James M Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence
Meet the Team

Meet Our Experts

The James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence is home to specialists with a wide variety of backgrounds and areas of focus. Learn more about our team of experts.

Chief Quality Officer

Eric A. Williams, MD, MS, MMM

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Email eric.williams2@cchmc.org

Primary Appointment

Maria T. Britto, MD, MPH

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Email maria.britto@cchmc.org

Research Interests

Chronic illness in adolescents; health care quality; quality of life; health care preferences of adolescents with chronic illness

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Adam C. Carle, MA, PhD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Email adam.carle@cchmc.org

Research Interests

Patient reported outcomes; measure development; item response theory; measurement theory; structural equation modeling; multilevel modeling; complex...

Lauren Erdman, PhD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Email lauren.erdman@cchmc.org

David M. Hartley, PhD, MPH

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Email david.hartley@cchmc.org

Research Interests

Infectious disease epidemiology; public health surveillance; mathematical and computer modeling

Allen M. Joseph, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Email allan.joseph@cchmc.org

Research Interests

Health services research; regionalization of pediatric acute care; emergency department pediatric readiness; transport and referral systems

Uma R. Kotagal, MBBS, MSc

Emeritus, UC Department of Pediatrics

Email uma.kotagal@cchmc.org

Carole Lannon, MD, MPH

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Email carole.lannon@cchmc.org

Ellen A. Lipstein, MD, MPH

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Research Interests

Involvement of parents and patients in medical decision making; decision making in chronic conditions; health services research

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Peter A. Margolis, MD, PhD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Email peter.margolis@cchmc.org

Stephen E. Muething, MD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Email stephen.muething@cchmc.org

Research Interests

Serious harm reduction; high reliability organization theory; organizational culture and leadership; evidence-based care; learning health systems

Eileen Murtagh Kurowski, MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Email eileen.murtagh-kurowski@cchmc.org

Research Interests

Health services research

Rachel Thienprayoon, MD, MSCS

Associate Professor, UC Department of Anesthesia

Email rachel.thienprayoon@cchmc.org

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Secondary Appointment

Jeffrey B. Anderson, MD, MPH, MBA

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Email jeffrey.anderson@cchmc.org

Research Interests

Research population health; health equity; congenital heart disease

Julia S. Anixt, MD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Email julia.anixt@cchmc.org

Research Interests

Interventions to improve care and outcomes for children with ASD, including Shared Decision Making; developmental outcomes in children with CHD;...

Chidiogo U. Anyigbo, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Email chidiogo.anyigbo@cchmc.org

Research Interests

Infant and early childhood mental health; early relational health; cross-sector collaborations in achieving health equity; mitigating adverse...

Katherine A. S. Auger, MD, MSc

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Email katherine.auger@cchmc.org

Sarosh "Shawn" P. Batlivala, MD, MSCI

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Email sarosh.batlivala@cchmc.org

Research Interests

Interventions for congenital heart disease; newborn screening for congenital heart defects; proteomic analysis of patients with congenital heart...

Andrew F. Beck, MD, MPH

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Email andrew.beck1@cchmc.org

Research Interests

Social determinants of health; disparities; population health; quality improvement; geography

Patrick W. Brady, MD, MSc

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Email patrick.brady@cchmc.org

Research Interests

Comparative effectiveness research; co-production with patient and families; designing and evaluating complex interventions; clinical trials;...

Laura Brower, MD, MSc

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Email laura.brower@cchmc.org

Sarah D. Corathers, MD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Research Interests

Transition between pediatric and adult care; psychosocial contributors to clinical and patient reported outcomes in type 1 diabetes; health equity

Christopher E. Dandoy, MD, MSc

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Email christopher.dandoy@cchmc.org

Lara A. Danziger-Isakov, MD, MPH

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Email lara.danziger-isakov@cchmc.org

Research Interests

Infections in transplantation; infections in immunocompromised hosts

Nancy M. Daraiseh, PhD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Email nancy.daraiseh@cchmc.org

Research Interests

Occupational health and safety; human factors; patient safety; health outcomes; stress

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Maya Dewan, MD, MPH

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Email maya.dewan@cchmc.org

Research Interests

Clinical informatics; decision support; implementation science; patient safety

Judith W. Dexheimer, PhD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Email judith.dexheimer@cchmc.org

Research Interests

Learn more about the Decision Support Analytics Workgroup.

Jasbir Dhaliwal, MBBS, MRCPCH, MSc

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Email jasbir.dhaliwal@cchmc.org

Research Interests

Artificial intelligence; deep learning; machine learning; predictive analytics; clinical decision support tool and social determinants of health

Linda M. Dynan, PhD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Email linda.dynan@cchmc.org

Meghan Fanta, MD, MSc

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Email meghan.fanta@cchmc.org

Research Interests

Patient safety; health disparities

Barbara K. Giambra, PhD, RN, CPNP

Assistant Professor

Email barbara.giambra@cchmc.org

Research Interests

Communication between clinicians and families of children with complex chronic conditions

Samuel P. Hanke, MD, MS, MBA

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Email samuel.hanke@cchmc.org

Research Interests

Research patient and family experience, quality improvement; care for hospitalized cardiac infants, infants with single ventricle anatomy

Shireen Hayatghaibi, PhD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Radiology

Email shireen.hayatghaibi@cchmc.org

Research Interests

Cost of medical care; patient preferences; medical decision making; new technology assessment

David K. Hooper, MD, MS

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Email david.hooper@cchmc.org

Research Interests

Quality and outcomes improvement; health systems design; medication adherence; outcomes research; multi-center collaborative research

Robert S. Kahn, MD, MPH

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Email robert.kahn@cchmc.org

Research Interests

Parental health as a mediator of poverty's effects on children; social and economic disparities in children's health; interaction of genes and...

Joelle Kane, MD

Clinical Fellow, Division of Hospital Medicine

Email joelle.kane@cchmc.org

Heather C. Kaplan, MD, MSCE

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Email heather.kaplan@cchmc.org

Research Interests

Understanding variations in evidence-based care practices across hospitals; examining strategies for increasing the implementation of evidence into...