Since the last Nexus, more than 175 alumni have received career updates! To submit your update for the next Nexus, download either our PDF Alumni Update Form or our Word Doc Alumni Update Form and then fill it out and email to Randa Hall.
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Health Care Management (HCM)
(HCM 2012) Kathryn Lavoie
Senior Application Specialist, Continuing Care, Atrium Health, Charlotte, North Carolina(HCM 2012) Alyssa Pennington
Manager, Radiation Oncology, UPMC Shadyside, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania(HCM 2014) Roderick Watkins
Administrator, Rehab Select -Shelby Ridge, Birmingham, Alabama(HCM 2015) Tyler Bennett
System Manager, Orthopedic Service Line, Sentara Healthcare, Norfolk, Virginia(HCM 2016) Shelby Bennett
Administrative Fellow, Sentara Healthcare, Norfolk, Virginia(HCM 2016) Sam Kinnas
Completed the National Healthcareer Association (NHA) - a national professional certification and has been promoted to Assistant Administrator at Talladega Nursing Home(HCM 2017) Naomi Bailey
Completed the National Healthcareer Association (NHA) - a national professional certification(HCM 2018) Mikisha Jackson
Admitted to University of Southern California's Leonard Davis School of Gerontology to earn a Master's Degree in Aging Services Management.(HCM 2018) Zachary Maziarz
Completed internship and has been hired by the American Red Cross.(HCM 2018) Kendra Ross
Completed internship and has been hired by Alabama Asthma and Allergy in Birmingham, Alabama.(HCM 2018) Shiyaca Williams
Completed internship and has been hired by the Empowerment Resource Center in Atlanta, Georgia.(PhD 2016) Kelly Randall
Director of Regulatory Services, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama(PhD 2017) Ronique Evans
Health Insurance Specialist, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Center for Clinical Standards & Quality, Baltimore, Maryland -
MSHA – Residential Format
(MSHA Class 10) Steve Puckett
Chairman, Arbitrage Medical LLC, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida(MSHA Class 11) Wilfred Debruce
Senior HR Business Partner, Long & Foster Companies, Chantilly, Virginia(MSHA Class 12) Monty McLaurin
President, Ballad Health NW Market, Ballad Health, Kingsport, Tennessee(MSHA Class 13) Steve Johnson
President/Chief Executive Office, SJohnson & Associates, Panama City, Florida(MSHA Class 13) Otis Story
President / Chief Executive Officer, AJP Group, Birmingham, Alabama(MSHA Class 15) Pat Currie
President of Hospital Operations, Baylor Scott & White Health, Temple, Texas(MSHA Class 16) Charles Stewart
Former: Market CEO, Arkansas, Independent Healthcare consulting, Pensacola, Florida(MSHA Class 17 & DSc 2017) Phil Mazzuca
Principal Advisor, Operations Group, Community Health Systems, Franklin, Tennessee(MSHA Class 22) David Gray
Director of Provider Relations, Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services Commonwealth, Frankfort, Kentucky(MSHA Class 22) Scott Wesson
Senior Finance Manager, IMS-STERIS Instrument Management Services, Birmingham, Alabama(MSHA Class 23) Sharon Roush
Chief Executive Officer, Sarasota Memorial Hospital Venice, Sarasota, Florida(MSHA Class 24) Vanessa Walls
Senor Vice President, Children's Medical Center, Dallas, Texas(MSHA Class 26) Mandy Impson
Administrator, Cancer Center & Research Services, Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Arizona(MSHA Class 26) Brian Matson
Group Vice President of Strategy & Business Development, CHRISTUS Health - Northeast Texas, Irving, Texas(MSHA Class 27) Mark Holmstrom
Business Operations Consultant, Mountain AHEC, Asheville, North Carolina(MSHA Class 27) Brent Lammers
Practice Administrator, Lake Norman Hematology Oncology Specialists, Huntersville, North Carolina(MSHA Class 28) John Warner
Sales Manager, Capstone Technologies, a QualComm Life Company, Fairhope, Alabama(MSHA Class 30) Cooper Linton
Associate Vice President, Duke HomeCare and Hospice, Duke University Health System, Durham, North Carolina(MSHA Class 31) Greg Malvin
Senior Program Analyst (Team Lead), U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Office of Emergency Management, Washington, District of Columbia(MSHA Class 31) Ted McCollum
