Our Fellows

Planetree Fellows

We believe that one person can make a profound difference in how healthcare is delivered. The Fellow in Person-Centered Care Program returns us to those roots by creating a structured program for recognizing individuals who are bringing person-centered care principles to life around the world.

Abdul Majid Tariq Dalvi

Assistant Executive Director, CPESE
HMC Center for Patient Experience & Staff Engagement (CPESE)
Qatar

Abdullah Al Mohammed

Customer Experience Manager
HMC Center for Patient Experience & Staff Engagement (CPESE)
Qatar

Abeer Alsubait

Patient Experience Director
Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs (MNGHA)
Saudi Arabia

Abigail Campos

Director
NYC H+H Elmhurst Hospital
United States

Abir Elsayed

HMC Al Wakra Hospital (AWK)
Qatar

Adel Al Shabaan

Managing Director
Health Links
Saudi Arabia

Ahmed Ali Abdelkawy Mohamed

Senior Consultant, Ascend for Healthcare Solutions
Portal Access Account
Saudi Arabia

Alliah Wilson

Patient Experience Supervisor
Columbia Memorial Hospital
United States

Almunzer Zakaria

A/ ED Clinical services and development
HMC Al Wakra Hospital (AWK)
Qatar

Al-Shaymaa Muminah

PX Improvmemt and initiatives Manager
Portal Access Account
Saudi Arabia

Ameera Al Ghamdi

Patient Experience Specialist
Portal Access Account
Saudi Arabia

Ammar Mattar

Portal Access Account
United States

Ana María Fernández

Portal Access Account
Colombia

Ana Merzel Kernkraut

Patient Experience Coordinator
Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein
Brazil

Ana Gilles

Psicologa, Hospital Britanico de Montevideo
Hospital Británico (Uruguay)
Uruguay

Ana Cláudia Pádua

Mandolesi - IntegrAção
Portal Access Account
Brazil

Ana María Castillo Gutiérrez

Líder de la Agencia de Calidad
Agencia de Calidad, Seguridad y Cuidado Centrado en las Personas
Colombia

Anas ALMasri

Quality Management/Improvement Reviewer
HMC Al Wakra Hospital (AWK)
Qatar

Anissa Crooms

Care Experience Program Manager
NYC H+H Lincoln
United States

ANNELIESE SEPULVEDA

MEDICO JEFE UTI ADULTO
Clinica Davila
Chile

Ashish Sharma

PCC Steering Committee
Women's and Children's Health Network Inc.
United States

Awad Amayreh

Improvement Manager
HMC Communicable Disease Center (CDC)
Qatar

Barbara Mussared

Planetree Project Manager
Women's and Children's Health Network Inc.
Australia

Barbara Foote

Care Experience Program Manager
NYC H+H Central Office
United States

Brittany Chambers

Director of Quality Management
NYC H+H Coler Rehabilitation & Nursing Care Center
United States

Bruno Takase Watanabe

Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein
Brazil

Carla Behr Pitoli

Director Growth Brazil
Planetree Brazil Network
Brazil

Carolina Carrasco Cifuentes

Portal Access Account
Chile

Catalina Terán Frías

Licenciada en Enfermería
Hospital Universitario Austral
United States

Cesar González Meneses

Corporate Coordinator of Standardization and Teaching
Star Medica
Mexico

Channing Thomas

Associate Director, Employee Engagement
NYC H+H Central Office
United States

Cheryl Emery

Director
Portal Access Account
United States

Cindy Nelson

Person-Centered Care Coordinator
Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County
United States

Cindy Lorena Ramirez Melo

Coordinadora en atención al paciente
Clínica Universidad de La Sabana
Colombia

Claudia Belén Díaz Maulén

Portal Access Account
Chile

Claudia Briceño

Nuticionista Dietista
Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá
United States

Claudia Blanco Gonzáles

Coordinadora de Atención al Usuario - Clínica Chicamocha
Portal Access Account
Colombia

Colleen Moolchan

PCC Program Manager
NYC H+H Central Office
United States

Dalia Hafez

Customer Experience Manager
HMC Center for Patient Experience & Staff Engagement (CPESE)
Qatar

Daralsalam Omar Adaam

Manager, Outpatient dept
Dr. Soliman Fakeeh Hospital (DSFH) - Jeddah
Saudi Arabia

Deepshikha Sahni

Program Manager
HMC Center for Patient Experience & Staff Engagement (CPESE)
Qatar

Diana Cristina Castellanos Uribe

Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá
United States

Dianna Smith-McCue

Director of Consumer and Community Engagement
Women's and Children's Health Network Inc.
Australia

