Kathleen Shoemaker, PharmD, MBA, CPHIMS, Chair: Dr. Shoemaker is the Senior Director for Strategic Alliances at Premier, Inc. In this role, she works with professional medical societies and associations and Premier’s technology solutions for registry, reporting, learning management, and other services to meet these client’s strategic goals for quality, research, and education. Before Premier, Dr. Shoemaker was at the American Heart Association and was responsible for the strategic Health IT, quality measure, data, and registry development direction for AHA’s suite of quality and credentialing programs. Dr. Shoemaker came to AHA from Eli Lilly, where she worked with national quality organizations and alliances on mutually beneficial projects and policy. Dr. Shoemaker’s tenure at Lilly also included government payer strategy for Medicaid and Medicare Part D, and as an internal expert consultant for Medicare Part B, HIT strategy, payment models, and packaging/billing units. She enjoyed her preceptor role for Pharm D MBA students, taking on many of them for special projects for Lilly’s B2B organization. Dr. Shoemaker is a past Managed Care Pharmacy director and clinical manager at regional health plans. She has practiced extensively in both hospital and retail pharmacy as a pharmacist and immunizer. Dr. Shoemaker has a Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Illinois, a master’s degree in Business Administration from Eastern Illinois University, and a bachelor’s degree in pharmacy from North Dakota State University. She is certified in Comparative Effective Research and is a Certified Professional in Health Information Management. She has published and presented in state and national venues.
Thomas F. Koinis, MD, FAAFP, President: Having always enjoyed science and math, Dr. Koinis started college thinking that he would be a chemistry or math professor. After being exposed to the field of polymer science (plastics), he developed interests in medical research. From there, his love in working with people won out over research and he became a family physician. Now, 30 years later, it is interacting with people and contributing to their health that keeps him enjoying his work. He has special interests in sports medicine and health prevention, especially immunizations. He has also been involved with the world of vaccines at both state and national levels. To keep himself healthy, he enjoys his family and strives to strengthen his spiritual connections. He loves to bike, run, do triathlons, read, and play a bit of saxophone to maintain his well-being.
Laila S. Tabatabai, MD, Vice President: Laila S. Tabatabai, MD is a board-certified endocrinologist with expertise in osteoporosis, fragility fractures and metabolic bone diseases. Her postdoctoral training included a fellowship in endocrinology at Johns Hopkins Hospital, internship and residency in internal medicine at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore. She received her medical degree, with distinction in research, at Albany Medical College in New York. Dr. Tabatabai is an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine with the Houston Methodist Academic Institute and Weill Cornell Medical College. She has presented at national meetings including the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE), Endocrine Society, American Society of Bone and Mineral Research and the Endocrine Nurses Society Symposium.
Ann Vu, JD, RAC, Secretary and Treasurer: Bio coming soon!