Behavioral Health Services within General Healthcare Systems Committee

The NABH Committee on Behavioral Health Services within General Healthcare Systems works to understand and elevate on the NABH agenda those issues that impact behavioral health services within general medical settings; focus attention on issues related to the interface of psychiatry and general medicine; and develop services and resources.

Chair:

• Gina Sharp, F.A.C.H.E., M.B.A., Linden Oaks at Edward – Elmhurst Healthcare, IL

Steering Committee

• Charles Clark, M.B.A., Senior Vice President, Parkview Behavioral Health, IN
• Frank A. Ghinassi, Ph.D., A.B.P.P., President and CEO, Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care; Senior Vice President, Behavioral Health and Addictions Service Line, RWJBarnabas Health, NJ
• Jerome Menendez, Vice President & Facility Executive, Mindy Ellen Levine Behavioral Health Center at Atrium Health, Atrium Health Behavioral Health, NC
• Rick Paczkowski, Regional VP, Hospital Corporation of America (HCA), TN
• Marguerite Pedley, Ph.D., Penn Medicine Princeton House Behavioral Health, NJ
• Michael Radosta, M.A., M.S., B.S.N., B.S., R.N., NEA-BC, F.A.C.H.E.,Vice President of Behavioral Health Nursing and Patient Care Services Chief Nursing Officer – Behavioral Health, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, NY
• Anthony Santucci, M.S.N., R.N., Director of Behavioral Health, Nursing, BayCare Behavioral Health, FL
• Michael Tarmey, R.N., M.S., Lahey Health Behavioral Services, MA

Members:

• Jodie L. Boone, Administrator, Mayo Clinic, MN
• Peter E. Carlson, President, Advocate Aurora Behavioral Health, WI
• Clayton Ciha, President/CEO, Ascension Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health Hospital, IL
• Charles Clark, M.B.A., Senior Vice President, Parkview Behavioral Health, IN
• Carmen Colombo, Ph.D., M.B.A., R.N., NEA-BC, Chief Nursing Officer Specialty Hospitals, Sharp Mesa Vista Hospital, CA
• Jennifer Ziccardi-Colson, B.S.W., B.S.N., MHA/M.S.N., R.N., NEA-BC, Chief Nurse Executive and Vice President for Behavioral Health, Atrium Health Behavioral Health, NC
• Robin Conyers, Vice President of Behavioral Health Service Line, CHI Health Behavioral Services, NE
• Jennifer Cox, L.I.C.S.W., Director of Behavioral Health, Baystate Health, MA
• Mark J. Cullen, Compass Health, LA
• Rebecca Dvorak, M.B.A., M.S.N., R.N., B.S.N., Senior Vice President, Clinical Practice, Horizon Health, TX
• Karen Fauer, Chief Financial Officer, UltraGroup Healthcare, tN
• Edward Field, M.B.A., Loma Linda University Behavioral Medicine Center
• Chuck Flavio, M.S., M.H.A., Administrator, Prisma Health-Behavioral Health Services, SC
• Frank A. Ghinassi, Ph.D., A.B.P.P., President and CEO, Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care; Senior Vice President, Behavioral Health and Addictions Service Line, RWJBarnabas Health, NJ
• Jerry Gold, Ph.D., Administrator, Scripps Behavioral Health and Clinical Care Line, CA
• Nancy E. Hubbard, L.C.S.W., Director of Inpatient Services, Institute of Living/Hartford Hospital,  CT
• Paul Jeffrey, Interim President of Behavioral Health, Cone Health Behavioral Health Hospital, NC
• Michele Keeling, Vice President/Administrator, Laureate Psychiatric Clinic & Hospital, OK
• Trisha Khaleghi, Chief Executive Officer, SHARP Mesa Vista Hospital, CA
• Michael P. Krupa, Ed.D., Chief Executive Officer, TaraVista Behavioral Health Center, MA
• Drew Martin, Vice President of Behavioral Health, Community Health Systems, Franklin, TN
• Jerome Menendez, Vice President & Facility Executive, Mindy Ellen Levine Behavioral Health Center at Atrium Health, Atrium Health Behavioral Health, NC
• Tim Miller, Administrator, UF Health Shands Psychiatric Hospital, FL
• Leslie Nyman, Administrator, Logan Health Behavioral Health, MT
• Rick Paczkowski, Regional VP, Hospital Corporation of America (HCA), TN
• Mary C. Pawlikowski, M.A., MEd, President, Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital and Clinics, TN
• Marguerite Pedley, Ph.D., President, Penn Medicine Princeton House Behavioral Health, NJ
• Becky Phillips, M.A., L.M.F.T., DVP Clinical Operations, Kindred Behavioral Health, KY
• Michael Radosta, M.A., M.S., B.S.N., B.S., R.N., NEA-BC, F.A.C.H.E.,
  Vice President of Behavioral Health Nursing and Patient Care Services Chief Nursing Officer – Behavioral Health, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, NY
• Scott L. Rauch, M.D., President and Psychiatrist in Chief, McLean Hospital, MA
• Vicky Sabharwal, M.B.A., Interim Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial & Operating Officer, Jackson Behavioral Health Hospital, FL
• Debbie Sanford, M.S., M.B.A., Administrator, Pine Grove Behavioral Health and Addiction Services, MS
• Anthony Santucci, M.S.N., R.N., Director of Behavioral Health, Nursing, BayCare Behavioral Health, FL
• Manish Sapra, M.D., M.M.M., F.A.P.A., Executive Director, Behavioral Health Service Line, Northwell Health, NY
• Harold I. Schwartz, M.D., Psychiatrist-in-Chief and VP, Behavioral Health, Institute of Living/Hartford Hospital, CT
• Mark Sevilla, M.S.N., R.N., C.E.N.P., Vice President Executive Director, Psychiatry & Behavioral Health Services, Yale New Haven Hospital, CT
• Jacob Shaheen, Director of Business Development, UltraGroup Healthcare, TN
• Gina M. Sharp, M.B.A., F.A.C.H.E., President of Linden Oaks at Edward – Elmhurst Healthcare and Vice President of Illinois Health Partners, IL
• Bill Southwick, M.S., R.N., NEA-BC, Chief Executive Officer, Banner Behavioral Health Hospital, AZ
• Robert Szapor, AVP Behavioral Health and Neurosciences, AtlantiCare Behavioral Health, NJ
• Michael Tarmey, RN, MS, Director of Programs/Operations, Lahey Health Behavioral Services, MA
• Deborah Weidner, M.D., M.B.A., VP, Patient Safety and Quality, Behavioral Health Network, Hartford HealthCare, CT

Staff Liaisons:

• Julia Richardson, Director of Advocacy & Senior Counsel, National Association for Behavioral Healthcare, Washington, DC

Presentations