Dina Carter

Chief Experience Officer
NYC H+H Lincoln
United States

Donna Geiss

Patient Experience Officer
NYC H+H Central Office
United States

Dr. Amira Shepl Hamed Saleh

Assistant Executive Director Quality and Patient Safety
HMC (Hamad Medical Corporation)
Qatar

Elizabeth Rathfon

Patient Experience Manager
Columbia Memorial Hospital
United States

Elizabeth Iglesias Espinosa

Portal Access Account
Colombia

Elizabeth Ruth Wilson

Clinical Assistant
Stamford Hospital
United States

EMMA VELIZ SILVA

médico auditor y gestor de calidad
Portal Access Account
Peru

Ezequiel Peña

Portal Access Account
Argentina

Fabricia Dias Maciel

Technical Director
CIIR - Centro Integrado de Inclusão e Reabilitação
Brazil

Fatima Ali Bouladi

Director of Nursing
HMC Home Health Care Services (HHCS)
Qatar

Ford Matipa

Program Manager
NYC H+H Central Office
United States

Gayle DiLorenzo

Care Experience Officer
NYC H+H East New York (Gotham)
United States

Georgina Galaz

LATAM
Portal Access Account
Colombia

Ghina Al Arab

CPD Manager
Almoosa Specialist Hospital - Ahsa
United States

Giovanna Chacón

Subdirectora Médico Administrativa
Fundacion Valle De Lili
Colombia

Gladys Lowe

Chief Experience Officer
NYC H+H Bellevue
United States

Gloria Esperanza Rivera Diaz

Portal Access Account
United States

Gopinath Mamballikalam

Clinical Administrator
HMC (Hamad Medical Corporation)
Qatar

Hanan Alyafei

Consultant
HMC Home Health Care Services (HHCS)
Qatar

Heather Ennis

Director, Global Consulting Network
Planetree International Staff
United States

Huda Saleh

Executive Director, Quality & Safety & PCC Specialist
HMC Women's Wellness and Research Hospital (WWRC)
Qatar

Hugo Siu Guillen

Director de Calidad
Portal Access Account
Peru

Jacqueline Hinckley

Professor and Director
Nova Southeastern University
United States

Jameyshia Franklin

Director of Patient Experience
Fox Chase Cancer Center
United States

Janet Durand Baquero

Medical Case Manager, Senior consultant Planetree ALC
Planetree América Latina Central
Colombia

Jeremy Segall

Assistant Vice President, System Chief Wellness Officer
NYC Health + Hospitals
United States

Jill Adolphe

Chair
Planetree International Patient & Family Partnership Council
Canada

Joana Freitas

Senior Manager, Global Experience Office - Fresenius Medical Care
Portal Access Account
Brazil

Johanna Badilla

Jefe gestión Hoteleria y Medioambiente
Clinica Davila
Chile

John-Conrad Buen

Program Manager, Care Experience
NYC H+H Queens
United States

Justine Plaatjies

Nursing House Supervisor
HMC Private Nursing Services (PNS)
Qatar

Kaline Maria Vecchio Pires

Patient Experience Consultant
Portal Access Account
Brazil

Karali Plonsky

Director of Patient Experience
Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County
United States

Karin Jay

FORMER Senior Vice President of Global Services
Former Contacts
United States

Karla Patricia Pacheco Alvarado

Portal Access Account
Mexico

Kathy Livingston

Program Manager
Maimonides Medical Center
United States

Khadija Khalid Mohammed

Assistant Executive Director Patient Safety
HMC Ambulatory Care Center (ACC)
Qatar

Khalid Mohammed Al-Jalham

Director of Ambulatory Care Center
HMC Ambulatory Care Center (ACC)
Qatar

Khriztina Lim

Clinical Resource Nurse
Portal Access Account
United States

Komal Lodaria

Senior Director, Care Experience
NYC H+H Central Office
United States

Kristen Moss

Patient experience manager
Columbia Memorial Hospital
United States

Kumari Theresa Thomas

Senior Quality Improvement Reviewer
HMC (Hamad Medical Corporation)
Qatar

Laura Martinez Osorio

Líder de la Unidad de Experiencia y Seguridad del Paciente
Hospital Vozandes Ecuador
Ecuador

Lauren Clifford

Program Manager, Care Experience
NYC H+H Central Office
United States

Leah Aquino Guarin

HMC Center for Patient Experience & Staff Engagement (CPESE)
Qatar

Levar Desty

Program Manager, Person-Centered Care
NYC H+H East New York (Gotham)
United States

