Dr. Peter Basch, Medical Director for eHealth – MedStar

Dr. Basch practices internal medicine in Washington, DC, and is the Medical Director for eHealth at MedStar Health. He is a frequent speaker, author, and expert panelist on such topics as EMRs, interconnectivity, the transformation of healthcare through HIT, and the necessity of creating a sustainable business case for information management and quality. Dr. Basch is currently chairman of the Maryland Task Force on EHRs and co-chair of the Physicians' EHR Coalition.

Dr. Basch is a board member of the eHealth Initiative, the Delmarva Foundation, and the Maryland-DC Collaborative for HIT. He is a member of the ACP's Medical Informatics and Performance Measures Subcommittees, and their Medical Services Committee. Dr. Basch also serves on the Advisory Committees to the DOQ-IT Projects for both DC and Maryland, and on the Health Information Technology Advisory Panel to JCAHO.

Patty Brown, President - Johns Hopkins Healthcare (Chair)

Patricia Brown is President of Johns Hopkins Healthcare, LLC, President of Johns Hopkins Employer Health Program, Inc and Senior Counsel for Johns Hopkins Health System. As Chair of the CRISP board of directors, Patty works to ensure that CRISP is achieving its mission of facilitating widespread use of interoperable health information technology throughout Maryland.

At Johns Hopkins, Patty is responsible for managing a 500+ employee managed care organization (MCO) and third party administrator (TPA), including a 115,000 member Medicaid MCO, 45,000 member self funded ERISA plans, 25,000 commercial and other plans, and over $700,000,000 in annual revenue. Patty provides oversight and direction to all MCO functions, including claims payment, customer service, client service, care management, disease management, and finance. She is responsible for formulating and implementing managed care strategies affecting the Hopkins integrated delivery system and community. She also oversees developing, integrating and coordinating managed care contracting and payor strategy for all Johns Hopkins Medicine entities, including The Johns Hopkins Hospital, The Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Howard County General Hospital, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, the Johns Hopkins Community Physicians and the Johns Hopkins specialty and primary care networks. Patty provides legal advice regarding managed care contracting, reimbursement issues, Medicare and Medicaid participation, certificate of need, and other regulatory matters. Prior to Patty’s current position, she held many posts within Johns Hopkins beginning in 1994.

Patty received her Bachelor of Arts from University of Richmond in Political Science and Sociology/Anthropology with Magna Cum Laude honors. Patty went on to receive her Juris Doctorate from the University of Baltimore.

Jon Burns, CIO & SVP - University of Maryland Medical System 

Jon Burns is Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer for the University of Maryland Medical System. He is responsible for all information technology services and strategies across the eight hospital system. Mr. Burns has over 25 years experience in the health care industry in the not-for-profit provider sector. Prior to joining UMMS in May of 2006 Mr. Burns was Senior Executive of Information Technology for the Cleveland Clinic Health System. Mr. Burns was also responsible for technology support to the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine and a number of emerging technologies initiatives across the Cleveland Clinic Health System. He served as the Chief Technology Officer of eCleveland Clinic, an INTERNET based care delivery model. Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic in 1998, he was Vice President and CIO for Forum Health, a four-hospital teaching organization based in Northeast Ohio. Mr. Burns also has served in a number of senior level financial and operational positions at UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC, and the Geisinger Health System in Danville Pennsylvania. While at UNC, he was appointed as Faculty Associate at UNC's School of Public Health-Department of Health Policy and Administration.

Mark Erickson, Chief Operating Officer - Erickson Retirement Communities

Mark Erickson is the Chief Operating Officer/President of Health and Operations for Erickson Retirement Communities with responsibility for the operations and development of the core senior housing business. He oversees the operations of a billion-dollar business that serves over 22,000 seniors and 11,000 employees at 18 continuing care retirement communities across the country.

