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The Board of Directors at MedStar Health Research Institute is supported by a leadership team that encompasses all areas of research. Our leadership is supported by the advisory board, which includes representatives from many of the facets of research being completed at MedStar Health.

MHRI Leadership

Board of directors

  • Sarah Greene, MPH

    Chair, MHRI Board of Directors; former Executive Director, Health Care Systems Research Network

  • Jonathan Young, PhD

    Vice Chair, MHRI Board of Directors;
    Executive Vice President and COO, Akero Therapeutics

  • Neil J. Weissman, MD, FACC, FASE

    President, MedStar Health Research Institute; Chief Scientific Officer, MedStar Health

  • Tamika Auguste, MD

    Vice-Chair of Women’s and Infants’ Services at MedStar Washington Hospital Center; Associate Medical Director for the MedStar Simulation Training & Education Lab (SiTEL), and Director of OB/GYN Simulation/Staff Physician at MedStar Washington Hospital Center

  • Norman J. Beauchamp Jr., MD, MHS

    Executive Vice President for Health Sciences at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) and Executive Dean of Georgetown University School of Medicine

  • Fred Butler Jr., MBA, MPH

    CEO of CIVDEF Group Inc.

  • Spiros Dimolitsas, PhD

    Senior Vice President, Research & Chief Technology Officer at Georgetown University

  • Stephen R. T. Evans, MD

    Executive Vice President, Medical Affairs, and Chief Medical Officer, MedStar Health

  • Jeff Lee, MBA

    Founder of mProve Health and White House Presidential Innovation Fellow

  • Dale McElveen, MBA

    Clinical Operations Leader

  • Prentice Parrish

    Principal - Cerebro Communications, LLC

  • Jesse M. Pines MD, MBA, MSCE

    Chief of Clinical Innovation

  • Anand Shah, MD

    CEO of Aster Insights, Operating Advisor at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice

  • Steven Smith, MD

    Senior Vice President & Chief Scientific Officer, Advent Health Research Institute

  • Pamela Tenaerts, MD

    Chief Scientific Officer at Medable, Inc.

Senior leadership

  • Neil J. Weissman, MD, FACC, FASE

    President, MedStar Health Research Institute; Chief Scientific Officer, MedStar Health

  • Amanda L Barash, MS PMP

    Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of MedStar Health Research Institute and MedStar Washington Hospital Center

  • Stefanie Jones

    Vice President of Human Resources

  • Megan Leffner

    Regional Vice President and Chief Philanthropy, Baltimore and System Initiatives

  • Petros Okubagzi, MD

    Vice President, Clinical and Translational Research

  • Raj Ratwani, PhD

    Vice President, Scientific Affair, MedStar Health
    Executive Director of Research, MedStar Institute for Quality and Safety
    Director, MedStar National Center for Human Factors Engineering in Healthcare

  • Keith Shiner

    Senior Hospital Counsel for MedStar Health Research Institute

  • Nawar Shara, PhD

    Chief, Research Data Science, MedStar Health Research Institute
    Chief of AI Applications in Health Data Science, (AI CoLab)
    Co-Director, Center for Biostatistics, Informatics, and Data Science (CBIDS)

  • Angela D. Thomas, DrPH, MPH, MBA

    Vice President, Healthcare Delivery Research

  • Allison Kapson

    Assistant Vice President, Research Communications, Marketing & Public Relations

  • Christina Stanger

    Assistant Vice President, Research Administration

  • Mary Anne Hinkson, MBA

    Vice President of Research Administration

  • Amy Will

    Executive Director, Healthcare Delivery Research

  • Nizami Ahverdiyev

    Director, Finance and Awards Management at MedStar Health Research Institute

  • Hannah Arem, Ph.D.

    Scientific Director of Implementation Science, MedStar Health Research Institute

  • Federico Asch, MD, FACC, FASE

    Director, Cardiovascular Core Labs

  • Jim Boscoe

    Director, Office of Research Integrity

  • Debbie S. Ford

    Director of Application Services, MedStar Health Research Institute

  • David Hellinga, MSc

    Scientific Center Administrative Director Pre-Clinical Services, MedStar Health Research Institute

  • Chad A. League

    Director, Office of Contracts and Grants Management

  • Amy Loveland

    Scientific Center Administrative Director for Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Research at MedStar Health Research Institute

  • Wendy McAtee

    Research Compliance Director at MedStar Health Research Institute

  • Candice M. Vance

    Director, Clinical Research Revenue Cycle

  • Kate Wesley

    Director of Human Resources

  • Sacha Burn

    Associate Director, Center for Biostatistics, Informatics, and Data Science

  • Michelle Deville, RN

    Associate Director of Clinical Trials, Cardiology, MedStar Health Research Institute

  • Hiwot Guebre-Xabiher

    Associate Director of Oncology Research

  • Munish Goyal, MD

    Attending Physician, Emergency Department, MedStar Washington Hospital Center

  • Florence Mwicigi, MD

    Associate Director Clinical Research