President, Steven Due
Steven Due is employed by Trissential, LLC as a Senior Consultant. He is currently Project Manager for the implementation of Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare’s new EMR. Prior to joining Trissential, Steven spent the past 5 years as Director of Health Information Systems with Allina Hospitals and Clinics where he was project manager for the implementation of Epic across several facilities. Steven has over 25 years of experience within the healthcare and computer software industries, 10 of those years spent in the implementation of Hospital and Clinic Electronic Medical Record Systems. Steven is a Registered Respiratory Therapist, Certified Pulmonary Function Technologist and has both his Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Business Administration. Steven has been a member of HIMSS for five years, serving four of those years on the Board of Directors. Steven is a Senior Member of HIMSS. Steven can be reached at president@himss-mn.org |
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Past-President, Andy Galbus, PMP, MBA, FHIMSS
Andrew Galbus has been employed by Mayo Clinic since 1996 with eight previous years of information technology experience. He currently works in IT for Nursing managing a portfolio of medical record related projects. For four years prior he managed an IT Quality Office with work focused on compliance and quality. Prior to that for nine years he helped implement electronic medical record systems throughout the hospitals in Rochester, MN. He completed his MBA degree in 2001 with a thesis on wireless bedside computing. His undergraduate degree is in Computer Science and Business Administration from St. Mary's University of Minnesota.
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President-Elect, Programs Director, Tamara J Winden
Tamara is employed as a Health Informatics Specialist in the Research Consulting Unit which is part of the Center for Healthcare Innovation at Allina Hospitals and Clinics. She has worked in the field of informatics for 14 years first in clinical laboratory informatics and more recently in general health informatics doing consulting for EHR implementations and now health informatics research. Tamara holds a BS in Medical technology from the University of Minnesota and an MBA with a concentration in Information Management from the University of St. Thomas. She has been an active member of the Minnesota E-Health Advisory Committee for the past three years and has served on the HIMSS-MN Board of Directors for the past 2 years. president-elect@himss-mn.org programs@himss-mn.org |
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Treasurer, Bill Thomson
Bill has over 21 years of financial experience at Mayo Clinic. The last 10 years he has been providing financial and analytical support to the Mayo Clinic Information Technology department. In 2007, he transferred into the Information Technology department to expand and enhance the financial support for the Infrastructure Services area. Bill has a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Winona State University and a Master of Arts in Organization Management from Concordia University in St. Paul. He can be reached at treasurer@himss-mn.org |
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Secretary, Shyamala Bhat
Shyamala has over 15 years of Information Technology experience in the Financial Services, Manufacturing and Health Care domains. Shyamala has worked in technical and managerial capacities especially in the field of software project management and delivery with virtual teams across the world. She is currently working as an IT Project Manager for TAJ Technologies in the clinical, hospital and patient financial areas managing project-based work related to business intelligence, technology sunset management, support and maintenance. secretary@himss-mn.org |
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Directors at Large, Dan Davenport, Margaret Senn, and Diane Walizer
Dan Davenport is an independent consultant. He has worked with healthcare companies, providing clinical business analysis, software development, and system implementation planning. He has worked in the technology industry for eight years, the last six in positions with a healthcare focus. Dan has a Bachelor of Science in Engineering in Computer Science from Princeton University. Since 2003 Margaret Senn, MS, RN has been an Informatics Nurse Specialist at Mayo Rochester. Prior to this she was the RN Coordinator - Computer Projects involved with the implementation of the Automated Medication Dispensing Devices. Ms. Senn has worked with the development and implementation of clinical systems in critical care, general care, OB, and outpatient clinic settings. She has held a leadership position in the Kappa Mu Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau and is also a member of HIMSS and MINING. Diane Walizer is our Professional Development Director this year. directoratlarge@himss-mn.org |
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Member Relations, Amy Watters
Amy Watters, MA, RHIA, is an Assistant Professor and Director of the Health Information Management Graduate Program at the College of St. Scholastica. She has more than 10 years of HIM experience. Her career has included a variety of positions, including release of information experience, HIM and admitting management experience in acute care settings, product management experience at a software and consulting firm, and HIPAA security experience at a multi-specialty physician group. Amy received her graduate and undergraduate degree in HIM from the College of St. Scholastica. She has served on the board of the Minnesota Health Information Management Association and is currently serving as president of the Northeastern Minnesota Health Information Management Association. memberrelations@himss-mn.org |
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National Advocacy Liaison, Sue Green, SHIMSS, CPHIMS, MMSDD
Sue is a Managing Consultant with Ingenix Consulting, where she works with local health care companies, providing management consulting including project management, business analysis, software development, system implementation planning and delivery. Sue has worked in information technology for the last 25+ years and most recently the past 8 years in health care. Sue has a B.A. in Business and Economics from Augsburg College as well as a Mini-Masters in Software Development and Design (MMSDD) from the University of St. Thomas. She holds a CPHIMS (Certified Professional in Health Care Information Systems) certification and is a Senior HIMSS member. advocacy@himss-mn.org |
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Sponsorship Co-Chairs, Dan Fitzgibbons and Matt Kinder
Matt Kinder has over 10 years experience in the Medical and Information Technology industries. He currently works for EMC as an Enterprise Healthcare Account Manager. He has worked with healthcare organizations to assist them with the storing, virtualizing, protection, and security of their information. Matt has a Bachelor of Arts in Finance from Michigan State University. Matt can be reached at sponsorship@himss-mn.org |
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Regional Coordinators, Bob Kirchner, Amy Lorentz, Mark Rubin, and Lonna Stork
Amy Lorentz is currently a consultant with Ingenix Consulting, where she works with local health care organizations, providing project management, business analysis, software development and system implementation planning. Amy has worked in the healthcare field for 16+ years and has been focused on HealthCare IT and Electronic Medical Records for the last 7 years. Mark Rubin has been a Director of Healthcare Sales with an Enterprise Content Management Reseller/Integration. He has also been a regional sales manager for a medical imaging company, MMS, where he sold a burgeoning radiology imaging service. His prior experiences also include customer service management and field service at a medical software company, computer network integration and consulting, and participation in clinical study review. Mark received his undergraduate degree from New York University and attended the University of Rochester School of Medicine. Lonna Stork Lonna is currently a Lead Analyst/Programmer - IT. Lonna has been employed by Mayo Clinic since 1984 with the past ten years in Information Technology. Her undergraduate degree was in Information Technology in Management. She completed her MSCIS degree in 2006. regional@himss-mn.org |
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Outreach Chair, Lance Guth
Lance Guth is currently the Director of Clinical Informatics & Information Technology at Queen of Peace Hospital in New Prague, Minnesota. Along with overseeing the organization’s Information Technology, Lance’s primary responsibility is advancing the healthcare information systems for the hospital and its associated clinics through the implementation of an interoperable Electronic Health Record. Lance has been involved with Healthcare Technology for 9 years, having previously worked for LSS Data Systems, the Meditech partnered practice management software vendor. A graduate of the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls IA, Lance’s goal, in this position, is to increase the awareness of outreach or rural areas for the need to adopt and use health information technology in order to improve health care quality, increase patient safety and reduce health care costs. outreach@himss-mn.org |
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At Large Outreach Assistance, Hunt Russell
Hunt C. Russell is Co-founder and Vice President for 7 Medical Systems, a healthcare SaaS (Software as a Service) provider headquartered in Minneapolis, MN providing EMR hosting solutions along with PACS/Teleradiology solutions for small to mid size healthcare organizations. He has 24+ years of healthcare and IT experience. He has worked previously for the Navy as a naval officer stationed at the Oakland Naval Hospital located in Oakland, CA and the Naval Medical Center located in San Diego, CA where he managed the IT Departments at both locations over 7 years. His career moved him to Eau Claire, WI where he became part of the Luther Regional Healthcare System(now part of the Mayo Regional Health System). He has held management and executive positions with two other companies since then focusing on providing solutions to small to mid size healthcare organizations in the Midwest. Hunt received his undergraduate degree in Healthcare Administration from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and an MBA from Golden Gate University in San Francisco, CA. He is presently also on one of the Minnesota Medical Group Management Association committees focused on healthcare education for medical clinic personnel. Hunt can be reached at hrussell@7medical.com |
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RHIO Liaisons, Ray Gensinger, Jr., M.D., CPHIMS, FHIMSS and Tamara J Winden
Ray is the system Chief Medical Information Officer for Fairview Health Services. He is also a general internist in the Department of Medicine at Fairview Ridges Clinic. He holds appointments as an Assistant Professor of Medicine. Dr. Gensinger works closely with the CIO and he focuses on clinical systems design, support and development of all information systems at Fairview. Dr. Gensinger obtained at Bachelors degree in biology from Illinois Wesleyan University, Later he attended Southern Illinois University for his medical school, internship, and residency. After residency, Dr. Gensinger served as Chief of Residents in Internal Medicine, followed by two years on the clinical faculty. In 1994 part of his time was spent at Baylor College of Medicine pursuing post-doctoral studies in Medical Informatics. Ray can be reached at rgensin1@fairview.org |
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Physician Liaison, Andrew Mellin, M.D.
Dr. Mellin has been leading the local chapter in developing the quarterly physician forum. Physicians who are interested in lively healthcare informatics discussions should contact him at physician@himss-mn.org |
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Student Liaisons, Jim Rosenthal and Andy Galbus
Jim is a PhD student at the University of Minnesota. He holds an appointment as graduate fellow in the Institute of Health Informatics. He received his B.S in Geography from the University of Minnesota, and M.S. in Software Engineering from the University of St Thomas. He has 20 years of software development experience, 10 years of which are health care related. He is working as a Principal Software Engineer at Medtronic as a project lead developing clinical web applications.studentliaison@himss-mn.org |
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Scholarship Chair, Patrice Kuppe
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Programs Director-Elect, Bradley Swenson
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Communications Chairs, Tyler Knutson and Megan Salmela
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