RISE Advisory Council
The RISE Advisory Council provides guidance regarding new ideas, initiative processes and implementation strategies. The Council is instrumental in developing and reviewing outcomes measures and providing critical review regarding how innovation ideas can integrate into existing practices at Michigan Medicine.
Kenneth Abbott
MD - Medical Student
Abhinav Appukutty
MD - Medical Student
Veronica Beck
Graduate Student - Neuroscience
Phyllis Blackman, MBA
Administrative Director, Office of Health Equity and Inclusion
Ramona Bledea
MD - Medical Student
Amy Cohn, PhD
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering; Associate Director Academic Program, Center for Healthcare Engineering and Patient Safety, College of Engineering and Professor of Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health
James Cooke, MD
Associate Professor of Family Medicine; Associate Professor of Learning Health Sciences
James DeVaney, MBA, MPP
Associate Vice Provost for Academic Innovation
Michael Englesbe, MD
Cyrenus G. Darling Sr. M.D. and Cyrenus G. Darling Jr. M.D. Professor of Surgery and Professor of Surgery
Barry Fishman, PhD
Arthur F. Thuranu Professor, Professor of Education, School of Education and Professor of Information, School of Information
Brian George, MD
Assistant Professor of Learning Health Sciences and Assistant Professor of Surgery, Medical School
Kari Grob, Ed.S., MA
Director of Student Services, Office of Medical Student Education
Larry Gruppen, PhD
Professor of Learning Health Sciences
Maya Hammoud, MD, MBA
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Professor of Learning Health Sciences
David Healy, MD
Assistant Dean for Continuing Medical Education and Life-long Learning, Associate Chair, Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty Affairs and Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Medical School
Laura Hopson, MD
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Residency Program Director, Co-Director, GME Innovations Program
Jennifer Imsande, PhD
M-Home Program Director, Office of Medical Student Education
Edith Jones
Graduate Student - Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Joyce Lee, MD, MPH
Robert P. Kelch M.D. Research Professor of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, Professor of Pediatrics, Medical School and Professor of Nutritional Sciences, School of Public Health
Allyson Munneke
Graduate Student - Cellular and Molecular Biology
Rachel Niemer, PhD
Director, Outreach and Access, Center for Innovation
Laura O'Donohue
MD - Medical Student
Mary O'Riordan, PhD
Frederick C. Neidhardt Collegiate Professor, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Associate Dean for Graduate and Post-Doctoral Students, Medical School
Elizabeth (Liz) Ronan
Graduate Student Research Assistant, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Jon Servoss, MS
Fast Forward Medical Innovation Director of Commercialization Education
Caren Stalburg, MA, MD
Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Associate Professor of Learning Health Sciences, Medical School
Ryan Tsuchida, MD
House Office - Emergency Medicine
James Woolliscroft, MD
Lyle C. Roll Professor of Medicine; Professor of Internal Medicine and Professor of Learning Health Sciences, Medical School