AMD3 - Innovators Abstracts

Course Co-Chairs:

	Anthony M. DiGioia III, MD
	Clinical Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and Renaissance Orthopaedics Pittsburgh, PA more
	Tamara E. Merryman, RN, MSN, FACHE
	Tami Merryman is Chief Quality Officer for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), an integrated health care delivery system in Pittsburgh, PA with over 19 hospitals and $7.0 billion in revenue. UPMC Health System also operates the UPMC Health Plan with over 1,000,000 covered lives. The primary mission of the Center for Quality Improvement and Innovation is to partner with hospital leadership to change care delivery systems in support of the UPMC more
Keynote Speakers

	Fred Lee
	Author of the award winning If Disney Ran Your Hospital: 9 1/2 things you would do differently Fred Lee has the enviable distinction of having been both a senior vice president of a major medical center and a cast member at Disney University. Disney recruited him because of his expertise in helping hospitals achieve a culture that inspires patient and employee loyalty. At Disney he helped develop and more

	Don Marinell, Ph.D
	Executive Producer of the Entertainment Technology Center at Carnegie Mellon Pittsburgh, PA Dr. Marinelli served as the Assistant Head of the Drama Dept. (1980-86) and later the Associate Dept. Head (1986-95). During that joint-degree Master of Fine Arts in Acting Program between Carnegie Mellon and the world more
Podium Presenters

Christopher DiGioia, BS The Innovation Center, Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC Pittsburgh, Pa.
Amy Haugh, MLS UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh, Pa.
Jill Jones, MSN Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC Pittsburgh, Pa.
Deborah Lewis, MSN Faculty, School of Nursing UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh, Pa.
Jeff Pepper, BS President and CEO Touchdown, Inc. Oakmont, Pa.
Suzanne Rocks, RN UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh, Pa.
Robert Schwartz, MD UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh, Pa.
John Silipigni, LCSW Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC Pittsburgh, Pa.
T. Michael White, MD UPMC McKeesport McKeesport, Pa.
Catherine Witsberger, RN, MSN Nurse Educator UPMC Shadyside Pittsburgh, Pa.
Poster Presenters

Cheryl Carr, MSN Instructor II, Nursing UPMC South Side Pittsburgh, Pa.
Michelle Doas, Ed D Assistant Professor, Nursing Chatham University Pittsburgh, Pa.
Carol Gussman, RN UPMC Shadyside Pittsburgh, Pa.
Blaine Lester, MA UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh, Pa.
William Macaulay, MD Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery New York Presbyterian Hospital at Columbia University New York, NY
Janey Roach, MSN Faculty, School of Nursing UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh, Pa.
Faculty Disclosure
In accordance with Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education requirements on disclosure, information about relationships of presenters with commercial interests (if any) will be included in materials distributed at the time of the conference.

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