Faculty & Staff

Faculty & Staff

PROGRAM DIRECTOR

Vivian von Gruenigen, M.D., CPE, M.S.
Program Director
Master of Science in Health Systems Science Program
[email protected]

Julie Aultman, Ph.D.
Program Faculty
Master of Science in Health Systems Science Program
[email protected]

Mustafa Culcuoglu, Ph.D., M.S.
Program Faculty
Master of Science in Health Systems Science Program
[email protected]

Dan Glessner, J.D.
Program Faculty
Master of Science in Health Systems Science Program
[email protected]

Cheryl Johnson, M.D.
Program Faculty
Master of Science in Health Systems Science Program
[email protected]

Amy Lee, M.D., M.B.A., M.P.H.
Program Faculty
Master of Science in Health Systems Science Program
[email protected]

Michele McCarroll, Ph.D.
Program Faculty
Master of Science in Health Systems Science Program
[email protected]

Christopher Powers
Program Faculty
Master of Science in Health Systems Science Program

Steven Schmidt, Ph.D.
Program Faculty
Master of Science in Health Systems Science Program
[email protected]

Scott Wisneski, Pharm.D., M.B.A.
Program Faculty
Master of Science in Health Systems Science Program
[email protected] 

Daniel Yozwiak, J.D.
Program Faculty
Master of Science in Health Systems Science Program
[email protected]

Dawn Ahner, D.Sc., M.B.A., FACHE, CPA
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Summa Health
[email protected]

Tracy Carter, M.H.S.A.
System Director, Government Relations
Summa Health
[email protected]

John Chae, M.D.
Senior Vice President, Chief Academic Officer
MetroHealth
[email protected]

Beth Cherry, M.S.N., CMPE
Vice President of Service Lines
Summa Health
[email protected]

Mustafa Culcuoglu, Ph.D., M.S.
System Director, Performance Solutions
Summa Health
[email protected]

Sebastián R. Díaz
Associate Dean for Quality Initiatives
Associate Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine
Associate Professor, College of Graduate Studies
Northeast Ohio Medical University
[email protected]

William Epling
President
Summacare
[email protected]

Nicole Feller, MHA, LSSGB, CHSP, CHEP
Manager, Operational Excellence
Akron Children’s Hospital
[email protected]

Char Gardiner, DNP, RN, M.B.A.
President, St. Joseph Warren Hospital
Mercy Health
[email protected]

Penelope Gorsuch, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, EBP-C, FACHE, USAF Col (retired)
Senior Vice President and Chief Nurse Exectuive
Summa Health
[email protected]

Kathy Harley, B.S.N., M.B.A.
President, St. Elizabeth Youngstown
Mercy Health
[email protected]

Iriel Hopkins, MSW, LSW
System Director for Community Relations and Diversity
Summa Health
[email protected]

Domonic Hopson , MPH, FACHE
President and CEO
Neighborhood Family Practice
[email protected]

Cynthia Kelley, D.O.
Designated Institutional Official
Vice President of Medical Education
Summa Health
[email protected]

Jaimie McKinnon, M.B.A., B.S.N., RN, NE-BC
Vice President of Behavioral Health Operations
Summa Health
[email protected]

Anne Musitano, RPh, Pharm.D., MBOE, LSSBB
Operational Excellence Administrative Director
Akron Children’s Hospital
[email protected]

Gil Palmer, M.D., M.B.A.
President, Lorain Hospital
Mercy Health
[email protected]

Bonnie Panlasigui, FACHE
President, Lorain Hospital
Summa Health
[email protected]

Diane Powell
Vice President, Revenue Cycle
Summa Health
[email protected]

Dave Priganc
Vice President, Performance Management
Summa Health
[email protected]

E. Demond Scott, M.D., M.P.H.
Medical Director
AxessPointe Community Health Centers
[email protected]

Ashley Sedorovich, M.S., LSSBB
Process Improvement & Design Expert
Summa Health
[email protected]

Titus Sheers, M.D., M.B.A.
Chair, Medical Education Administration
Vice-Chair, Research
[email protected]

Melissa Strayer, MHA, PMP, CPHQ
Performance Management Lead
Performance Solutions
Summa Health
[email protected]

Neil Wyant, M.B.A.
Vice President, Investment & Commercialization
University Hospitals (UH) Ventures
[email protected]