Lilliana Rendón

Planetree LatAM
Portal Access Account
Colombia

Linda Van Fulpen

Manager, Volunteer Services
Sharp Grossmont Hospital
United States

Linda C. Lombardi, Ph.D., L.H.D. (Hon)

President, The Leslin Healthcare Leadership Foundation
Portal Access Account
United States

LisaGail Schwartz

Program Manager
NYC H+H Central Office
United States

Ludwika Dayanara Lucas Barcia

Portal Access Account
Ecuador

Luisa Fernanda Zúñiga

Especialista Seguridad del Paciente
Hospital Vozandes Ecuador
United States

Luiz Guilherme Calderon

College President - Terzius College
Portal Access Account
Brazil

Luz Salcedo Galeano

Planetree LatAM
Portal Access Account
Colombia

Mahmoud Elrefaey

Health informatics student
Portal Access Account
United Arab Emirates

Majeda A. Al-Ruzzieh

CNO
King Hussein Cancer Center
Jordan

Maria Pia Peter Rodrigues de Araújo

Portal Access Account
Brazil

Maria do Carmo da Silva Freitas

Assistant Director
CIIR - Centro Integrado de Inclusão e Reabilitação
Brazil

María Alexandra García Pacheco

Portal Access Account
Ecuador

Maria Camila Rodriguez Varela

Jefe de Centro de Experiencia de las Personas
Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá
Colombia

María Carolina Correal

Specialist in Comprehensive Management of Health Services. Specialist in Epidemiology
Portal Access Account
United States

Maria Elvira Aldeco Prieto

Subdirectora de Servicio
Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá
Colombia

María Inés Caminos

Jefa de Calidad y Experiencia del Paciente
Sanatorio Finochietto
Argentina

Mariam Albaloushi

Senior consultant Maternal Fetal Medicine
HMC (Hamad Medical Corporation)
United States

Mariana Costa

Specialist in Medical Clinic and Pain Management Post-Operative Recovery and Ambulatory Surgery Coordinator
Sanatorio Finochietto
Argentina

María Victoria Romero Acevedo

Asesora Externa
Organization for Health Excellence - OES
United States

Marie (Dominique) Michel

Program Manager
NYC H+H Central Office
United States

Marina Lissette Gutiérrez

Portal Access Account
Chile

Marina Del Valle

Auditoria Médica
Portal Access Account
United States

Marisa Lanfranconi

Medica
Sanatorio Otamendi
Argentina

Martha Lucia Cárdenas R

Gerente de Bienestar Médico
Agencia de Calidad, Seguridad y Cuidado Centrado en las Personas
Colombia

Martín Abelleira Linardi

Jefe Seccional Cirugía Hepatobiliopancreática, Hospital Central de las Fuerzas Armadas
Portal Access Account
Uruguay

Maryam Al Tamimi

HMC (Hamad Medical Corporation)
Qatar

Melissa Charles-Gaither

Director Patient Relations/ Patient Experience
NYC H+H Queens
United States

Meshal Saleh Al Juaid

Patient Experience Director
King Faisal Medical Complex
Saudi Arabia

Minerva Guzman

Experience Director
NYC H+H Woodhull
United States

Mohammad Ebdah

Director Patient Experience
Dr. Soliman Fakeeh Hospital (DSFH) - Riyadh
Saudi Arabia

MOHAMMED ALSAEED

Director of Quality Improvement & Patient Safety
International Medical Center
Saudi Arabia

Mona Nasr ABDELAZIM MOHAMED

Operational Manager
HMC Private Nursing Services (PNS)
Qatar

Mrooj Alqurashi

Dr. Soliman Fakeeh Hospital (DSFH) - Jeddah
United States

Muna Atrash

A/ Head of Quality Improvement
HMC Al Wakra Hospital (AWK)
Qatar

Muna Al-Rashid

AED Quality
HMC Communicable Disease Center (CDC)
United States

Muna A. Rahman S. Al Maslamani

Medical Director
HMC Communicable Disease Center (CDC)
Qatar

Nadya Al Rauili

Executive Director of Nursing/Midwifery (CF)
HMC Private Nursing Services (PNS)
Qatar

Naseem Almulla

Customer Excellence Director
Council of Health Insurance (CHI) Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia

Nasser Saeed Al Naimi

Chief Patient Experience, Director HHQI
HMC Center for Patient Experience & Staff Engagement (CPESE)
Qatar

