COAP: A statewide cardiac quality improvement initiative governed by those who understand it best: practicing physicians.

Management Committee

Management Committee

David F. Dreis, MD (Chair)
Medical Director, Clinical Outcomes
Virginia Mason Medical Center
Seattle, WA

Richard Goss, MD, MPH
Medical Director
Director, Quality Improvement
Harborview Medical Center
Seattle, WA

Mary Gregg, MD, MHA
Senior Medical Director, Cherry Hill
Director, Quality Improvement
Swedish Health Services
Seattle, WA

Geoff Harms, MD (Immediate Past Chair)
Cardiology
Wenatchee Valley Clinic
Wenatchee, WA

G. Gilbert Johnston, MD
St. Joseph Cardiothoracic Surgeons
Tacoma, WA

Nahush Mokadam, MD
Assistant Professor, Cardiovascular Surgery
University of Washington Medical Center

Kristin Peterson, JD
Attorney
Coopersmith Health Law Group

Richard C. Phillips, MD, MS, MPH
Cardiac Surgery and Cardiac Outcomes Research
Everett, WA

Michael E. Ring, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Medical Director, Cardiac Services Line and Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories
Sacred Heart Medical Center
Spokane, WA

Mandya Vishwanath, MD (Vice Chair)
Cardiovascular Surgery
Northwest Heart & Lung Surgical Associates
Spokane, WA

Richard W. Whitten, MD, MBA, FACP
Carrier Medical Director, Medicare B
Noridian Administrative Services
Kent, WA

 

Subcommittee Facilitators

Data
Richard Phillips, MD, MS, MPH

Inter-Rater Reliability
Kristin Sitcov

Research
J. Richard Goss, MD, MPH

 

Special Advisors

Nancy Fisher, RN, MD, MPH
Medical Director
Washington State Health Care Authority
Olympia, WA

Charles Maynard, PhD
University of Washington
Seattle, WA

Terry Rogers, MD, FACP
CEO
Foundation for Health Care Quality
Seattle, WA

Gyula Sziraczky
President
Armus Corporation
Burlingame, CA

Jeff Thompson, MD
Medical Director
WA State Medical Assistance Administration
Olympia, WA

 

COAP Staff

Chris Bryson, MD, MS
COAP Medical Director

Kristin Sitcov
COAP Program Director