Who We Are
Meet the VPS Team
MEET OUR TEAM
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM
![Randall Wetzel](https://myvps.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/rw600.jpg)
Randall Wetzel
MBBS, MRCP, LRCS,
MSB, FAAP, FCCM
VPS Chief Executive Officer
![Tom Rice](https://myvps.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/40378f_161eac37dd7649c38300e5b17db6afc2.jpeg)
Tom Rice
MD, FCCP, FAAP
VPS Chief Medical Officer
![Ramesh Sachdeva](https://myvps.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/ramesh.jpeg)
Ramesh Sachdeva
MD, PhD, MBA,
FAAP, FCCM
VPS Chief Scientific Officer
![Brian Reisner](https://myvps.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Brian-Reisner.jpeg)
Brian Reisner
MBA
VPS Chief Operating Officer
THE VPS TEAM
![Nancy Brundage](https://myvps.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Nancy-Brundage.jpeg)
Nancy Brundage
MPH, RN, BSN, CPHQ
Senior Director, Clinical Affairs
![Chrystine Fields](https://myvps.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Chrys.jpeg)
Chrystine Fields
RNC-NIC, BSN
Clinical Resource Specialist
![Vanessa Hahn](https://myvps.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Vanessa-Hahn.jpeg)
Vanessa Hahn
Operations Manager
![Jill Hall](https://myvps.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/40378f_69b748f80d664340adbe55625c60df88mv2.png)
Jill Hall
MSN, RN
Clinical Resource Specialist
![Cheryl Hulbert](https://myvps.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cheryl1.jpeg)
Cheryl Hulbert
MSQA, BSN, RN
Director of Clinical Resources
![Kaitlyn Hulbert](https://myvps.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/kaitlynhulbert.jpeg)
Kaitlyn Hulbert
Data Support Specialist
![Alex Kaminski](https://myvps.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Alex2.jpeg)
Alex Kaminski
Director of Engineering
![Eddie Lee](https://myvps.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/eddie.png)
Eddie Lee
Senior Software Engineer
![Manoj Naik](https://myvps.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/manoj.jpg)
Manoj Naik
Senior Software Engineer
![Jamie Palumbo](https://myvps.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/40378f_2b0344b6f41343e1b0806a2cd91b6e2cmv2.png)
Jamie Palumbo
MA
Senior Data Scientist
![Kuriakose Panose](https://myvps.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/kuri1.png)
Kuriakose Panose
PhD, MS
Associate Data Manager
![Gerardo Soto-Campos](https://myvps.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/40378f_b969b1aed97a40e680d5a5853df20c38mv2.png)
Gerardo Soto-Campos
PhD, MS
Director of Analytics
![Jeff Valdez](https://myvps.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/40378f_6f0ba3d33dee4a638ae7b12c744d769emv2.jpg)
Jeff Valdez
Senior Software Engineer
![Ashley Sweeney](https://myvps.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/ashley-sq.jpg)
Ashley Sweeney
Clinical Resource Specialist
Special Advisors
Aram Ananian, CPA
Financial Services
Binod Balakrishnan, MD
Clinical Consultant
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Critical Care
Medical College of Wisconsin
Steven Chin, MD, MMSc
Director, VPS NICU
Clinical Consultant
Medical Director, Quality & Performance Improvement
Newborn and Infant Critical Care Unit
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Jonas Grant, Attorney At Law, MBA
Legal Counsel
Pamela Peterson, MD, FAAP
Texas Children’s Hospital
Clinical Advisor
Howard Jeffries, MD, MBA, MPH
Clinical Consultant
Medical Director, Continuous Performance Improvement
Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Seattle Children’s Hospital
Theresa Mikhailov, MD, PhD, FAAP
Clinical Consultant
Professor of Pediatrics Critical Care
Medical College of Wisconsin
Matthew Scanlon, MD, CPPS
Clinical Consultant
Children’s Hospital Wisconsin
PICU Advisory Group
Paul Bauer, MD
Dell Children’s Hospital
Brian Boville, MD
Helen DeVos Children’s
Cindy Bowens, MD
Children’s Health-Dallas
Costa Dimitriades, MD
Kaiser Roseville
Michael Forbes, MD
Akron Children’s Hospital
Daniel Garros, MD
Stollery Children’s
Ikram Haque UI, MD
Sidra Medicine
Leslie Hayes, MD
UAB Medical Center
Josh Koch, MD
Phoenix Children’s
Michael McCrory, MD
Brenner-Wake Forest
Chris Page-Goertz, MD
Akron Children’s
Jose Pineda, MD
UCLA Mattel Children’s
Melissa Porter, MD
Norton Children’s
Steven Shein, MD
Rainbow Babies
Lece Webb, MD
Children’s Alabama
Cassie Bergero, RN
Lucile Packard-Stanford
Elizabeth DiGiacomo, RN
Sick Kids Toronto
Anna Fritz, RN
Duke Children’s
Maria Galletto, RN
Kaiser North
Audrey Karbon, RN
UK Healthcare
Jaime LaVelle, RN
Children’s Colorado
Jackie Touch, RN
CHOC
Danielle Traynor, RN
CHOP
Binod Balakirshnan, MD
VPS Clinical Team
Howard Jeffries, MD
VPS Clinical Team
Theresa Mikhailov, MD
VPS Clinical Team
Pamela Petersen, MD
VPS Clinical Team
Matt Scanlon, MD
VPS Clinical Team
Tom Rice, MD
VPS ELT
Ramesh Sachdeva, MD
VPS ELT
Randall Wetzel, MD
VPS ELT
Nancy Brundage, RN
VPS
Cheryl Hulbert, RN
VPS
Alex Kaminski
VPS
Gerardo Soto-Campos
VPS
Board of Directors
![Mike Berger](https://myvps.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/MBerger.png)
Mike Berger
MSBA
Enterprise Chief Data Officer
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
![Lara Khouri](https://myvps.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/larak.png)
Lara Khouri
MBA, MPH
Executive VP and Chief Operating Officer
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
![Amy Knight](https://myvps.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Amy-Knight.jpeg)
Amy Knight
President
Children’s Hospital Association
![M. Scott Lieberenz](https://myvps.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/M.-Scott-Lieberenz-1.jpg)
M. Scott Lieberenz
CPA
Sr. VP and CFO
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
![Randall Wetzel](https://myvps.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/rw600.jpg)
Randall Wetzel
MBBS, MRCP, LRCS,
MSB, FAAP, FCCM
VPS CEO
Dept. of Anesthesiology
Critical Care Medicine
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles