Our Faculty
Our Faculty & Experts
HCCI is fortunate to work with national leaders in home-based primary care whose advice and insight have been invaluable in formulating a strategy and building the first-ever comprehensive home-based primary care curriculum. We are grateful for their support.
HCCI Centers of Excellence Faculty
Cleveland Clinic
Bill Zafirau, MD, CAQ
Medical Director, Cleveland Clinic Foundation’s Center for Connected Care
Sandra Chlad, RN, MSN, CNP
Medical Care at Home
Duane Kirksey, MD MSCE
Medical Care at Home
Ethel Smith, MD
Medical Care at Home
Kathy Brezine BA
Department Administrator, Center for Connected Care
Andrea Devlin CPMA, CPC
Supervisor of Institute Billing, Center for Connected Care
MedStar House Call Program
K. Eric De Jonge, MD
Executive Director of MedStar House Call Program
Director of Geriatrics, MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Julie Beecher, MS, MPH
Assistant Vice President of Operations
Geriatrics, MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Deanna Cho, LICSW
Social Worker and Case and Case Management Manager
Michael Kingan, DNP, NP-BC, CWOCN
Geriatric NP, House Call Program
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Linda DeCherrie, MD
Associate Professor, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine and Internal Medicine, Program Director Visiting Doctors Program/ Chelsea Village House Call Program
Silvia Chavez, MSN, ANP-BC
Nurse Practitioner Supervisor, Visiting Doctors Program/ Chelsea Village House Call Program
Elizabeth McCormick, MD
Assistant Professor, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine and Internal Medicine
Jennifer Reckrey, MD
Assistant Professor, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine and Internal Medicine
Helena Ross, LCSW
Florence Roswell Social Work Program Coordinator of Visiting Doctors/ Chelsea Village House Call Program
Theresa Soriano, MD MPH
Professor, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine and Internal Medicine
Katie Wang, MD
Assistant Professor, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine and Internal Medicine
University of Arizona Center on Aging
Mindy Fain, MD
Professor and Division Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Care;
Co-Director Center on Aging
Bree Johnston, MD, MPH, FACP
Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Care
Monique Murillo
Clinical Division Senior Manager, Division of General Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Care
Lisa O’Neill, DBH, MPH
Associate Director of Research and Education, Center on Aging
Monica Vandivort, MD
Assistant Professor, Division of General Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Care
University of California, San Francisco
Christine Ritchie, MD, MSPH, FACP, FAAHPM
Harris Fishbon Distinguished Professor in Clinical Translations
Research and Aging, Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine
Brook Calton, MD, MHS
Assistant Clinical Professor, Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine
Courtney Gordon, DNP, GNP-BS
Nurse Practitioner II, Care at Home’s Housecalls Programs
Michael Helle, NRP/CCP, MHA, MBA
Director Clinical Programs, UCSF Health
Carla Perissinotto, MD
Associate Professor, Division of Geriatrics Department of Medicine
Danny Raices
Practice Coordinator, Care at Home’s Housecalls Program
Natalie Young, MD
Assistant Professor, UCSF School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Bruce Kinosian MD FACP
Associate Professor of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine; Associate Director, Geriatrics and Extended Care Data Analysis Center, Cpl. Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center
Lesley Carson MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Rachel Miller MD
Assistant Professor, Division of Geriatrics; Physician, Home-Based Primary Care Program, Philadelphia VA Medical Center
Linda Schreiber Williams MSN CRNP
Certified Family Nurse Practitioner, Penn Geriatrics House Calls
Jean Yudin CRNP
Director, House Call Program, University of Pennsylvania
Other Experts
Jan Bautista MD
Center for Connected Care, Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic
Paul Chiang, MD, FACP
Senior Medical and Practice Advisor, Home Centered Care Institute
Medical Director, HomeCare Physicians
Tom Cornwell, MD FAAFP
Chief Executive Officer, Home Centered Care Institute
Founder, HomeCare Physicians
Brent T. Feorene, MBA
Chief Operating Officer
Canton & Company
Terri Hobbs
Principal Consultant
TH Consulting, LLC
Victoria Kopke MD
Assistant Professor, Medicine, General Internal Medicine,
Mount Sinai
Mary Malone
Director, Healthcare Compliance
Hancock, Daniel & Johnson, P.C., Richmond, VA
Linnea Nagel, MPAS, PA-C
Director of Clinical Education, Clinical Assistant Professor
Marquette University, Department of Physician Assistant Studies
Brianna Plencner, CPC, CPMA
Manager, Practice Improvement, Home Centered Care Institute
Ed Ratner, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Minnesota Medical School
Amanda Tufano, MHA, CMPE
Chief Executive Officer, Genevive
Board member, Minnesota Chapter of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE)
Board member, Minnesota Association of GeriatricInspired Clinicians (MAGIC)
Committee member, National ACHE LGBT
Martha Twaddle, MD, FACP, FAAHPM, HMDC
Medical Director for Palliative Medicine and Supportive Care
Northwestern Medicine, Lake Forest Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine
Northwestern University