Previously Mark served as the Chief Strategy Officer with responsibility for Strategy and Business Process Improvement, as well as several administrative functions including Government and Community Relations, Human Resources, Information Technology, Procurement, and Compliance. From 2002 through 2005 Mark served as Executive Director and Associate Executive Director at Oak Crest, a 1,500-unit continuing care retirement community that serves 2,000 seniors in Parkville, Maryland.

Before re-joining Erickson in 2000, Mark spent five years with American Express Consulting Services based in Europe and Asia.

He completed a bachelor of arts in English literature at Vanderbilt University and earned an M.B.A. from the Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania. Currently Mark serves as a board member or trustee for the following organizations: the Institute of Notre Dame, Leadership Baltimore County, the executive committee of the American Senior Housing Association, and Catholic Charities.

David Horrocks, President - CRISP (ex officio)

Prior to joining CRISP, David Horrocks was Senior Vice President for EMR Initiatives in the Developing Enterprises division of Erickson Retirement Communities. David wasresponsible for the organization’s several startup ventures seeking to promote electronic medical records and health information exchange. David also served at Retirement Living TV, a startup television network for Seniors currently in 30MM homes, where he was responsible for IT, HR, business process improvement, and the network’s web presence.

David previously served four years as Chief Information Officer for Erickson Retirement Communities, during which time he led the effort to deploy Centricity EMR to all of Erickson’s primary care providers. He subsequently extended electronic medical records to Erickson’s eight Skilled Nursing facilities and Rehab departments. David spent much of 2006 in a management rotation as the Associate Executive Director of Charlestown Community in Baltimore, which is home to 2,500 seniors.

Prior to joining Erickson, David was with Visalign, an IT consulting firm, where he focused on infrastructure technology and economic analysis of IT projects. He also spent five years as a technologist and department manager for AbiliTech, a nonprofit company providing technology services to people with disabilities.

David holds a B.S. in Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of Business. He and his wife Amy live in Maryland and are raising six children.

Dr. Mark Kelemen, CMIO & SVP - University of Maryland Medical System (Vice Chair)

Mark Kelemen MD, MBA, MSc. joined the University of Maryland Medical System as its first CMIO in 2007 to facilitate the successful adoption of leading edge clinical information technology. He most recently served as the director of Clinical Cardiology at the University of Maryland Medical Center and remains active on the medical staff. He is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

Dr. Kelemen grew up in Columbia, Md., and attended Brown University and the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He trained in internal medicine at Duke University and in cardiology at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He received a Master of Science degree from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health in Clinical Investigation and an MBA in Medical Services Management, also from Johns Hopkins. He served on the faculty of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine for seven years before joining the University of Maryland in 2002. He has written more than 30 scientific articles, has served on state commissions on cardiovascular care and has helped develop national guidelines for in-hospital management of hyperglycemia. He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology.

Dr. Matt Narrett, CMO & SVP - Erickson Retirement Communities

Dr. Narrett is the Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer for Erickson Retirement Communities. He is responsible for directing the provision of medical care at all Erickson communities. The Medical Centers that Dr. Narrett directs at Erickson communities are recognized as America’s leading geriatric health care facilities. Prior to his current position, he served as Erickson’s Vice President and Regional Medical Director, as well as Medical Director for Charlestown. Before joining Erickson, he was in private practice in Derry, New Hampshire, where he served as director of medical quality assurance.

Dr. Narrett holds a B.S. in molecular biochemistry and biophysics; he graduated summa cum laude from Yale University. He received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School, Harvard-M.I.T. Division of Health Sciences and Technology. He completed his internship and residency at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston. He is board certified in internal medicine and holds a certificate of added qualifications in geriatric medicine. Dr. Narrett is a member of the American College of Physicians and the American Geriatrics Society.

