Leadership
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President, AMA Delegate
Charles R. Gill, MD, MPH, FACMQ
Dr. Charles Gill is Senior Director for Health Services Operations with SSM Health Medical Group. In this role he is the chief administrator responsible for medical quality, safety, regulatory compliance, and risk management for the Oklahoma physicians’ organization.
He earned a BSHS in Emergency Services Management from the George Washington University. He holds an MD and an MPH in Administration & Policy from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, and he is a member of Delta Omega public health honor society.
Charles has 17 years’ experience in pre-hospital emergency and critical care transport medicine. He has appeared around the U.S. & abroad speaking on clinical updates, value-based care, medical-legal principles and medical ethics.
A Fellow of the American College of Medical Quality, Dr. Gill serves as a volunteer member of the OSMA Council on State Legislation with experience lobbying on behalf of public health, liability reform, scope of practice, and Medicaid & insurance law.
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Vice-President and President-Elect
Mary Reich Cooper, MD, JD
Mary Reich Cooper MD JD is an Associate Professor of Population Health and Program Director for Healthcare Quality and Safety and Operational Excellence, Healthcare Administration, and Population Health at the Thomas Jefferson University College of Population Health, where she arrived in 2016. She designed and inaugurated the MHA and the Lean Six Sigma program at Jefferson, the Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Leadership (QIPS) program, and the Health System Science curriculum for the Sidney Kimmel Medical College. has mentored numerous faculty and interprofessional students, and she has overseen more than 200 Healthcare Quality and Safety Capstone manuscripts and presentations. She is Vice President of the Board of the American College of Medical Quality, Chair of the Healthcare Quality and Safety Council for CAHME, and the QTIP Editor for the American Journal of Medical Quality, shepherding early investigators’ publications.
She has been an educator full-time since 2021, after a long career in health systems, leading healthcare quality and patient safety for academic medical centers and affiliated organizations. She was the Chief Quality Officer and Senior Vice President, Clinical Services for the Connecticut Hospital Association from 2012 through 2021. Prior to Connecticut Dr. Cooper was in Rhode Island, where she was Senior Vice President and Chief Quality Officer for Lifespan Corporation, now Brown University Health. She was an Assistant Professor in Medicine (Research) at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and a Member on the Rhode Island State Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline for five years. She went to Lifespan in July 2007, after twelve years at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, where she served as the Chief Quality Officer.
Dr. Cooper’s leadership experience has included a variety of positions in the quality arena beginning in 1990. She practiced internal medicine for ten years prior to moving into administration full-time while getting her degree in health law. Her interests encompass health policy and shaping the quality agenda on a variety of topics including quality methodologies, patient safety, and operational efficiencies. Dr. Cooper received her undergraduate degree cum laude from Duke University, her medical degree from Temple University School of Medicine, where she was elected to AOA, and her degree in health law from Pace University School of Law. She is licensed to practice medicine in 3 states; she does not practice law.
Dr. Cooper’s achievements and honors include:
Grants and fellowships in outcomes research, patient safety, information technology, case management, and simulation.
Publication of multiple journal articles, book chapters, editorials and abstracts.
Presentations at numerous conferences and symposia
Leadership of LEAN Six Sigma programs achieving more than $80 million in revenue at New York Presbyterian and a High Reliability roll-out that trained more than 70,000 employees and physicians across Connecticut.
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Secretary
Abha Agrawal, MD, FACP, FACHE
Dr. Abha Agrawal is a graduate of Yale University, a former faculty at Harvard Medical School, a Fulbright Scholar, author of several books on patient safety and health information technology, and an international leader in healthcare and health technology. She is a board-certified physician in Internal Medicine and Clinical Informatics.
Dr. Agrawal has served in numerous leadership roles in the US, and she is currently appointed as the Chief Medical Officer at Humboldt Park Health, Chicago, IL. In 2011, in recognition of her role as a rising healthcare leader, she was invited to the White House to meet with President Obama’s health and economic policy advisor and to provide testimony at the US Senate. In 2019, she received a special invitation to the 4th Global Health Ministers Summit on Patient Safety in Saudi Arabia in 2019 to speak to Health Ministers of sixty-three countries.
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Treasurer
Aline M. Holmes, DNP, RN
Aline Holmes is currently Associate Professor, Division of Advanced Nursing Practice, Rutgers University. She is the former senior vice president for clinical affairs at the New Jersey Hospital Association in Princeton, where she served for 16 years. In that role she also served as the director of the NJHA Hospital Improvement Innovation Network. She was also the principal investigator on a CDC grant to establish the NJ Perinatal Quality Collaborative, which is focused on reducing C-sections, improving care for pregnant women with substance abuse, and reducing disparities of care with women and infants.
