Executive Directors |
Pamela T. Johnson, MDHigh Value Practice Academic Alliance Co‐Founder Physician Lead, Johns Hopkins Health System High Value Care Committee Vice Chair of Quality & Safety and Director of Appropriate Imaging Associate Professor of Radiology |
Roy Ziegelstein, MDHigh Value Practice Academic Alliance Co‐Founder Vice Dean for Education, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Sarah Miller Coulson and Frank Coulson Jr., Professor of Medicine Mary Wallace Stanton, Professor of Education |
Lenny Feldman, MDPhysician Lead, Johns Hopkins Health System High Value Care Committee Program Director, Urban Health Medicine and Pediatric Residency Director, Department of Medicine, High Value Care Committee Associate Program Director,Internal Medicine Residency Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics |
Amit Pahwa, MDPhysician Lead, Johns Hopkins Health System High Value Care Committee Co-Director, Department of Medicine, High Value Care Committee Director, Subinternship in Medicine Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics |
Cross‐institutional Quality Improvement Implementation Directors |
Hyung (Harry) J Cho, MDDirector of Quality, Safety, & Value, Division of Hospital Medicine, Mt Sinai Hospital Assistant Professor of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai |
Matt Nielsen, MDPhysician Lead, Urology Inpatient Patient Safety & Quality Improvement Program Associate Professor of Urology, UNC Chapel Hill School of Medicine |
Christine Soong, MDMedical Lead, Urgent and Critical Care Centre of Excellence, Sinai Health System Assistant Professor, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Toronto Sinai Health System, University of Toronto |
Implementation Guide Directors |
Nicole Adler, MDClinical Lead, Value Based Management, NYU Langone Health Assistant Professor of Medicine, NYU School of Medicine |
Ari Hoffman, MDDirector of Value Improvement, UCSF Division of Hospital Medicine Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco |
Research Directors |
Clare Rock, MBBChAssociate Hospital Epidemiologist, Johns Hopkins Hosp Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
Sara C. Keller, MDCo‐chair, High Value Care Committee, Department of Medicine Assistant Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
Benchmark/Appropriate Use Criteria Directors |
Pamela T. Johnson, MDHVPAA Founder and Director Physician Lead, Johns Hopkins Health System High Value Care Committee Associate Professor of Radiology, Johns Hopkins University of Medicine |
Amy Lu, MDHigh Value Lead, Stanford Medical Center Clinical Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine |
Martin Makary, MD, MPHHigh Value Lead, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital Professor of Surgery & Professor of Health Policy & Management, Johns Hopkins University Schools of Medicine & Publick Health |
Informatics Directors |
Brandyn Lau, MPHDirector of Radiology Value Informatics, Johns Hopkins Hospital Assistant Professor of Radiology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine |
L. Scott Sussmen, MDCo-Chair, Decision Support Committee, Yale‐New Haven Health System Assistant Clinical Professor, Yale School of Medicine |
Continuing Education Directors |
Andrew Parsons, MD, MPHHigh Value Care Curriculum Development, Internal Medicine Clerkship, UVA School of Medicine Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine |
Jeff Trost, MDFounder, Providers for Responsible Ordering Assistant Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
Director of Industry Relations |
Christopher Petrilli, MDValue Lead, Manhattan Campus Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, NYU Langone Health |
High Value Future Leaders & VITAL Program Directors |
Venkata (Giri) Andukuri, MD![]() Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Lead for Graduate Medical Education Assistant Professor of Hospital Medicine, Creighton University School of Medicine |
Robert Fogerty, MD![]() Co‐Director, Internal Medicine Quality Improvement & Physician Leadership Distinction Associate Professor, Yale School of Medicine |
Kencee Graves, MD![]() Associate Chief Medical Quality Officer Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine |
Christopher King, MD![]() Hospitalized Adult Care Block Director and Hospital Medicine Sub‐Internship Director Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine |
Remus Popa, MD![]() Core Faculty RCH/UCR IM Residency Program Professor of Medicine, University of California Riverside |
Kshitij Thakur, MDAssistant Professor, Internal Medicine University of Kentucky |
Greg Seymann, MD, SFHMClinical Professor and Vice Chief, Academic Affairs, UCSD Division of Hospital Medicine |
HVPAA Lead Project Manger

Steve Park, BA
Project Manager, Johns Hopkins Health System High Value Care Committee
Pamela T. Johnson, MD
Roy Ziegelstein, MD
Lenny Feldman, MD
Amit Pahwa, MD
Hyung (Harry) J Cho, MD
Matt Nielsen, MD
Christine Soong, MD
Nicole Adler, MD
Ari Hoffman, MD
Clare Rock, MBBCh
Sara C. Keller, MD
Amy Lu, MD
Martin Makary, MD, MPH
Brandyn Lau, MPH
L. Scott Sussmen, MD
Andrew Parsons, MD, MPH
Jeff Trost, MD
Christopher Petrilli, MD




Kshitij Thakur, MD
Greg Seymann, MD, SFHM