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

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

Erin Dietrich
Senior Director, Research Applications and Advanced Computing Services

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

Teri Grieb, PhD
Associate Dean for Research Strategy, Senior Director for Research, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Medical School

Kari Grob, EdS, 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

Armani Hawes
MD - Medical Student

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

Edith Jones
Graduate Student - Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Kevin Jacob Karlic
MD- Medical Student

Jacquelyn Kercheval
MD- Medical Student

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

Helen Morgan, MD
Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Professor of Learning Health Sciences

Allyson Munneke
Graduate Student - Cellular and Molecular Biology

Rachel Niemer, PhD
Director, Outreach and Access, Center for Innovation

Mary O'Riordan, PhD
Frederick C. Neidhardt Collegiate Professor, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Associate Dean for Graduate and Post-Doctoral Students, Medical School

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