Owner, Coosa Land Resources LLC, Birmingham, Alabama(MSHA Class 31) Jennifer Sesti
Project Manager, Greater Flint Health Coalition, Flint, Michigan(MSHA Class 31) Ryan Simpson
President and CEO, The Medical Center of Aurora and Spalding Rehabilitation Hospital, Aurora, Colorado(MSHA Class 32) Stephanie Manson
Chief Operating Officer, Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana(MSHA Class 35) Brian Maziarz
Client Account Executive, Evariant, Missouri City, Texas(MSHA Class 35) Rahul Vinchhi
Director of Clnical Operations, Dignity Health, Santa Maria, California(MSHA Class 36) Neerav Jadeja
California Regional Chief Operating Officer, Alta Hospitals System, Los Angeles, California(MSHA Class 36) Heather Mason
Executive Director, HEALS, Inc., Huntsville, Alabama(MSHA Class 37) Jason Searcy
System Director of Oncology, Ballad Health, Kingsport, Tennessee(MSHA Class 39) Joshua Fowler
Family Medicine Physician, Magnolia Primary Care, Corinth, Mississippi(MSHA Class 40) Ryan Beale
Chief Executive Officer, The Orthopaedic Group, PC, Mobile, Alabama(MSHA Class 40) Adam Cook
Vice President, Health Management Operations, Children's Hospital Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin(MSHA Class 40) Ann Nowell
Chief Operating Officer, Delta Health Center, Mound Bayou, Mississippi(MSHA Class 41) Jeanette Glenn
Project Manager, Division of Surgery, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas(MSHA Class 41) Kidada Hawkins
Chief Operating Officer, Princeton Baptist Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama(MSHA Class 41) Melissa Paschenko
Database Analyst III, Managed Care, UAB Health System, Birmingham, Alabama(MSHA Class 42) Lisa Austin
Program Manager, Project Data Sphere, LLC, Raleigh, North Carolina(MSHA Class 42) Eddie Davis
Asst Division Chief Responsibility Officer, CHI St. Vincent Health System, Little Rock, Arkansas(MSHA Class 42) Ken Hwang
Advisory Associate, Healthcare Solutions, KPMG, Dallas, Texas(MSHA Class 42) Katrina Morgan
Vice President of Business Development, AllDayPro, General Resources LLC, Phoenix, Arizona(MSHA Class 42) Matt Morgan
Chief Operating Officer, HonorHealth John C. Lincoln Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona(MSHA Class 42) Anit Saha
Director of Process Improvement, Children's National Health System, Washington, District of Columbia(MSHA Class 42) Joe Yoder
Chief Operating Officer, Portland Service Area, Providence Health and Services, Milwaukie, Oregon(MSHA Class 43) Jessica Lampkins
Division Finance Manager, DaVita Kidney Care, Nashville, Tennessee(MSHA Class 43) Sarah Nunnelly
Executive Vice President/Chief Operating Officer, East Alabama Medical Center, Auburn, Alabama(MSHA Class 44) Nathan Clark
Vice President, CoreLife Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama(MSHA Class 44) Daniel McKinney
Chief Executive Officer, South Baldwin Medical Center, Foley, Alabama(MSHA Class 44) Chris Westbrook
Director, Off-Site & After-Hours Clinics, Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbil, Nashville, Tennessee(MSHA Class 44) Aaron Williams
Regional Vice President, Operations, Privia Health of Georgia, Tyrone, Georgia(MSHA Class 45) Sam Lynd
Chief Operating Officer, Baptist Memorial Hospital - Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee(MSHA Class 45) Jamie McAdams
Administrator, Supply Chain Management, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina(MSHA Class 45) Derrick Wheeler
Service Line Director, Orthopedics & Spine, Duke Raleigh Hospital, Raleigh, North Carolina(MSHA Class 45) Katy Wittman
Director, Perioperative Business Operations, UF Health Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida(MSHA Class 45 & HQS Cert) Kierstin Kennedy
Chief of Hospital Medicine, UAB Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama(MSHA Class 46) Alvonice Spencer
Director of Quality, Persuant Health, Atlanta, Georgia(MSHA Class 47) Shanna Arnold
Supervisory Health Systems, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Texas(MSHA Class 47) Sean Caldwell
Senior Consultant, Deloitte Consulting, Boston, Massachusetts(MSHA Class 47) Benton Sprayberry
Senior Director of Operations, Steward Health Care, Dallas, Texas(MSHA Class 47) Wendy Jenkins
Executive Director, Hospital Based & Specialty Pra, Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, Albany, Georgia(MSHA Class 47) Anna McKinnon
Director of Strategic Planning, Huntsville Hospital Health System, Huntsville, Alabama(MSHA Class 47) Jessica Moore
Practice Management Director, Gulf Coast Medical Group, Port Charlotte, Florida(MSHA Class 47) Skye Weaver
Senior Consultant, Navigant, Chicago, Illinois(MSHA Class 47 & MSHI 2014) Taylor Hanks
Healthcare Analyst II, BlueCross and BlueShield of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama(MSHA Class 48) Andrew Hancher
Director, Strategic Operations, Ochsner Health System, New Orleans, Louisiana(MSHA Class 48) Elizabeth Hancher
Patient Access Manager, Ochsner Health System, New Orleans, Louisiana(MSHA Class 48) Drew Sargent
CEO, Charleston Surgery Center, Surgical Care Affiliates, North Charleston, South Carolina(MSHA Class 48) Justin Sullivan
Administrative Director, Department of Medicine|, UAB School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama(MSHA Class 49) Logan Austin
Assistant Chief Executive Officer, Grandview Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama(MSHA Class 49) Chelsea Downs
Director of Quality and Risk, Encompass Health, Tucson, Arizona(MSHA Class 49) Justin Harris
CEO, Medical Center Barbour, Alliant Management Services, Eufaula, Alabama(MSHA Class 49) Lauren Mosley
Manager, Operations Innovation, DaVita Medical Group, Denver, Colorado(MSHA Class 49) Leidy Vicuna
Integrated Health Care Program Manager, Mental Health America of Greater Houston, Houston, Texas(MSHA Class 50) Chapman Cook
Chief Operating Officer, Cardiology Associates of Mobile, Inc., Mobile, Alabama(MSHA Class 50) Praneetha Elugunti
Operations Manager, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona(MSHA Class 50) French Forbes
Director of Support Services, North Mississippi Health System, Tupelo, Mississippi(MSHA Class 50) Chelsea Lynch
Network Operations Sr. Specialist, Clinically Integrated Organization, Tenet Healthcare, El Paso, Texas(MSHA Class 50) Dawson Smith
Director of Network Development & Affiliations, UAB Health System, Birmingham, Alabama(MSHA Class 50) Josh Williams
Performance Improvement Analyst, VIVA Health, Birmingham, Alabama(MSHA Class 50) Sarah Yeakel
Operations Manager, Otolaryngology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota(MSHA Class 50 & MSHI 2017) Nate Mouser
Senior Associate, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Tampa, Florida(MSHA Class 51) Wes Ayres
Assistant Administrator - Presbyterian/St Luke's Medical Center, HCA: Presbyterian/St Luke's Medical Center, Denver, Colorado(MSHA Class 51) Alexander Benjamin
Project Manager, Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois(MSHA Class 51) Matt Bonner
Operations Manager, Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, Santa Rosa, California(MSHA Class 51) Seth Bynum
Administrative Manager, Helen Keller Hospital, Sheffield, Alabama(MSHA Class 51) Austin Campbell
Practice Administrator, Children's Health, Dallas, Texas(MSHA Class 51) Lauren Young Craig
Executive Director, Health Choice of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama(MSHA Class 51) Rachel Dias
Project Manager, Baylor Scott & White Health, Temple, Texas(MSHA Class 51) Samantha Gaffney
Operations Manager, UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica, Santa Monica, California(MSHA Class 51) Jim Houser
Assistant Administrator, Hospital Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio(MSHA Class 51) Lucy Hoyle
Associate, Strategy and Business Development, UAB Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama(MSHA Class 51) Heather Hubbs
Project Manager, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee(MSHA Class 51) Alexis Jackson
Project Manager, Baylor Scott & White Medical Center-Plano, Plano, Texas(MSHA Class 51) Morgan Joffe
Associate Administrator for Ambulatory Surgery Division, HCA Continental-Ambulatory Surgery Division, Denver, Colorado(MSHA Class 51) Scott Johnson
Executive Director, Legend Oaks Fort Worth Healthcare and Rehabilitation of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas(MSHA Class 51) Jennie Malone
