Leadership Team

The NorthShore PBRN Leadership Team is comprised of the NorthShore PBRN Medical Directors, who represent the primary care specialties, and hospital medicine physicians who are members of the NorthShore PBRN; as well as the NorthShore PBRN Operations Committee that is comprised of physicians, informatics specialists and the NorthShore PBRN Director.

The team is supported by a staff of researchers and administrative support that help process and assess requests for NorthShore PBRN projects, provide background research data and help ensure proper project implementation.

Medical Directors

• Jason Canel, MD, Pediatric Medicine
• David Lovinger, MD, Hospital Medicine
• Goutham Rao, MD, Family Medicine
• Michael Raymond, MD, General Internal Medicine
• Howard Topel, MD, Obstetrics/Gynecology

Operations Committee

• Kenneth Anderson, DO, Chief Quality Officer
• Bernard Ewigman, MD, NorthShore PBRN Executive Medical Director
• Victoria Hledin, BA, PBRN Project Coordinator
• Ari Robicsek, MD, Associate Chief Medical Information Officer
• Ruth Ross, PhD, PBRN Director
• Jonathan Silverstein, MD, Vice President, Clinical Research Informatics