The Board of Directors at MedStar Health Research Institute is supported by a leadership team that encompasses all areas of research. Our leadership is supported by the advisory board, which includes representatives from many of the facets of research being completed at MedStar Health.
MHRI Leadership
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Board of Directors
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Senior Leadership
Board of directors
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Sarah Greene, MPH
Chair, MHRI Board of Directors; former Executive Director, Health Care Systems Research Network
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Jonathan Young, PhD
Vice Chair, MHRI Board of Directors;
Executive Vice President and COO, Akero Therapeutics -
Neil J. Weissman, MD, FACC, FASE
President, MedStar Health Research Institute; Chief Scientific Officer, MedStar Health
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Tamika Auguste, MD
Vice-Chair of Women’s and Infants’ Services at MedStar Washington Hospital Center; Associate Medical Director for the MedStar Simulation Training & Education Lab (SiTEL), and Director of OB/GYN Simulation/Staff Physician at MedStar Washington Hospital Center
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Norman J. Beauchamp Jr., MD, MHS
Executive Vice President for Health Sciences at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) and Executive Dean of Georgetown University School of Medicine
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Fred Butler Jr., MBA, MPH
CEO of CIVDEF Group Inc.
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Spiros Dimolitsas, PhD
Senior Vice President, Research & Chief Technology Officer at Georgetown University
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Stephen R. T. Evans, MD
Executive Vice President, Medical Affairs, and Chief Medical Officer, MedStar Health
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Derek Griffith, PhD
Founding Co-Director, Racial Justice Institute, Founder and Director, Center for Men’s Health Equity, and Professor of Health Systems Administration and Oncology, Georgetown University
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Jeff Lee, MBA
Founder of mProve Health and White House Presidential Innovation Fellow
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Dale McElveen, MBA
Clinical Operations Leader
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Prentice Parrish
Principal - Cerebro Communications, LLC
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Jesse M. Pines MD, MBA, MSCE
Chief of Clinical Innovation
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Anand Shah, MD
CEO of Aster Insights, Operating Advisor at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
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Steven Smith, MD
Senior Vice President & Chief Scientific Officer, Advent Health Research Institute
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Pamela Tenaerts, MD
Chief Scientific Officer at Medable, Inc.
Senior leadership
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Neil J. Weissman, MD, FACC, FASE
President, MedStar Health Research Institute; Chief Scientific Officer, MedStar Health
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Amanda L Barash, MS PMP
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of MedStar Health Research Institute and MedStar Washington Hospital Center
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Stefanie Jones
Vice President of Human Resources
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Megan Leffner
Regional Vice President and Chief Philanthropy, Baltimore and System Initiatives
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Petros Okubagzi, MD
Vice President, Clinical and Translational Research
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Raj Ratwani, PhD
Vice President, Scientific Affair, MedStar Health
Executive Director of Research, MedStar Institute for Quality and Safety
Director, MedStar National Center for Human Factors Engineering in Healthcare -
Keith Shiner
Senior Hospital Counsel for MedStar Health Research Institute
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Nawar Shara, PhD
Chief, Research Data Science, MedStar Health Research Institute
Chief of AI Applications in Health Data Science, (AI CoLab)
Co-Director, Center for Biostatistics, Informatics, and Data Science (CBIDS) -
Angela D. Thomas, DrPH, MPH, MBA
Vice President, Healthcare Delivery Research
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Allison Kapson
Assistant Vice President, Research Communications, Marketing & Public Relations
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Christina Stanger
Assistant Vice President, Research Administration
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Mary Anne Hinkson, MBA
Vice President of Research Administration
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Amy Will
Executive Director, Healthcare Delivery Research
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Nizami Ahverdiyev
Director, Finance and Awards Management at MedStar Health Research Institute
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Hannah Arem, Ph.D.
Scientific Director of Implementation Science, MedStar Health Research Institute
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Federico Asch, MD, FACC, FASE
Director, Cardiovascular Core Labs
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Jim Boscoe
Director, Office of Research Integrity
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Debbie S. Ford
Director of Application Services, MedStar Health Research Institute
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David Hellinga, MSc
Scientific Center Administrative Director Pre-Clinical Services, MedStar Health Research Institute
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Chad A. League
Director, Office of Contracts and Grants Management
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Amy Loveland
Scientific Center Administrative Director for Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Research at MedStar Health Research Institute
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Wendy McAtee
Research Compliance Director at MedStar Health Research Institute
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Candice M. Vance
Director, Clinical Research Revenue Cycle
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Kate Wesley
Director of Human Resources
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Sacha Burn
Associate Director, Center for Biostatistics, Informatics, and Data Science
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Michelle Deville, RN
Associate Director of Clinical Trials, Cardiology, MedStar Health Research Institute
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Hiwot Guebre-Xabiher
Associate Director of Oncology Research
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Munish Goyal, MD
Attending Physician, Emergency Department, MedStar Washington Hospital Center
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Florence Mwicigi, MD
Associate Director Clinical Research