Chris Myers
Christopher Myers is currently a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt at Evergreen Hospital Medical Center deploying Lean across the organization. He has 23 years of progressive experiences with leadership roles in process improvement, supply chain, field service, engineering, and marketing. The list of companies that he has worked for and clients that he has consulted with range from Fortune 100 (GE Healthcare, Philips Medical Systems, Microsoft), to start ups (Conceivian.com, TechsAmerica.com, Aptimus.com), to non-profits (Futurewise.org, Meals on Wheels). He holds MBA from University of Chicago, MSEE from Marquette University, BSEE from Michigan Technological University, and four patents from his design work on Magnetic Resonance Imaging gradient coils.
Dr. Masa Narita
Dr. Narita is a physician, board certified in internal medicine, pulmonary disease, and critical care. He also serves as Director of the Tuberculosis Control Program, Public Health for Seattle & King County, and as an Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care, at the University of Washington. He is a member of the Washington State TB Advisory Council and of the federal Advisory Council for the Elimination of TB.
Huong Q. Nguyen, PhD, RN
Dr. Nguyen is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems at the University of Washington. She received her B.S. in Nursing from California State University Long Beach in 1996 and her M.S. and PhD in Nursing from the University of California, San Francisco in 1999 and 2003. Her research interests and expertise are centered around the thoughtful use of information and communication technologies to support self-management and behavior change in older patients with chronic illnesses. She is a lead investigator on two federally funded research grants on symptom management and exercise in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. She also teaches and mentors graduate students in the School of Nursing.
Dr. David R. Park, Grants Committee Chair
Dr. Park is currently Associate Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Washington, and is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine. His primary interests are in tuberculosis, lung infection, lung host defenses, and clinical training in pulmonary and critical care medicine. Dr. Park is Co-Chair of the Washington State Tuberculosis Advisory Council, Chair of the Harborview Medical Center TB Control Committee, and a Consultant with the Francis J. Curry National Tuberculosis Center. In addition, he is member of the American Thoracic Society and Washington Thoracic Society, the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, and the American College of Physicians. He is alsoa fellow in the American College of Chest Physicians and a volunteer for the American Lung Association of Washington. Dr. Park received his B.A. in Chemistry at Williams College and M.D. at the College of Medicine, University of Vermont. He served his internship and residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Washington, and was the Chief Medical Resident at Harborview Medical Center and a Fellow in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Washington. Dr. Park has also authored and contributed to numerous publications.
Carol Taylor
Carol Taylor, RN MN is the Medical Center Administrator for Consultative Specialty Services at Group Health's Redmond Washington Campus. She has been with Group Health since 1993 in a variety of healthcare administrative roles. Prior to joining Group Health, Carol was a Respiratory Nurse clinician at the Visiting Nurse Services of the Northwest for 12 years, assisting in the development and maturation of an exceptional multidisciplinary home care program for patients with respiratory disorders. She managed the program following Gwen McDonald's retirement in 1984.In addition to her clinical, management and programmatic development roles, Carol presented at national and local conferences and authored a chapter in The Handbook of Pediatric and Adult Homecare, 1993. She is a graduate of the University of New Hampshire (BSN, 1976) and received her masters degree from the University of Washington in 1993.
Martha L (Molly) Tyler
Martha L (Molly) Tyler, RN MN, received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (1969) from the University of Pennsylvania and a Masters in Nursing (1977) from the University of Washington. She also trained in the field of respiratory care and became a Registered Respiratory Therapist (1970). Her clinical interests, research and teaching have been in the care of people with chronic and acute pulmonary diseases and those requiring intensive care. She was an instructor and consultant at the University of Colorado, evaluating and teaching respiratory care practices and patient management in small hospitals in Colorado and Wyoming in an NIH-sponsored Regional Medical Program (RMP) project (1969-1973). In 1973 she came to Harborview Medical Center as a respiratory nurse clinician. She also was part of a Washington Lung Association sponsored educational project in small Washington hospitals. Joining the faculty of the University of Washington Schools of Nursing and Medicine (Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine) in 1977, she taught the pulmonary course content and directed the Pulmonary Clinical Nurse Specialist pathway in the School of Nursing and conducted research and taught in the School of Medicine until 1995. From 1995 to 1998 she focused on pulmonary vascular disease and became the research coordinator for the Pulmonary Vascular Disease Academic Award and the clinical case manager for the Pulmonary Vascular Disease clinic at the University of Washington Medical Center.