JHHS Health Equity Operations
JHHS Health Equity Team
Sherita Hill Golden, M.D., M.H.S.
Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Risha Irvin, M.D., M.P.H.
Program Director, Health Equity
JHM Office of Diversity, Inclusion & Health Equity
Vice Chair for
Diversity, Inclusion, & Health Equity, Department of Medicine
Associate Professor,
Division of Infectious Diseases, JHU School of Medicine
Alaysia Phillips, M.P.H.
Program Manager, Health Equity
JHM Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Health Equity
Paula Neira, J.D., M.S.N., R.N., C.E.N.
Program Director of LGBTQ+ Equity and Education
JHM Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Health Equity
Hessam Sadatsafavi, Ph.D.
Business Intelligence Developer
JHM Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Health Equity
Panagis Galiatsatos, M.D., M.H.S.
SDOH and Health Equity SME
Associate Professor of Medicine, JHU School of Medicine
JHHS Executive Champions
Sherita Golden, M.D., M.H.S.
Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer, JHM
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Scott Berkowitz, M.D., M.B.A.
Chief Population Health Officer and Vice President of Population Health
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Angela Green, PH.D., R.N.
Vice President of Quality & Safety
Armstrong Institute
Lisa Ishii, M.D., M.H.S.
Senior Vice President, Operations
Johns Hopkins Health System
The Johns Hopkins Medicine Health Equity Advisory Committee
- Assist in developing operational workflows to ensure accurate sociodemographic data collection across JHM
- REaL (race, ethnicity, language)
- SOGI (sexual orientation, gender identity)
- Disability status
- Social determinants of health
- Determine how health equity should be structured, resourced, and operationalized for data analysis and intervention delivery across JHM
| Name | Title |
| Mysha Allen | Director Case Management & Utilization Review |
| Chevaunne Edwards | Program Director, Experience Insights & Analytics |
| Badia Faddoul | Sr. Director of Quality & Safety |
| Kendrick Gwynn | Assistant Professor/ Associate Director of Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute |
| Raena Hariharan | Physician |
| Raquel Hernandez, M.D. |
Associate Professor of Pediatrics /Director, Center for Pediatric Health Equity Research |
| Dawn Hohl | Sr. Director of Transitions & Relationship Management |
| Ann Kane, M.D. | Medical Director of Quality |
| Julia Kim, M.D., M.P.H. | Associate Professor of Pediatrics /Director, Center for Pediatric Health Equity Research |
| Aisha Rahim, M.D. | Medical Director |
| Monique Sanfuentes | Admin Director of Community Affairs & Population Health |
| Kai Shea, M.S.W., L.C.S.W.-C | Executive Director of Care Management & Social Work |
| Erica Shelton | Assistant Professor/Emergency Medicine |
| Tarleen (Tina) Singh | Medical Director |
| Alexis White | Director of Women & Infant Services |
As outlined in the figure below, there are 5 existing health equity work groups with whom our ODIHE health equity team collaborates:
- JHM Social Determinants of Health Work Group
- JHM Language Services Advisory Council
- JHM Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity Work Group
- JHM Safety & Quality Leads Council
- Disability Inclusion and Accessibility Taskforce
Each of our JHHS clinical entities has a Health Equity Subcommittee of its Diversity Council. The co-chairs of each entity committee are members of the JHHS Health Equity Steering Committee that meets quarterly to share best practices and align around common entity health equity goals.