Our Team
Geoff Teed, President and Founder
– Mr. Teed brings over 24 years of experience in sales and marketing
and over 10 years creating innovative and practical solutions to meet the challenges
of our health care system. The formation of P3 was a result of Mr. Teed's
unique blend of payer and provider perspectives, leading to significant insight
in change management, process and utilization review, and organizational improvement. Through
his experience, Mr. Teed has become a recognized leader in the design,
development and implementation of quality improvement initiatives and is expert
in bringing together multiple stakeholder’s perspectives (i.e. clinical,
operational and financial data) in gaining change management buy-in.
Adrienne J. Dickerson, MS – President of Cadence Health,
Inc., a healthcare process improvement consulting company bringing applied
engineering to complex health systems, Adrienne graduated from the Georgia
Institute of Technology with a Bachelor’s of Industrial Engineering and
a Master’s of Science
in Health Systems. She has been on the board of the GA HIMSS Chapter since
2002 and is a member of the Institute for Industrial Engineers/Society for
Health Systems (IIE/SHS). Adrienne works with hospitals and other organizations
to expand the use of traditional Industrial Engineering techniques in the healthcare
setting. She also focuses
on the combination of operational, patient satisfaction, and clinical data for
improvement projects across the care continuum. With over 10 years experience
in the field, Adrienne has a solid list of accomplishments in assisting clients
with a wide variety of process improvement projects.
Li Lin, Ph.D. – Dr. Lin is Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering
at the University at Buffalo, the State University of New York. He obtained
his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Arizona State University in 1989,
with specialties in simulation of complex systems. He has helped several hospitals
in developing computer simulation models of Emergency Departments (ED), Operating
Rooms (OR), decision models of workflow efficiency analysis, six-sigma improvement
projects, and conducting financial performance studies of the hospitals’ operations.
These hospitals include Erie County Medical Center (ECMC), Mercy Hospital of
Buffalo and Saint Vincent Health Center. His work in home care covers many
critical issues, such as nurse scheduling, OASIS, HHRG/case mix index, and
pay for performance (P4P) in the Medicare reform. Dr. Lin’s current research
in patient safety and healthcare IT in the ED is supported by the Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
Virginia Tyler, MDiv, CHE – Ms.
Tyler holds a Master of Divinity degree from Harvard University and a Bachelor
of Arts degree from the University of Rochester. She's also a Fellow of the
American College of Healthcare Executives, with over 15 years of experience
in organizational strategy and development in healthcare and not-for-profits.
Ms. Tyler has worked nationally and internationally on hospital development
and design, community health programming, and healthcare strategy.
Roger London, M.D., MBA – Dr.
London has over 24 years experience as both a practicing board certified nephrologists
and physician executive. In addition, Dr. London has extensive clinical and
academic research experience. Dr. London holds the position of Vice President
and Medical Director of Flagship Healthcare Management. Previously he has held
the role of VP and Medical Director of the Lenox Hill Healthcare Network and
VP Quality and VP Medical Management for Oxford Health Plans of NY/NJ/CT during
Oxford's successful corporate turnaround. Dr. London graduated from Cornell
University with a B.A. in history and he earned his M.D. from Mount Sinai School
of Medicine. After completing his internship and residency at Columbia Presbyterian
Medical Center, Dr. London did post doctoral research in renal physiology and
a clinical nephrology fellowship at Yale University. Dr. London holds an M.B.A.
from Columbia University and is board certified by the American Board of Internal
Medicine.
Ken Simone, D.O., Hospitalist Program Strategy - Dr.
Simone founded the oldest Hospitalist program in Maine and served as its administrative
director for ten years. In addition, he has developed and rebuilt numerous
hospitalist programs on a national level. He has authored and co-authored two
hospitalist books: Hospitalist Case Studies: Tactics and Strategies for
10 Common Hurdles, and Tools and Strategies for an Effective Hospitalist
Program and is cited frequently in hospitalist publications. He sits on
the editorial advisory board for a national hospitalist publication. He has
been a workshop facilitator and featured speaker on hospitalists at various
conferences and gatherings across the country.
Edric Engert, MBA - President and founder of Abraxeolus
Consulting, LLC, Mr. Engert has 15 years of health care experience. His
focus and expertise lies in the areas of strategy, business building, and financial
modeling. In the hospital/provider environment, he is a national leader
in the area of Health Information Exchange, building value and sustainability
models, as well as a means of quantifying value and risk within exchanges.
In the pharmaceutical environment, he has focused on formulating new strategies
and as well as business development through licensing and the creation of new
entities and product lines. Prior to founding Abraxeolus Consulting, Mr.
Engert was Global Head of Portfolio Management and Licensing at Sandoz Pharmaceuticals
. Mr. Engert also worked in the Health Care practice of McKinsey & Company,
Inc. Mr. Engert holds an MBA from The Wharton School of Business, a Bachelors
of Science in Theoretical Mathematics from MIT, and a Diploma from the Juilliard
School of Music.