Natalia Hreczuch

Planetree Coordinator
Planetree América Latina Sur
Argentina

Natalia Garzón Posada

Planetree LatAM
Portal Access Account
Colombia

Natasha Mckenzie

Program Manager
NYC H+H Coler Rehabilitation & Nursing Care Center
United States

Neiva Maritza Argudo Matute

Portal Access Account
Ecuador

Nereo Jr Garcia

Head of Risk and Patient Safety
HMC (Hamad Medical Corporation)
Qatar

Nicole Kirchhoffer

Chief Experience Officer
Maimonides Medical Center
United States

Nidal Ahmad Assad

HMC Heart Hospital
Qatar

Nilo Carlo Martinez

Clinical Documentation Specialist
HMC (Hamad Medical Corporation)
Philippines

Nohora Castillo

Profesor
Portal Access Account
United States

Olga González

Portal Access Account
Ecuador

Orla Brandos

VP Patient Care Services/CNO
Newport Hospital
United States

Pablo Lemos

MD
Planetree América Latina Sur
Argentina

Pamela McLaughlin

Newport Hospital
United States

PAOLA CALDERON

Trabajadora Social
Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá
Colombia

Parwaneh Shibani

Exective Director of Nursing
HMC Al Wakra Hospital (AWK)
Qatar

Patricia Macellaro

Planetree Brazil Consultant
Planetree Brazil Network
Brazil

Pierre Pham

CXO
NYC H+H Elmhurst Hospital
United States

Pilar López Gutiérrez

Portal Access Account
Colombia

Pryscila Kiehl

Consultant
Planetree Brazil Network
Brazil

Rafael Leão

Patient Experience Manager
Hapvida - Network
Brazil

Rejane Xavier Soares Gomes

Executive Director
CIIR - Centro Integrado de Inclusão e Reabilitação
Brazil

Remie Maalouf

Executive Director
Bellevue Medical Center
Lebanon

Renee Garcia-Prajer

Director, Education & Community
Portal Access Account
United States

Sahadeo Ramharrack

Manager of Person-Centered Care
Portal Access Account
United States

Salam A.M. Nassar

Other
HMC Center for Patient Experience & Staff Engagement (CPESE)
Qatar

Salwa Alrawaili

Assistant Exective Director of Nursing
HMC Al Wakra Hospital (AWK)
Qatar

Sara Alrumikhani

Patient Experience Director
Fakeeh Care Group
Saudi Arabia

Sara Ghuloom Al Blooshi

Admin Senior Supervisor
HMC Center for Patient Experience & Staff Engagement (CPESE)
Qatar

Sarah Nekrasz

Nursing Director
Newport Hospital
United States

Sarai Ardila

Gerente de Experiencia de la Persona
Pacifica Salud
Panama

Sergio Alberto König

Associate Profesor
Portal Access Account
Chile

Shannon Patterson

Patient Experience
Stamford Hospital
United States

Shelly Blumenthal

Associate Director
NYC Health + Hospitals
United States

Shirlene Stafford

CEO
Planetree International Patient & Family Partnership Council
United States

Shybi Joseph

Magnet Program Director
Dr. Soliman Fakeeh Hospital (DSFH) - Jeddah
United States

Sofia Videla Dorna

Head of Patient Experience
Hospital Universitario Austral
United States

Sofia Rincón

Director Clinic Process - Director Regional Planetree ALC
Planetree América Latina Central
Colombia

Soledad Duarte

Directora de Calidad, Centro Odontológico Padre Mariano
Portal Access Account
Chile

Susan Avanzino

Portal Access Account
United States

Susana Lima

Quality and Safety Consultant
Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein
Uruguay

Takwa Abousalem

Senior Quality Improvement Reviewer
HMC Enaya & DAAM Specialized Care Services
Qatar

Tamica Scotland

CHIEF EXPERIENCE OFFICER
NYC H+H Woodhull
United States

Valentina López

Portal Access Account
Chile

Valerie Gascon

Quality Advisor
Shriners Hospitals for Children Canada
Canada

Vanessa Luna Murillo

Planetree LatAM
Portal Access Account
Colombia

Yasamiyan Basafi

Clinical Resource Nurse
Dr. Soliman Fakeeh Hospital (DSFH) - Jeddah
Saudi Arabia

Yasen Ilayel

Asst. Director Corporate Customer Service
HMC Center for Patient Experience & Staff Engagement (CPESE)
Qatar

Yasna Oppliger Negrón

Planetree LatAM
Portal Access Account
Chile

Yazmin Torres Pardo

Jefe de educación al paciente y su familia
Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá
Colombia
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