The UCFP Board is supported by six sub-committees, each dedicated to a specific area of focus. These sub-committees play a pivotal role in our governance structure and operations, as they develop comprehensive recommendations for the Board’s consideration and actively engage in the implementation of new policies and solutions.
Recommends UCFP’s clinical enterprise strategy and identifies methods to support system-level objectives.
Chair(s): John Cunningham, MD; Jeff Matthews, MD; Roman Feygin
Members:
Nishant Agrawal, MD
Mohamad Bydon, MD
Christina Ciaccio, MD
Stephen Estime, MD
Seth Himelhoch, MD, MPH
Allan Klock, MD
Sharmilee Nyenhuis, MD
Cristina O’Donoghue, MD
Blase Polite, MD
Mitch Posner, MD
David Rubin, MD
Pablo Sanchez, MD
Atman Shah, MD
Maryam Siddiqui, MD
Sonali Smith, MD
Jennifer Wolf, MD
Key Initiatives:
Ongoing point of view on strategic considerations
Offsite expansion planning
Integration of community specialists
Opportunities for system-wide alignment
Recommends operational performance goals, measures, and targets across the physician enterprise for service, quality, value, and efficiency.
Chair(s): Shyam Prabhakaran, MD, PhD; Matt Goldstein
Members:
Melba Ansah
Tyler Bauer
Gregory Chasson, PhD
Olwen Hahn, MD
James Mitchell, MD
Mamoon Nawabi
Samantha Noehre
Kenneth Nunes, MD
Philip Quick
Doug Richardson
Maryam Saeri
Brooke Schweitzer
Sachin Shah, MD
Kara Stubbins
Shari Snow, MD
Shellie Williams, MD
Key Initiatives:
Ambulatory effort with template optimization
Improvement in patient access
Volume review in conjunction with visibility into timing of recruits
Recommends financial goals and monitors performance against those goals.
Chair(s): Ernst Lengyel, MD; Everett Vokes, MD; Rachel Johnson
Members:
Dan Arber, MD
John Cunningham, MD
Seenu Hariprasad, MD
Doug Richardson
Maryam Saeri
Jennifer Wolf, MD
Key Initiatives:
Governance over UCFP compensation plans
Recommends UCFP financial goals and monitors performance against those goals
Optimizes clinical faculty reporting to align with compensation policies and strategic objectives
Develops policies that incorporate feedback across all specialties and drive significant financial impact
Recommends strategies to support population health and value-improvement initiatives.
Chair(s): George Weyer, MD; Mamoon Nawabi, Charleen Dysangco
Members:
Paul Cronin
Arlene Chapman, MD
Sonya Dinizulu, MD
Mohan Gundeti, MD
Vivek Prachand, MD
Valerie Press, MD
Debra Stulberg, MD
Sarah Wallace, MD
Key Initiatives:
Physician alignment with ACO strategic and operational priorities
Value-Based Care patient roster distribution
Provider scorecard distribution
Review/collaborate on the evaluation of new contract proposals
Recommends methods to transform the physician experience through connectivity, transparency, and ease of practice.
Chair(s): Bree Andrews, MD
Members:
Reena Anand, MD
Nancy Ghanayem, MD
Jennifer Ghandhi, MD
Hiba Haider, MD
Bryan Hendrickson, MD
Kirti Kulkarni, MD
Nathan Olson, MD
Priya Prakash, MD
Andrew Schram, MD
Lisa Vinci, MD
Sarah Wagner, MD
Alexis Warren, MD
Key Initiatives:
Identify and prioritize engagement and well-being initiatives.
Improve ease of practice
Develop new venues of bidirectional communications to foster engagement and promote representation and inclusion
Build administrative and leadership capacity in the physician community
Serve as an audience for and offer a unique perspective on system-wide operational improvement initiatives and communications
Identify cultural pain points and refine the identity of the UCFP
Create educational opportunities for rising physicians in the organization
Recommends digital technologies to transform care delivery, improve outcomes, and enhance the patient experience.
Chair(s): Sachin Shah, MD; Matt Goldstein
Members:
Tyler Bauer
Brett Beaulieu-Jones, PhD
Andy Chang
Chrissy Ciaccio, MD
Yemen Collier
Sarah Collins, MD
Yoav Gilad, PhD
Hiba Haider, MD
Ryan Merkow, MD
Melissa Pessin, MD
Maryam Saeri
Milda Saunders, MD
Brian Schinker
Shwetha Devanagondi
Brady Still, MD
Steve Zangan, MD
Key Initiatives:
Partner with UCM Center for Digital Transformation (CDT) to help design and support the new Digital Innovation Intake process to accelerate impact and improve strategic alignment
Identify use cases that are focused on patient and clinician experience, patient access, high value care, and operational efficiency
Design an educational framework to increase provider awareness around data analytics and AI tools and resources