprise Physician Advisor
RCM Executive Administration
Cleveland Clinic