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

Primary Appointment

Maria T. Britto, MD, MPH

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Chronic illness in adolescents; health care quality; quality of life; health care preferences of adolescents with chronic illness

Adam C. Carle, MA, PhD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
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

David M. Hartley, PhD, MPH

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Infectious disease epidemiology; public health surveillance; mathematical and computer modeling

Allen M. Joseph, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
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

Carole Lannon, MD, MPH

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

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

Stephen E. Muething, MD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
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
Research Interests
Health services research

Secondary Appointment

Research Interests
Research population health; health equity; congenital heart disease

Julia S. Anixt, MD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
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
Research Interests
Infant and early childhood mental health; early relational health; cross-sector collaborations in achieving health equity; mitigating adverse...

Sarosh "Shawn" P. Batlivala, MD, MSCI

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
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
Research Interests
Social determinants of health; disparities; population health; quality improvement; geography

Patrick W. Brady, MD, MSc

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
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

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
Research Interests
Infections in transplantation; infections in immunocompromised hosts

Nancy M. Daraiseh, PhD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Occupational health and safety; human factors; patient safety; health outcomes; stress

Maya Dewan, MD, MPH

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Clinical informatics; decision support; implementation science; patient safety

Judith W. Dexheimer, PhD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
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Jasbir Dhaliwal, MBBS, MRCPCH, MSc

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
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

Meghan Fanta, MD, MSc

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Patient safety; health disparities
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
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
Research Interests
Cost of medical care; patient preferences; medical decision making; new technology assessment

David K. Hooper, MD, MS

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
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
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
Research Interests
Understanding variations in evidence-based care practices across hospitals; examining strategies for increasing the implementation of evidence into...

Meera Kotagal, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Surgery
Research Interests
Health equity; social determinants of health and injury

Angela Lorts, MD, MBA

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Myocardial remodeling

Mona E. Mansour, MD, MS

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Trisha Marshall, MD, MSc

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Matthew J. Molloy, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Clinical decision support; clinical informatics; quality improvement; high value care; antimicrobial stewardship

John F. Morehous, MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Carlie Myers, MD, MS

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Equity in ICU resource utilization and allocation; healthcare disparities

Nathan M. Pajor, MD

Instructor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Chronic respiratory failure; machine learning; learning health systems; quality improvement

Colleen Pater, MD, MS

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Amanda C. Schondelmeyer, MD, MSc

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Quality improvement; clinical research

Michael Seid, PhD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Health care quality and outcomes
Research Interests
Echocardiography; fetal cardiology; value of care; quality improvement

Joanna E. Thomson, MD, MPH

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Jennifer D. Treasure, MD, MSc

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Mfonobong Udoko, MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Asthma; health equity; social determinants of health

Charles D. Varnell Jr., MD, MS

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Kris R. Wesselkamper, MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics