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