Who We Are

CAHIIM’s accreditation practice is governed by a Board of Directors. The Board is charged with developing accreditation standards, and then assessing whether individual programs meet those standards. CAHIIM partners with professional organizations to ensure the Curriculum Standard contains the content and competencies required by that profession.

Two councils, one each for Health Information Management and Health Informatics, conduct reviews of academic programs, including site visits, and make recommendations to the Board for program accreditation.

CAHIIM Board of Directors

The CAHIIM Board of Directors consists of 11 Directors and 2 Public Members. The Chair for each CAHIIM Accreditation Council also attends the quarterly Board meetings as guests.

Philip J. Kroth, MD, MSc

Chair

Professor and Chair of the Department of Biomedical Informatics
Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine

Cassi Birnbaum, MS, RHIA, CPHQ, FAHIMA

Past Chair

Administrative Director – Hospital and Professional Coding
Stanford Health Care
Revenue Integrity

Suzanne Boren, PhD, MHA, FACMI, FAMIA

Director

Professor, College of Health Sciences
University of Missouri

Susan Carey, MHI, RHIT, FAHIMA

Treasurer

System Director, HIM
Norton Healthcare

Jane Carrington, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAMIA

Director

Associate Professor, College of Nursing
The University of Florida

Christina Eldredge, MD, PhD

Director

Assistant Professor, Instruction/Faculty Lead – Health Informatics
Concentration Development
University of South Florida

Alfred Hamilton, PhD, FHIMSS

Public Member

President / CEO
Technology Solutions Consulting, LLC

Anita C. Hazelwood, EdD, RHIA, FAHIMA

Secretary

Professor, Department Head, Allied Health
University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Wil Limp, MS, RHIA, FAH

Director

Program Director – Health Documentation Access
University of Wisconsin Health

Kim Theodos, JD, MS, RHIA

Chair-elect

Associate Professor of Health Studies
University of Louisiana at Monroe

Jason Thomas, PhD, MCSE

Director

Chief Operations Officer | Chief Information Officer – Jackson Parish Hospital
Adjunct Professor, Department of Health Informatics and Information Manag
Louisiana Tech University

Susan White, PhD, RHIA, CHDA

Director

Chief Analytics Officer
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

Kay N.Wolf, PhD, RDN, LD, FAND

Public Member

Senior Vice Provost
Ohio State University

Angela Kennedy, EdD, MBA, RHIA

CAHIIM CEO

CAHIIM Health Informatics Accreditation Council

Velma Payne, PhD, MBA, MS

Chair

Health Informatics Program Director/Assistant Professor
Idaho State University

Dilhari DeAlmeida, PhD, RHIA

Vice Chair of Education, Program Director, Bachelor of Science in Health Informatics, and Associate Professor, HIM
University of Pittsburgh

Prerna Dua, PhD

Professor, Program Director for Masters in Health Informatics
Louisiana Tech University

Mohammad Faysel, PhD, FAMIA

Chair and Associate Professor, Medical Informatics Program, School of Health Professions
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

Josette Jones, RN, PhD

Director of Health Informatics and Associate Professor of Health Informatics and Nursing
Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing

LaVerne Manos, DNP, RN-BC, FAMIA

Director of Interprofessional Master of Science in Health Informatics Program, Coordinator for DNP Informatics Specialization, Clinical Associate Professor, School Of Nursing
The University of Kansas Medical Center

Robert Marshall, MD, MPH, MISM, FAAFP, FAMIA

Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine
University of Washington School of Medicine

CAHIIM Health Information Management Accreditation Council

Beverly Marquez, MS, RHIA

Chair

Director of Health Information Technology, Health Occupations, and Medical Lab Technician programs
State Fair Community College

Lisa DesNoyers, M.P.H., RHIA

Director, Health Information Management
Indiana University

Valerie Dobson, RHIA, CCS

Director, Health Information Technology
McDowell Technical Community College

Susan H. Fenton, PhD, MBA, BS, RHIA, CPHI, FAHIMA

Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, School of Biomedical Informatics
The University of Texas at Houston

Robert Garrie, MPA, RHIA

Instructor
University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Ellen Karl, MBA, RHIA, CHDA, FAHIMA

Academic Director, Health Information Management
And Health Services Administration Programs
CUNY School of Professional Studies

Karen M. Lankisch, Ph.D., RHIA, CPC, CPPM, CEHRS, CHDA

Professor/Program Director, Health Information Systems Technology, Business, Law and Technology Department
University of Cincinnati Clermont College

Lisa Morton, PhD, MLIS, RHIA

Professor & Program Director, Health Informatics & Information Management
University of Mississippi Medical Center

Elaina Nichols, MS, RHIA

Health Information Technology Program Director and Instructor
Minnesota West Community and Technical College

Lesley Plemons, MS, RHIA

Program Director/ Professor, Health Information Technology
McLennan Community College

Renae Spohn PhD, MBA, RHIA, CPHI, CPHQ, FAHIMA, FNAHQ

Program Director, HIM Programs & Coordinator of MSHIIM Degree
Dakota State University

Aerian Tatum, DBA, MS, RHIA, CCS, CPHIMS

Assistant Professor
Coppin State University

Member Organizations

AMIA

AMIA, the American Medical Informatics Association, is the leading professional association for informatics practitioners. There are more than 5,600 informatics practitioner members from more than 65 countries. As the voice of the nation’s top biomedical and health informatics professionals, AMIA and its members play a leading role in assessing the effect of health innovations on health policy and advancing the field of informatics. AMIA actively supports five domains in informatics: translational bioinformatics, clinical research informatics, clinical informatics, consumer health informatics, and public health informatics. For more about AMIA, go to amia.org.

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AHIMA

AHIMA is the premier association of health information management (HIM) professionals. AHIMA’s more than 103,000 members are dedicated to the effective management of personal health information needed to deliver quality healthcare to the public. Founded in 1928 to improve the quality of medical records, AHIMA is committed to advancing the HIM profession in an increasingly electronic and global environment through leadership in advocacy, education, certification, and lifelong learning. For information about the Association, go to ahima.org.

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CAHIIM Staff

The CAHIIM Accreditation Staff provide programmatic support to academic faculties, administrators and to the public in several ways. They assist programs by answering questions, and providing consultation about Accreditation Standards and the accreditation process for developing and continuing programs. They counsel prospective and current students on issues related to accredited programs and curriculum and accreditation expectations.

Reem Barakzai
Manager, Strategic and Operational Alignment

Ben Doughty
Quality Analyst

Sherry Lee
Executive Assistant

Jayne Kosik, CPA
Senior Director, Business Operations

George J. Payan
Accreditation Operations Manager

Benjamin Reed, Jr.
Accreditation Business Manager

Amanda Stefan, MHI, RHIA
Quality Analyst

Linde Tesch, MS, RHIA, CAE
Senior Education Quality Officer

Angela Kennedy, EdD, MBA, RHIA
Chief Executive Officer