Aline Holmes has also been a principal investigator/project director on several patient safety improvement initiatives, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), NJ Health Initiatives and the Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey. Dr. Holmes is a veteran of the Vietnam War and served in the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps.
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Past-President
Angelo A. Caprio, MD, PhD, MBA, MMM, CMQ
Angelo Caprio currently serves as Chief Medical Officer, Integrated Pain Management, and Chairman of the Board, American Board of Medical Quality. Holding a medical degree from the University of Roma-La Sapienza / Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Dr. Caprio continued his training in the United States. He completed his residency in general surgery at Jersey City Medical Center, followed by his fellowship at Holyoke Medical Center.
In practice for over four decades, he also has distinguished military service and has served proudly in the United States Navy. In 2013, he was honorably discharged with the Rank of Commander. Throughout his fruitful career, Dr. Caprio has held many administrative positions, including Chief Medical Officer at CarePoint Health System; Medical Director of Care Management at Hoboken University Medical Center; Physician Advisor at Holyoke Medical Center; and member of the Valley Health System. He was recognized as a Top Doctor in 2020.
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President Emeritus, SEHA
Dan M. Westphal, MD, MBA, FCCP, FACMQ
Dan Westphal has served as a chief medical officer, designated institutional official, and respected physician executive. Dr. Westphal has a strong track record of accomplishments in large healthcare systems including for-profit and non-profit organizations. Dr. Westphal focuses on quality, safety, service, and improvement of patient clinical outcomes utilizing exemplary management, analytical, organizational, and people skills.
Dr. Westphal is currently Reviewing Medical Director, Humana. He has volunteered on the editorial board of the American Journal of Medical Quality for more than 15 years, has been a board member of the American Board of Medical Quality (ABMQ) for the past 10 years, served as chairperson of the ABMQ board for three years, and most recently served as liaison to Abu Dhabi Health Services (SEHA). He was also chairperson of the Scientific Subcommittee for ACMQ and has been heavily involved with the ACMQ Board of Trustees and Executive Committee.
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Board Member At Large
Cindy Lee, MD, FACMQ, FSBI
Dr. Cindy Lee is a radiologist in Garden City, New York and is affiliated with NYU Langone Hospitals. She is an experienced clinical breast radiologist with a demonstrated history of working in the higher education industry. Dr. Lee has strong experience in MRI, clinical research, medical education, breast imaging, and medicine. She received her medical degree from Stony Brook University. She completed her residency in radiology at Johns Hopkins Hospital and her fellowship in breast-body imaging at the University of California, San Francisco.
Dr. Lee has served on the ACMQ Board of Trustees, has been Co-Chair, ACMQ Emerging Leaders Council, and led ACMQ’s 2020 Medical Quality Conference Planning Committee.
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Student/Resident/Fellow/Early-Career Section
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Chair, Student/Resident/Fellow/Early-Career Section
Lauren J. Miller, MD, MJ, CMQ, CHC, MLS(ASCP)CM
Dr. Lauren J. Miller is a resident physician in the Department of Pathology at the University of Michigan. Dr. Miller completed medical school at the Medical College of Wisconsin and attained a Master of Jurisprudence in Health Law from Loyola University Chicago. She is certified in both medical quality and healthcare compliance. Dr. Miller is committed to improving the efficiency and equity of healthcare delivery and establishing stronger interprofessional relationships between the pathology laboratory and patient-facing specialties.
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Immediate Past Chair, Student/Resident/Fellow/Early-Career Section
Kevin Hummel, MD, CMQ
Kevin Hummel is a pediatric cardiology fellow at Boston Children’s Hospital. He was previously a pediatric critical care fellow at the University of Utah - Intermountain Primary Children's Hospital. He completed critical care fellowship at University of Utah following training at Vanderbilt and the University of Arizona.
His career interests include healthcare improvement and aligning processes to achieve longitudinal outcomes that matter to patients and health systems. He has training in systems improvement through the Intermountain Healthcare Delivery Institute and Harvard Business School. Clinically, Kevin cares for children with critical illness, particularly focusing on patients with congenital heart disease.
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Committees
Education Committee
Chair: Aline M. Holmes, DNP, RN
Student/Resident/Fellow Section
Chair: Lauren J. Miller, MD, MJ, CMQ, CHC, MLS(ASCP)CM
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