Manager, Financial Operations, Surgical Care Affiliates, Homewood, Alabama(MSHA Class 51) Colton Morrish
Practice Manager, LPG Louisiana Hematology Oncology Associates, Baton Rouge, Louisiana(MSHA Class 51) Megan O'Rell
Process Improvement Specialist, Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona(MSHA Class 51) Jaimie Pham
Director, Ambulatory Operations, UAB Callahan Eye Hospital & Clinics, Birmingham, Alabama(MSHA Class 51) Katie Ray
Healthcare Consultant, Pershing Yoakley & Associates (PYA), Atlanta, Georgia(MSHA Class 51) Claire Roebuck
Senior Associate, Healthcare Management Partners, LLC(MSHA Class 51 and MSHI 2017) Sarah Paul
Senior Consultant, DHG Healthcare, Brentwood, Tennessee(MSHA Class 51 and MSHI 2017) Jennifer Leary
Senior Advisor / Project Consultant, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, Utah(MSHA Class 51 and MSHI 2017) Evita Payton
Lean Coach, Inova Health System, Washington, DC -
MSHA – Executive Format
(MSHA Class E33) Kent Hutchens
Associate Director, Institutional Acute Care Sales, Merck & Company, Inc., Charlotte, North Carolina(MSHA Class E34) Lance Jones
CEO and Market President, LewisGale Regional Health System, Salem, Virginia(MSHA Class E37) Beth Keyser
President, Create®, New York, New York(MSHA Class E38) Jeremy Gray
Chief Operating Officer, St. Thomas Midtown Hospital, Saint Thomas Health, Nashville, Tennessee(MSHA Class E39) Kirk Allen
President, Humana At Home, Louisville, Kentucky(MSHA Class E39) Lisa Dyson
Director, Talent Acquisition, University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics, Salt Lake City, Utah(MSHA Class E39) David Jones
Market Director-Kentucky, Patient Access, Conifer Health Solutions, Louisville, Kentucky(MSHA Class E39) Mike Neuendorf
Chief Executive Officer, Princeton Baptist Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama(MSHA Class E41) Ron Wyatt
Chief Quality Officer, Cook County Healh and Hospitals, Chicago, Illinois(MSHA Class E42) Ryan Campbell
Vice President, Operations, CaroMont Medical Group, Gastonia, North Carolina(MSHA Class E42) Derry Crawford
Program Manager II, UAB School of Medicine Division of Nephrology, Birmingham, Alabama(MSHA Class E42) David Hughes
Chief Executive Officer, Crenshaw Community Hospital, Luverne, Alabama(MSHA Class E42) James Nixon
Chief Operating Officer, Meadows Health, Vidalia, Georgia(MSHA Class E43) Phillip Denny
Senior Director; Payer Development & ACO Administration, Vanderbilt Health Affiliated Network (VHAN), Nashville, Tennessee(MSHA Class E44) Ryan Allen
Chief Information Security Officer, State of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama(MSHA Class E45) Ali Al-Zaki
Risk Adjustment Project Manager, MediGold, Columbus, Ohio(MSHA Class E45) Rob Simmons
Chief Executive Officer, Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance, Nashville, Tennessee(MSHA Class E45) Carrie Welborn
Hospital Compliance Manager, Huntsville Hospital Health System, Huntsville, Tennessee(MSHA Class E47) Ana-Elis Perry
Director, Field Operations, KEDPLASMA, Tucker, Georgia(MSHA Class E48) Scott Hughes
Assistant Chief Financial Officer, Brookwood Baptist Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama(MSHA Class E48) Matt Jackson
Senior Manager, Customer Advocacy, BD MedMined Services, Birmingham, Alabama(MSHA Class E48) Chris Newman
Vice President, Ancillary Services, John D Archbold Memorial Hospital, Thomasville, Georgia(MSHA Class E49) Tommy Larson
Associate Vice President, Federal Programs, Virginia Premier Health Plan, Inc., Richmond, Virginia(MSHA Class E49) Meagan Strawhacker
Sr. Director, Operations, Community Health Systems, Franklin, Tennessee(MSHA Class E50) Jake Lancaster
Chief Medical Information Officer, West Tennessee Healthcare, Jackson, Tennessee(MSHA Class E50) Julie Nix
Vice President and Administrator, Baptist Health Rehabilitation Institute, Little Rock, Arkansas(MSHA Class E50) Lauren Tumlin
PR and Marketing, Northeast Georgia Health System, Gainesville, Georgia(MSHA Class E50) Kerrie Younan
Nurse Practitioner, Thoracic Transplant, UAB Hospital, Birmingham, Alabama(MSHA Class E50 and HQS Certificate 2018) Jorge de la Torre
Completed the HQS Certificate(MSHA Class E51) Anderson Brabson
