Webinar Speaker Bios

Featured Speakers:

• Nancy Auer, M.D., F.A.C.E.P.
• Paul A. Clark, DrPH (cand.), F.A.C.H.E.
• Jeffery Wadja, D.O., M.S., F.A.C.E.P.
  

Moderator

• Mark D. Crockett, M.D., F.A.C.E.P.

Nancy Auer, M.D., F.A.C.E.P.
Special medical advisor to the CEO
Swedish Medical Center

Dr. Nancy Auer has served as the special medical advisor to the CEO of Swedish Medical Center since January 2009. Previously, she served as the chief medical officer (CMO) at Swedish Health Services, a role she assumed in January 2005. Dr. Auer has had a long-standing professional career at Swedish Health Services where she has worked since 1980. Prior positions include serving as vice president for medical affairs, medical director of Swedish Emergency Services and Employee Health and as chief of staff.

Dr. Auer became the first woman president of the Washington Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians (A.C.E.P.), and later became the first woman president of A.C.E.P., the national organization. She has served as president of the International Federation of Emergency Medicine and currently is the medical director for the Washington State Hospital Bioterrorism Preparedness Program. Dr. Auer earned her medical degree at the University of Tennessee Medical School and conducted her residency in the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Tennessee.

Paul A. Clark, DrPH (cand.), F.A.C.H.E.
Senior director for research and programming
The Health Management Academy

Paul Alexander Clark serves as senior director for research and programming at The Health Management Academy where he develops and leads a research agenda to assist Academy members — C-suite executives of America’s largest health systems — in improving the quality and efficiency of health care. Prior to joining The Academy, Mr. Clark served as director of knowledge management at Press Ganey Associates, where he led a team of researchers conducting quantitative and qualitative research to determine best practices for improving health care quality. Mr. Clark has authored two books on quality improvement and dozens of peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters.

Mr. Clark earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Pittsburgh, a Master of Public Administration in Science and Technology Policy from George Mason University (Fairfax, VA), a Master of Arts in Bioethics and Healthcare Policy from the Loyola University Chicago, and a Masters of Healthcare Administration from the University of North Carolina. He is a doctoral candidate in Public Health at Johns Hopkins University and a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives.

Jeffery Wadja, D.O., M.S., F.A.C.E.P.
Vice president of clinical services
LYNX Medical Systems, a Picis company

Dr. Jeffery Wajda serves as vice president of clinical services at LYNX Medical Systems where he is responsible for clinical software products and coding services development and represents the company with clients and government agencies. With more than 18 years of emergency medical experience and more than 10 years of group/hospital management experience, Dr. Wajda’s career has focused on implementation of clinical and business initiatives through physician alignment and IT implementation. Dr. Wajda is a board-certified emergency physician with experience as an emergency department medical director, quality director and chairman of the Credentials Committee at Providence Regional Medical Center, Everett WA. He completed emergency medicine residency training at Cook County Hospital in Chicago and completed a management fellowship through Catholic Healthcare West. Dr. Wajda serves as chairman of the American College of Emergency Physicians (A.C.E.P.) pay-for-performance work group. He is a member of the national A.C.E.P. Reimbursement and Coding Nomenclature Committees, the board of directors of Washington A.C.E.P., the American College of Physician Executives and is a fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians.

Mark D. Crockett, M.D., F.A.C.E.P.
President, emergency care division
Picis

Dr. Mark Crockett, co-developer of the company’s emergency department information system, currently oversees the emergency care division and helps drive the direction of Picis’ ED product development, sales and growth. An attending physician at Morris Hospital in Morris, Illinois, he maintains a solid understanding of the day-to-day workings of an emergency department and the need for automating the documentation process in this intense environment. Dr. Crockett graduated from Wheaton College and has a medical degree from the University of Illinois. With his extensive knowledge in the fields of emergency medicine, medical informatics and systems architecture, he is a published author and a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians.