Clinical Research

The Clinical Research Work Group has been tasked with recommending optional criteria and test scripts to the other certification categories to address the unique needs of data collection and analysis to support clinical trials and other research.

Co-Chair:

• James O'Connor, MD
  Chief Medical Officer
  Innovatio Group

• Lawrence Shulman, MD
  Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President for Medical Affairs
  Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Members:

• Barry Bloom, MD
  Interim Chairman
  KU School of Medicine - Wichita

• Edward Gotlieb, MD
  Medical Director
  The Pediatric Center of Stone Mountain

• Adrian Hernandez, MD
  Assistant Professor of Medicine
  Duke University Medical Center

• Linda King, BS, MT (ASCP)
  Team Leader, Data Sciences and Solutions
  Eli Lilly and Company

• Maryse Laforce
  Director Clinical Solutions & Operations
  Allscripts

• Charles Martinez
  Manager of Clinical and Research Integration Development
  MDAnderson Cancer Center

• Thomas Palombo, BS, MS
  Social/Clinical Research Specialist
  North Carolina Division of Mental Health

• Richard Rauscher, MS
  Director of Research Computing
  Penn State University

• Nancy Smider, PhD
  EpicResearch - Implementation Director
  Epic Systems Corporation

• Donald Spencer, MD, MBA
  Associate Director of Medical Informatics
  University of North Carolina

• John Christopher Weiss
  President & Chief Executive Officer
  Dynamic Clinical Systems (DCS)

• Peter Yu, MD
  Practicing Physician
  Palo Alto Medical Foundation