David J. Robinson, M.D., MS, FACEP - Director
of Research and Interim-Chairman for the Department of Emergency Medicine at
the University of Texas – Houston. He is board certified in Emergency
Medicine with additional fellowship training in cardiovascular research and
observation medicine and has designed and developed more than 8 observation
centers in the last 10 years. He speaks nationally and internationally
on the subjects of observation medicine, error reduction, acute cardiovascular
management, and process control and has more than 30 publications in these
studies. Dr. Robinson is a founding member of the Society of Chest Pain
Centers and Providers, and is a member of the American College of Physician
Executives, Society of Academic Emergency Physicians, and the American College
of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Short Term Observation Services, serving as
Chair (2001-3), and Councilor (2003-5).
Robbin Dick, M.D. – Dr.
Dick is a Board Certified Internal Medicine physician who developed the first
6 bed Observation Unit in NY, in 1996. As a member of the NY State Observation
task force, he presented on observation services throughout NY State. Dr. Dick
is Director of the 24 bed Observation Unit at Strong Memorial Hospital, a nationally
recognized model of excellence.
Jessy Gene Huebner – Mr. Huebner’s areas of
specialization include Strategic Pricing, Staff Education and hospital information
integrity in Charge Master, Order Entry and Sub-systems. He is the author of
the text book "Introduction
to Patient Accounts" and has lectured over one thousand hours to healthcare
organizations. Mr. Huebner, a consultant in the area of Healthcare Reimbursement
with hundreds of hospital validation reviews completed, is President of MedCompliance
Services, Inc., Miami Beach, Florida. He has received CHFP certification and
numerous awards by HFMA. He is a graduate of Baylor University and Texas A&M
University with a BBA (Accounting & Economics) and an MAT (Education & Business).
Paul Savage - President and founder of Healthcare Intelligence,
Mr. Savage is a 35-year veteran of the hospital industry. Mr. Savage
has held senior management and consulting roles with the largest medical centers
in the New York region, including Columbia-Presbyterian Medical, the Mount
Sinai Hospital and St. Vincent's Medical Center. Experienced in the areas of
in Strategic Planning, Information Technology and other senior management roles,
he specializes in change management, growth strategies, quality and operations
improvement. Additionally, he has held senior planning and consulting
roles with Coopers & Lybrand and Thomson Corporation. An MBA with an undergraduate
degree in engineering, he taught hospital administration and information technology
at New York University. Mr. Savage has earned a reputation for break-through
means of leveraging public databases as strategic tools to level the playing
field for small and large healthcare systems. He is a member of NADO, AHA and
IIF. Mr. Savage presented at the International Association of Forecasting annual
meeting last year with Hans Levenbach, Ph.D., an international expert in statistical
analysis and business forecasting.
Tim Gee, Workflow Automation & Point of Care Technology Adoption – Principal
of Medical Connectivity Consulting, Mr. Gee has focused his 20+ years in health
care on workflow automation through the integration of medical devices and
clinical information systems. Provider services include process improvement,
needs assessment, technology planning and vendor selection. Areas of focus
include hospital-wide patient flow, medical device-EMR integration, variable
acuity care delivery, and patient safety issues like Medical Emergency Teams
and alarm fatigue. Enabling technologies include wireless networks, alarm notification
systems, RFID, bar codes, and point of care computing devices. Mr. Gee presents
at conferences and workshops nationally on topics including remote monitoring,
patient flow, point of care technologies, and writes for Patient Safety & Quality
Healthcare, MX and 24x7 magazines. He also has a weblog (www.medicalconnectivity.com)
that is widely read by providers and vendors interested in workflow and the
intersection of IT, medical devices, and related technologies.
Leslie J. Miller, M.D., Emergency Medicine Program Strategy – Dr.
Miller received her B.A. from Harvard College and Medical Degree from Albert
Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University in New York. She has completed
training in process redesign through Arthur Anderson, Inc. and The Advisory
Board and has been involved in numerous emergency department redesign projects
as project team members and project leaders. Her primary interests and focus
is on ED process redesign and quality improvement. Dr. Miller is a fellow of
the American College of Emergency Physicians and of the American Academy of
Emergency Medicine. She is a member of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
and the American College of Physician Executives.
Karen Cassaro, RN, MSN, Supply & Vendor Strategy – Ms.
Cassaro's background includes Nursing Management, Case Management and
Clinical Nurse. In, addition, she has extensive experience on the device manufacturing
side of health care as a Clinical Support Specialist for two technology companies,
Cardiodynamics and Cyberonics. Her diverse background prepared her for her
present role as the Clinical Coordinator in Corporate Materials Management
for a three hospital system in Central New Jersey.
James P. Crimmins, Data Standardization Strategy – Mr.
Crimmins is a Partner in Brattle St Commodities, LLC, a hedge fund, and President
of Telluride Investment Strategies, LLC a consulting firm providing investment
and risk management advice. Mr. Crimmins graduated with a B.A. in Economics
from Yale College in 1983, and a M.A. in Physics from Harvard in 1987.
Stewart Teed – Stewart provides
operational and performance analysis. With over 20 years of management experiences,
he provides all facets of design, development and implementation of enterprise
wide business performance management and analytic applications.
