BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Mohammed Quader, MD (Chair)
Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Virginia Commonwealth University
Robert Shor, MD
(Immediate Past Chair)
Cardiologist, Medical Director of Cardiac Rehab at Inova Fairfax Hospital
Alan Speir, MD
(Co-Founder, Past Chair)
Medical Director, Cardiac Surgical Services
Inova Heart and Vascular Institute
Robert Lancey, MD (Treasurer)
Medical Director, Heart and Vascular Institute
Sentara Rockingham.
Jeffrey Behneke, MBA, BSN, RN
Senior Director
Heart & Vascular Services
Valley Health
Michael Brown, CCP
Chief Perfusionist
Mary Washington
Shelley Cahalan, MSN
Quality Manager​​
Sentara Healthcare
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Angie Carneal, MSN, RN, CCRN
Nursing Director
Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center
Pauley Heart Center
Cindi Cole, BSN, RN
Senior Director Quality & Clinical Care
Centra Heart & Vascular Institute
Evelyn "Eve" Dallas, CCP
Staff Perfusionist
​Perfusion Team Quality Initiatives Coordinator
University of Virginia
Michael Kontos, MD, FACC
Medical Director, Coronary ICU
Co-Director, Chest Pain Center
Virginia Commonwealth University
Associate Professor
Pete O’Brien, MD
Director of the Acute MI program – Stroobants Cardiovascular Center
Director Cardiac Cath Lab – Lynchburg General Hospital
Co-Chair, Virginia Heart Attack Coalition (VHAC)
Jeffrey Rich, MD
At Large
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Behnam Tehrani, MD, FSCAI
Medical Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories
Inova Heart and Vascular Institute
Nick Teman, MD
Cardiac Surgeon and Surgical Intensivist
ECMO Director
Medical Director of the Cardiovascular ICU
University of Virginia
David Wyatt, MD
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital
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OPERATIONS TEAM
Eddie Fonner
Executive Director
Sherri White, MSPOD
Quality Improvement Advisor ​
Xiating "Ting" Wu, PhD
Biostatician