Director of Special Projects for Operations, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, Florida(MSHA Class E51) Angela Green
Assistant Clinical Nurse OIC, US Department of the Army, Honolulu, Hawaii(MSHA Class E51) Ryan Schultz
Associate Vice President,Revenue Integrity & Forec, UAB Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama(MSHA Class E51) Patrick Siler
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, UAB Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama(MSHA Class E51) Amanda Traynham
Clinical Account Consultant, BlueCross and BlueShield of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama(MSHA Class E52) Drew Cook
Practice Administrator, Alabama Pain Physicians - Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama(MSHA Class E52) Matt Copeland
Manager of Talent Management, LED FastStart, Baton Rouge, Louisiana(MSHA Class E52) Daniel Huggins
Practice Administrator, Children’s Medical Group, PA, Mobile, Alabama(MSHA Class E52) Thomas Morris
Executive Director of Operations, WellStar Atlanta Medical Center, Atlanta, Georgia(MSHA Class E52 and MSHQS 2018) Julian Booker
Completed two degrees – MSHA and MSHQS -
Master of Science in Health Informatics Program (MSHI)
(MSHI 1994) David Friday
Owner/Senior IT Executive, RDF Consulting, Birmingham, Alabama(MSHI 1996) Nathan Pearman
Manager, Clinical Informatics, UA Health Services Foundation, Birmingham, Alabama(MSHI 2001) Timothy Brown
Executive Director, Northwest Regional Data Center, Tallahassee, Florida(MSHI 2002) Matthew Wyatt
Assistant Director, Biomedical Informatics, UAB Center for Clinical & Translational Science (CTSA), Birmingham, Alabama(MSHI 2004) Meg Bruck-Krawitz
Research Program Manager, Nursing Acute, Chronic & Continuing Care, UAB School of Nursing, Birmingham, Alabama(MSHI 2004) Colby Poole
Senior Consultant, Covenant Teknology, LLC, Breckenridge, Colorado(MSHI 2010) Latresha Ellis
Enterprise System Analyst, UAB Health System, Birmingham, Alabama(MSHI 2010) Brantley Synco
Deputy Compliance and Chief Privacy Officer, DST Health Solutions, Birmingham, Alabama(MSHI 2011) Marcus Renda
Cerner Systems Analyst, Ascension Health, Birmingham, Alabama(MSHI 2014) Rajesh Koralkar
R&D Manager, Payor Provider Analytics, Presbyterian Health Services, Albuquerque, New Mexico(MSHI 2015) Jeannine Cain
Senior Product Owner, Suture Health, Inc., Birmingham, Alabama(MSHI 2015) Sonya Jordan
Data Governance Consultant, UNC Healthcare, Raleigh/Durham, North Carolina(MSHI 2015) Blane McCarthy
Enterprise Data Warehouse Developer, UAB Health System, Birmingham, Alabama(MSHI 2015) Ryan Tice
Program Analyst, Insignia Technology Services, Birmingham, Alabama(MSHI 2016) Jennifer Summar
UX Project Manager, CSI Solutions, LLC, Birmingham, Alabama -
Graduate Programs in Healthcare Quality and Safety (HQS)
(HQS Cert 2014) Paul MacLennan
Associate Professor, Epidemiology, UAB School of Public Health, Birmingham, Alabama(HQS Cert 2014) Bob Taylor
SVP Supply Chain, RWJBarnabas Health, West Orange, New Jersey(HQS Cert 2015) Terri Salter
Director, Business Operations, UAB Health System, Birmingham, Alabama -
Executive Doctor of Science (DSc) in Healthcare Leadership
(DSc 2012) Ginny Razo
Chief Executive Officer, Curry Health Network, Gold Beach, Oregon(DSc 2015) Joseph John
Executive Administrator and Vice President, Surgical Services, Emory Clinic University, Department of Surgery, Atlanta, Georgia(DSc 2017) Patrick Falvey
Chief Operating Officer, Baptist Health, Louisville, Kentucky(DSc 2018) Bill Breen
Will present, “Developing the infrastructure to support improved patient experience: Responsibilities of the Chief Patient Experience Officer (CXO)” at ACHE Congress in 2019. -
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Program in Administration - Health Services
(PhD 1996) Al Baldwin
Dean of Health Sciences, Palm Beach State College, Lake Worth, Florida(PhD 2004) Glenn Yap
Assistant Professor, Health Management and Policy, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Graduate Program in Public Health, Hampton, Virginia(PhD 2014) DY Shin
Assistant Professor, Dept of Public Health Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico(PhD 2014) Jocelyn Steward
Assistant Professor & Director of BBA Health Care, Georgia Highlands College, Rome, Georgia