Patrick S. Romano, MD, MPH, FAAP, FACP, is Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of California Davis School of Medicine and Center for Healthcare Policy and Research. He has been involved in education, applied research, and policy development on health care quality and safety for 30 years. He has published 229 peer-reviewed papers…

Christopher I. Macintosh, PhD, RN is currently the director of the Nursing Informatics Master’s Specialty Track at the University of Utah College of Nursing. He teaches various courses in the program, including the Standards in Biomedical Informatics course that covers the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) terminology and the Clinical Decision Support course that also…

Susan H. Fenton, PhD, RHIA, CPHI, FAHIMA is an Associate Professor and the Associate Dean for Academic and Curricular Affairs at the University of Texas School of Biomedical Informatics in Houston, TX.  She is responsible for their graduate certificates, master’s and doctoral degree programs. Dr. Fenton’s research focuses on workforce development, optimizing EHRs for preventive…

Mary H. Stanfill, MBI, ACHIP, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, FAHIMA is the official representative of IFHIMA to the WHO Family of International Classifications (ICD) Education and Implementation Committee (EIC) and Morbidity Reference Group (MbRG). Mary has over 35 years of experience in healthcare, including more than 20 years as a leader, focusing on healthcare data standards.…

Dr. Stella Onuoha-Obilor earned her medical degree from Nigeria’s University of Calabar College of Medicine and her master’s and PhD degrees in public health from Walden University in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She holds the certifications of Certified Professional in Health Care Quality (CPHQ), Certified Case Manager (CCM), Lean Six Sigma Healthcare Black Belt, Lean Six Sigma Healthcare…

Charles William Hawley is the Director of Projects at the National Association of Health Data Organizations (NAHDO), a national nonprofit membership and educational association dedicated to improving healthcare data collection and use. In this role, he manages partnerships with state and federal agencies collecting and using statewide hospital discharge databases and all-payer claims databases (APCD),…

Sue Bowman, MJ, RHIA, CCS, FAHIMA is the senior director of Coding Policy and Compliance for the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). She serves as advocate, strategist, subject matter expert, and spokesperson for AHIMA and its members on national coding policy issues to advance health information quality, integrity, and interoperability. Ms. Bowman led AHIMA’s…

Denise E. Love, BSN, MBA Sandy, UT 84094 Email:  Dloveski@outlook.com

Vickie M. Mays, PhD, MSPH Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Health Policy & Management Senior Fellow in Mental Health, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research Special Advisor to the Chancellor UCLA Department of Psychology & Fielding School of Public Health Los Angeles, CA 90095-1563 Professor Mays, a clinical psychologist by training, is a Distinguished Professor…

Valerie Watzlaf, PhD, MPH, RHIA, FAHIMA Associate Professor Emeritus University of Pittsburgh School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences Department of Health Information Management 6030 Forbes Tower, Pittsburgh, PA  15260 Dr. Valerie Watzlaf is an Associate Professor Emeritus and Part-time Faculty within the Health Information Management (HIM) Department in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences…