AMGA Foundation Welcomes Two New Board Members
AMGA Foundation welcomes Nancy Beran, MD, MHCDS, FACP, CPE, and Scott Berkowitz, MD, MBA, to its Board of Directors. Both Drs. Beran and Berkowitz began their new terms in January 2024.
Alexandria, VA – AMGA Foundation welcomes Nancy Beran, MD, MHCDS, FACP, CPE, and Scott Berkowitz, MD, MBA, to its Board of Directors. Both Drs. Beran and Berkowitz began their new terms in January 2024.
Nancy Beran, MD, MHCDS, FACP, CPE, is the vice president and chief quality officer for ambulatory at Northwell Health in New York. In this role, Dr. Beran is focused on identifying at-risk populations, creating programs to help address inequities and barriers to care, and building programs to improve access and care escalation. In her work, Dr. Beran has presented on women leadership in practice management and on collaborative care strategies to support behavioral health in ambulatory care. She is affiliated with numerous professional organizations, including AMGA’s Chief Medical Officers Leadership Council.
Scott Berkowitz, MD, MBA, is the chief population health officer and vice president of population health for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Maryland. Dr. Berkowitz began his journey with Johns Hopkins as an intern in 2003. Since then, he has held positions throughout the organization focused on leading healthcare delivery transformation efforts. In 2020, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan appointed Dr. Berkowitz to represent The Johns Hopkins University on the Maryland State Board of Physicians. He is also an associate professor of cardiology at the Johns Hopkins University of Medicine.
“Our Board members are selected based on the invaluable work they bring to the healthcare industry and the exemplary roles they hold in their respective organizations,” said John Kennedy, MD, AMGA Foundation president and AMGA chief medical officer. “We are excited to have Drs. Beran and Berkowitz join the AMGA Foundation Board of Directors to help us continue to tackle the nation’s most pressing public health challenges.”
The AMGA Foundation Board of Directors represents the leadership of some of the association’s most prominent member medical groups, working to improve health and healthcare in everyday practice. The 2024 AMGA Foundation Board of Directors include:
Chair: Stephanie Copeland, MD, MBA, CPHQ, CPXP, Regional Medical Director, Quality & Risk Adjustment, WellMed North Texas; National Medical Director, Quality Performance Management, Optum Clinical Performance
Chair-Elect: Edward M. Yu, MD, FAAFP, CMP, CPPS, CPE, Chief Quality Officer, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Sutter Health
Treasurer: Frederick J. Bloom, Jr., MD, MMM, Chief Population Health Officer, Guthrie Clinic
Secretary: Jerry Penso, MD, MBA, President and Chief Executive Officer, AMGA
President: John W. Kennedy, MD, Chief Medical Officer, AMGA
AMGA Board Liaison: Katherine Flynn Henry, JD, Chief Administrative Officer, Austin Regional Clinic
Directors:
Parag Agnihotri, MD, Chief Medical Officer of Population Health Services, UC San Diego Health
Alka Atal-Barrio, MD, MMM, FAAP, Chief Medical Officer, The Everett Clinic
Nancy R. Beran, MD, MHCDS, FACP, CPE, Vice President and Chief Quality Officer for Ambulatory, Northwell Health
Scott Berkowitz, MD, MBA, Chief Population Health Officer and Vice President of Population Health, Johns Hopkins Medicine
John Bulger, DO, MBA, Chief Medical Officer, Geisinger
Francis Colangelo, MD, FACP, MS-HQS, Chief Quality Officer, Premier Medical Associates, P.C.
Kathy Hutchens, Vice President of Marketing and Patient Engagement, Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Center
Leon Jerrels, MBA, MHA, RN, CPHQ, Director of Quality Improvement, Kelsey-Seybold Clinic
Aileen Mickey, MD, MHA, President, MaineHealth Medical Group
LeTesha Montgomery, RN, MHA, FACHE, Vice President of Operations and Patient Access, Houston Methodist
David B. Nash, MD, MBA, Dr. Raymond C. and Doris N. Grandon Professor of Health Policy, Founding Dean Emeritus, Jefferson College of Population Health
Joseph F. Territo, MD, Associate Medical Director, Quality, Health Education and Promotion, Clinical Documentarian and Reporting, Vision Services, Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group
Martine Thurin, JD, MS, Senior Director, Commercial Effectiveness and Business Solutions, Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine
Vincenza Snow, MD, Senior Medical Director, US Medical Affairs Lead, Pfizer, Inc.
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About AMGA Foundation
AMGA Foundation is AMGA’s philanthropic arm that enables medical groups and other organized systems of care to consistently improve health and healthcare. AMGA Foundation serves as a catalyst, connector, and collaborator for translating the evidence of what works best in improving health and healthcare in everyday practice. Learn more at amga.org/foundation.
About AMGA
AMGA is a trade association leading the transformation of healthcare in America. Representing multispecialty medical groups and integrated systems of care, we advocate, educate, innovate, and empower our members to deliver the next level of high performance health. AMGA is the national voice promoting awareness of our members’ recognized excellence in the delivery of coordinated, high-quality, high-value care. More than 175,000 physicians practice in our member organizations, delivering care to one in three Americans. For more information, visit amga.org.