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