Developing Proposed Requirements to Advance Effective Communication, Cultural Competence, and Patient-Centered Care for the Hospital Accreditation Program – Expert Advisory Panel

The Joint Commission has established an Expert Advisory Panel to guide the development of proposed requirements to advance effective communication, cultural competence, and patient-centered care.  The Expert Advisory Panel consists of the following individuals:

Ignatius Bau, JD
Program Director
The California Endowment
Oakland, California

Shiva Bidar-Sielaff, MA
Director of Community Partnerships
University of Wisconsin Hospital and
  Clinics
Madison, Wisconsin

Sheila M. Foran, JD
Senior Advisor to the Civil Rights Division
US Department of Health and Human
  Services
Office for Civil Rights
Washington, District of Columbia

Susan B. Frampton, PhD
President
Planetree
Derby, Connecticut

Faye Gary, EdD, RN, FAAN
Medical Mutual of Ohio Professor of Nursing For Vulnerable and At-Risk Persons
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio
American Nurses Association (ANA)

Joel Ginsberg, JD, MBA
Executive Director
Gay and Lesbian Medical Association
San Francisco, California

Malika Haque, MD, FAAP
Physician/Pediatrician,
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics College of
  Medicine
The Ohio State University
Dublin, Ohio
Islamic Medical Association of North 
  America

Romana Hasnain-Wynia, PhD
Director, Center for Healthcare Equity and
  Associate Professor, Research
Northwestern University, Feinberg School
  of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois

Elizabeth Jacobs, MD, MPP
Associate Professor of Medicine
Stroger Hospital of Cook County
  and Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois

Stephan L. Kamholz, MD, MACP, FCCP
Chairman, Department of Medicine
North Shore University Hospital and Long
  Island Jewish Medical Center
David J. Greene Professor of Medicine
New York School of Medicine
Manhasset, New York

Kristi L. Kirschner, MD
RIC Coleman Foundation Chair in
  Rehabilitation Medicine
RIC Director of the Donnelley Family
  Disability Ethics Program
Professor, Department of Physical
  Medicine and Rehabilitation and Medical
  Humanities and Bioethics
Northwestern University, Feinberg School
  of Medicine
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago 
Chicago, Illinois

Debra Kreisberg, PhD
Director, Emergency Preparedness
Bioterrorism Readiness
Colorado Hospital Association
Greenwood Village, Colorado

Deborah Ann May, RN, BSN, MBA, CDP
Assistant Vice President, Office of
  Diversity
Jewish Hospital and St. Mary’s
  Health Care
Louisville, Kentucky
American Hospital Association (AHA)

Sunita Mutha, MD, FACP
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California

Guadalupe Pacheco, MSW
Public Health Advisor/Special Assistant to
  the Director
US Department of Health and Human
  Services
Office of Minority Health
Rockville, Maryland

Elda G. Ramirez, PhD, RN, FAANP
Assistant Professor Clinical Nursing
Nurse Practitioner
Emergency Nursing Association
University of Texas Health Science Center
Houston, Texas

Jason R. Rau
President
NRC Picker
Lincoln, Nebraska

Marsha Regenstein, PhD
Associate Research Professor
Department of Health Policy
The George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

Karin Ruschke, MA
President
International Language Services, Inc.
Chicago, Illinois

Fatema Salam, MPH
Senior Program Director
National Quality Forum
Washington, District of Columbia

Carolyn R. Stern, MD
Partner, DeafDOC.org
Medical Director, Rochester School for the
  Deaf
Staff Physician, Unity Health System
Rochester, New York

Joseph Swedish, MA
President and CEO
Trinity Health
Novi, Michigan
American Hospital Association (AHA)

Debra A. Toney, PhD, RN
President
National Black Nurses Association
Silver Spring, Maryland

Susan K. Wintz, MDiv, BCC
Board Certified Staff Chaplain
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
Phoenix, Arizona
President, Association of Professional
  Chaplains

Ellen Wu, MPH
Executive Director
California Pan-Ethnic Health Network
Oakland, California

Matthew K. Wynia, MD, MPH
Director, The Institute for Ethics
American Medical Association
Chicago, Illinois