Dr. John Parrish, Executive Director - The Erickson Foundation

John M. Parrish, Ph.D., M.B.A., C.N.P.S., is the Executive Director of The Erickson Foundation, a private operating foundation that engages in research as well as philanthropy. The Erickson Foundation was established in 1998 by John C. Erickson and his family. John C. Erickson is the Founder and Chairman of Erickson Retirement Communities, LLC. Under John’s leadership, The Erickson Foundation invests in innovative research and development projects, shares research findings and their implications for evidenced-based practice, and actively enables local adoption, or adaptation, of demonstrated results. In alignment with current best practices in vital aging, The Erickson Foundation pursues the following strategic priorities: 1. Understanding the strengths, capacities and preferences, as well as needs, of older adults who seek an active lifestyle in senior living communities; 2. Encouraging healthy choice-making by these adults and their families, thereby striving to preserve, possibly enhance, the wellness of mature adults while extending their health span. Original studies have been completed, or are underway, in programmatic lines of inquiry including but not limited to: longitudinal changes in health and social status, utilization of health services, and choice-making; longitudinal changes in wellness and correlates of successful aging among adults systematically screened for wellness; falls and fractures risk reduction via screening, education and referral; benefits of walking; bone health screening; ergonomics in long-term care settings; and neurobics for brain health. The Erickson Foundation is demonstrating the value of a core research laboratory and resource center positioned in a senior living community. Recently, The Erickson Foundation has funded the development of the Erickson School of Aging Studies at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Prior to serving as Executive Director of The Erickson Foundation, John M. Parrish held faculty appointments at the The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and The University of Maryland School of Medicine.

Stephanie Reel, CIO & Vice Provost for Information Technology - Johns Hopkins Medicine

Stephanie L. Reel has been vice provost for information technology and Chief information officer for The Johns Hopkins University since January 1999. She is also vice president for information services for Johns Hopkins Medicine, a post she has held since 1994.

As CIO for all divisions of the Johns Hopkins University and Health System, Reel leads the implementation of the strategic plan and operational redesign for information services, networking, telecommunications, as well as, clinical, research and instructional technologies. Reel formed a governance structure to support funding and priority setting across both university and health system to meet the education and research needs of the enterprise.

Under her direction, the Health System implemented a version of the electronic patient record which was honored for its innovation by Computerworld magazine and the Smithsonian Institution with an award that remains on display in the Smithsonian's Museum of American History. She is now working with other leaders toward a regional electronic patient record.

Reel is involved in several other Web-based development initiatives across the university, such as: a university-wide internet student information system (ISIS) to provide easy access for students about admissions status, financial aid, registration, grades, student accounts, procurement support systems, and an Enterprise Resource Planning System, a combined JHHS /JHU financial systems solution.

Reel is the 2002 recipient of the National CIO 20/20 Vision Leader Award and was named CIO of the Year 2000 by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives. Reel is a member of Educause, the Healthcare Information Systems Executive Association, the College of Healthcare Information Systems Executives, and the Healthcare Information Management and Systems Society, and the Inaugural Board of Directors Member of the National Alliance for Health Information Technology. She currently serves on the client advisory boards of IBM, GE Medical Systems, Eclipsys, Verizon, Compuware, and the Information Systems Advisory Council for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Reel joined Johns Hopkins in 1990 with more than fifteen years of experience in information systems. She graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in information systems management and holds an MBA from Loyola College in Maryland.

Catherine Szenczy, CIO & SVP - MedStar Health

As MedStar Health's Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer (CIO), Catherine Szenczy oversees information technology, information systems and clinical informatics across the system. Szenczy has more than 30 years of experience in healthcare information systems, and has served as a CIO for the past 16 years in both academic settings and integrated delivery systems. Szenczy held CIO positions at St. Francis Care in Hartford, Conn., SUNY Health Science Center in Syracuse, New York, and University Hospital at Stony Brook., Stony Brook, New York. She also held positions within IS at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Crouse Irving Memorial Hospital and St. Joseph's Hospital.

She has published articles in the Journal of Health Information Management, lectured on health information technology, and served on the boards of several non-profit organizations.

Szenczy received her B.A. in business management at State University of New York Empire State College, and earned her master's degree in human resources administration and labor relations at State University of New York at Stony Brook.