Research Partner Individuals

Director of Hospital Medicine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Shani’s research areas of focus center on medication utilization, medication safety, and adverse outcomes in hospitalized patients, with the goal of improving care in the inpatient setting. She collaborates with OpenNotes on projects related to the application of…

Chair, Director, Institute for Integrative Health Care & Health Promotion, Professor of Medicine, Witten/Herdecke University, Germany Tobias is a neuroscientist and physician-researcher, who always cared about activating and empowering patients, with behavior change and medical communication as his focus. Board-certified in Family Medicine, Tobias has been collaborating with the OpenNotes team for almost a decade…

Healthcare Technology, Disabilities, Patient/Family Advocate and Speaker.Marketing and Communications Director, Milestones Autism Resources As a dedicated patient and family advocate, Lisa presents at national healthcare conferences on how OpenNotes colors in the lines of patient experience. She shares how giving patients and families access to progress notes improves patient outcomes, safety, and understanding of the…

Physician Lead, Patient and Family Centered Care, Southern California (Kaiser) Permanente Medical Group Assistant Professor of Clinical Sciences, Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine As Kaiser Permanente Southern California’s physician lead for Patient and Family Centered Care, Kerry has been a strong proponent of OpenNotes which was implemented for Kaiser Permanente Southern California’s…

Assistant Professor, Division of Internal Medicine, Harbor-UCLA UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine As Director of Transitions of Care and Patient Engagement for the nation’s second-largest municipal health system, Anshu leads patient engagement initiatives serving more than 600,000 patients in the safety net, including language diverse, homeless, and/or disabled patients and families, 80% of whom receive public insurance. Anshu…

Patient advocate and collaborator with OpenNotes Rosie is a widow, mother, grandmother, and educator who draws upon her story as a survivor of serious medical errors as a passionate patient advocate. She serves on numerous national and local patient-family advisory councils and collaborates with medical professionals and researchers on projects to improve patient safety and…

Associate Chief Medical Information Officer, Boston Children’s Hospital Fabienne is a pediatric hospitalist and physician lead for patient-facing applications at Boston Children’s Hospital, where she has been involved with the development and implementation of the patient portal for the past 15 years and leads the OpenNotes initiative. Her specific interests are related to privacy and…

Medical Director of Patient Engagement, UR MedicineAssociate Professor of Pediatrics and Oncology, University of Rochester Medical Center Lauren Bruckner has been at the forefront of enhancing patient engagement since 2009 when she became the principal physician champion for URMC’s patient portal and was subsequently named the organization’s first Medical Director of Patient Engagement. She has worked closely with OpenNotes since…

Senior Manager, Health Information System Project Management Office, University Health Network Selina oversees the HIS Project Management Office as part of UHN’s initiative to transform patient care, clinical education, research, and quality of work life. Selina was formerly the Program Lead of Digital Patient Experience at UHN. Her healthcare and digital innovation experience position her as one of Canada’s leading…

Professor of Psychiatry, Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine Steve’s research interests include suicide prevention; approaches to integrating psychiatric and primary medical care; treatment of chronic conditions including chronic pain in primary care, and patient engagement in care. Over the past several decades, he has provided clinical care in primary care settings and…