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Cohorts

How to Join a Cohort -  Once logged in, go to your Member Compass (click on your name at the top right) and click on Profile.  Then scroll down to the Cohort section and select any or all cohorts you'd like to join.

Meetings - Cohorts generally meet 4 to 6 times a year. You can find upcoming cohort meetings listed on our Events calendar.  Registration is required for most meetings. Please note - you will receive a confirmation e-mail with your own unique link to access the event. You can also access this link in your Member Compass (click on your name on the top right of the homepage) under the Events button on the left menu.

Cohort Resources -  You can access cohort-specific resources like presentations and recordings on our PAC Engage Community Portal.

Interested in an access topic that you don't see listed here?  We would love to get you engaged! Please email us at admin@patientaccesscollaborative.net.

Chris Morris - Director, Ambulatory Access, Stanford Children's 
Dean Brown, MBA - Principal Access Analytics Analyst, Mayo Clinic
Heather Russo - Senior Business Director, Clinical Operations and Access, Children's Mercy  
Sarah Freelove, MPH, RN - Vice President, Enterprise Ambulatory Operations, Office of the Chief Operating Officer, Mass General Brigham
Daniel Kerls, MBA, MA, OTR/L - System Director of Ambulatory Services, Brown University Health 
Kimberly Johnson - Access Improvement Specialist, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital        Ramanveer Virk, MHSA -
Susan Perry - Director, Patient Contact Center, UC Davis Health
Jennifer Alf-Yasin, MHA - Capacity Management Analyst, UW Medicine 
Amy Oden - Manager, Capacity Management, Children's Nebraska 
Bill Guptill - Manager of Ambulatory Capacity Management, Baylor Scott and White Health

Erin Schumacher, MHA - Director of Operations, Patient/Family Access Center, Children's Hospital Colorado
Michael Duncan - Program Manager, Access and Specialty Programs, Hasbro Children's 

Sylvia White, RN, MBA - Director, Patient Access, UF Health Gainesville
Bridget Fredstrom, PhD - Director, Access, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center 
Stacy Silwany, MBA - Senior Director of Operations, University of Utah Health 
Ryzell McKinney, EdD - Director, Access Technology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Pravina Mason - Executive Director, Patient Access Contact Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Tasha Grant, DrPH - Regional Access to Care Director, Ochsner Health  
Grace Karon Fangman - Director, Business Operations & Strategic Planning, Texas Children's Hospital
Paul Miller - IT Revenue Cycle Director, Stanford Children's 
Corwin Gaudry - Manager, Office of Access Management, Mayo Clinic
Mary Bolg - Vice President, Medical Specialties & Diagnostics, Dartmouth Health Michelle Winfield-Hanrahan, BSN, MHA, MSN - Chief Clinical Access Officer & Assistant Vice Chancellor for Access and Senior Nursing Director, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Danielle Werner, MHA, FACHE - Vice President and Executive Director, Clinical Practices of the University of Pennsylvania  
  Kristi Lee - Associate VP, Connected Care Center and Access, Oregon Health & Science University
  Janice Flier -  Director, Unified Communications, Oregon Health & Science University  
  Yodael Menghis - Workforce Manager, FPA Access Center, Mount Sinai Health System

Alexandra Forauer - Director, Destination Services, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center  Cassie Crary, MBA - Manager, Department of Access Management, Mayo Clinic  

 
Lisa Whitty, MHSA - System Director, Contact Centers, Henry Ford Health
Vivian Zhao - Chief Patient Access Officer, Johns Hopkins Medicine
Greg Addicott, MSN, RN, CCRN - Director of Nursing, Consumer Experience & Access, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital 
Laurie O'Bryan - Clinical Contact Center Manager, UNC Health (retired)
Sheryl Bartlett - After-Hours Triage Nurse Manager, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Joan Slagle - Quality Specialist, Stanford Health Care
Jennifer Boyd - Nurse Manager, University of Iowa Health Care 
Kate Levine - Director, MSK Direct and Special Programs, Patient Access, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center 
Corey Derr - Associate Vice President, Patient Access, Fred Hutch Cancer Center
Alexandra Blake Martinez - Associate Vice President, Access Strategic Operations, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Kevin Jennings, CPAR, CHAA  - Patient Access Director, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Tricia Comer - Associate Director of Financial Clearance, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Bonnie Minnillo - Director of Operations, Radiology Scheduling, Patient Line, UCHealth
Lyndsey Palumbo -
Rebecca Northcutt-Ramos - Manager, Diagnostic Imaging Scheduling, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Tasia McLeod, MS, CSM, CSPO - Director, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Zailee Estrada -
Sonya Barzegar - Corporate Director, Referral & Concierge Services, Emory Healthcare
David Stolte - Senior Director, Regional Clinics and Urgent Care, Seattle Children's
Jenny Brackett - Assistant Administrator, UW Medicine
Sarah Button - Manager, Ambulatory Analytics, UC Davis Health  
Jeff Young - Director of Advanced Analytics, University of Utah Health
  Heather Rojas - Ambulatory Access Director, UVA Health
  Lesley-Ann Browning - Senior Director, Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt
Jennifer Ward, MBA, CLSSBB - Director of Patient Access, Centralized Patient Access Services, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Andrew Hubal - Director, Training, Quality and Support Services, UC Davis Health 
Robert Rowe - Director of Planning and Support, Baylor Scott & White Health