Meet our Senior Staff
Meet those in charge of ensuring a safe, compassionate and patient-centric environment dedicated to medical discovery.
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Senior Staff
Office of the Chief Executive Officer
Chief Executive Officer
James K. Gilman, MD
Chief Operating Officer
Pius A. Aiyelawo, FACHE
Departments & Offices
Chief Medical Officer
Colleen Hadigan, MD, MPH
Chief Nurse Officer
Barbara A. Jordan, DNP, RN, NEA-BC
Chief of Communications & Media Relations & Patient Recruitment
Justin Cohen, MS, MA
Executive Officer, Acting
Ila Anita Flannigan, MHSA, FACHE
Chief Financial Officer
Sunil Vasudevan, ME, MS
Chief of Patient Safety & Clinical Quality
David M. Lang, MD, MPH
Administrative Management
Chief
Bridget Moore
Animal Program
Chief
Lisa G. Portnoy, DVM
Bioethics
Chief & Head, Section on Human Subjects Research
Christine Grady, PhD, MSN
Biomedical Translational Research Informatics
Chief, Acting
Jon McKeeby, DSc
Biostatistics & Clinical Epidemiology Service
Chief,
Nusrat Rabbee, PhD
Blood & Immune Deficiency Cellular Therapy Program
Chief
Theresa Jerussi, PA-C
Chief Diversity Officer
Chief
Walter Jones, MHSA
Chief Scientific Officer
Chief, Acting
Leighton Chan, MD, MPH
Clinical Research Informatics
Chief
Jon McKeeby, DSc
Clinical Research Training & Medical Education
Director
Thomas R. Burklow, MD
Communications & Media Relations & Patient Recruitment
Chief
Justin Cohen, MS, MA
Credentialing Services
Chief
Joseph Hendery, RHIA
Critical Care Medicine
Chief
Henry Masur, MD
Edmond J. Safra Family Lodge
General Manager
Vivian Blair, MHA
Employee Ethics
Chief
Molly Deol
Executive Office
Executive Officer, Acting
Ila Anita Flannigan, MHSA, FACHE
Financial Resource Management
Deputy
Juris Mohseni
Health Information Management Division
Chief
Patricia Coffey, MSHIA, RHIA, CPHIMS, CPHI, FAHIMA
Hospital Administrative Support
Chief, Acting
Vivian Blair
Hospital Engineering & Facilities Services
Chief
Craig Rodgers
Hospital Epidemiology Service
Chief,
Alison Han, MD, MS
Hospitality & Volunteer Services
Chief
Vivian Blair, MHA
Internal Medicine Consult Service
Chief
Naomi P. O'Grady, MD
Laboratory Medicine
Chief
Karen M. Frank, PhD, MD, D(ABMM)
Management Analysis & Reporting
Chief
Alyssa Yumi Nelson, MHA
Materials Management & Environmental Services
Chief
Tsehai Crockett
Nursing
Chief Nurse Officer
Barbara A. Jordan, DNP, RN, NEA-BC
Nutrition
Chief
Annie Cichocki, MS, MSS, RD, LD
Operations
Deputy Executive Officer
Ila Anita Flannigan, MHSA, FACHE
Pain & Palliative Care
Chief, Acting
M. Jennifer Cheng, MD
Patient Representative
Antoinette Jones, MSOD, RN
Patient Safety & Clinical Quality
Chief
David M. Lang, MD, MPH
Patient Support Services
Chief
Cheryl Swinson, MA
Pediatric Service
Chief
Deborah P. Merke, MD, MS
Perioperative Medicine
Chief
Andrew Mannes, MD, ME, MBA
Pharmacy
Chief
Saly Gabriel, PharmD, MBA
Positron Emission Tomography
Chief
Peter Herscovitch, MD
Protocol Services
Chief
Kim Mitchell, RHIA
Purchasing & Contracts
Chief
Susan Nsangou
Radiology & Imaging Sciences
Director
Elizabeth Jones, MD
Rehabilitation Medicine
Chief
Leighton Chan, MD, MPH
Research Support & Compliance
Chief
Virginia Guptil, PhD
Scientific Diversity Advisor
Cecelia C. Henry, MS, RN
Spiritual Care
Chief
John M. Pollack, MDiv., BCC
Transfusion Medicine
Chief
David Stroncek MD
Translational Behavioral & Health Disparities
Chief
Gwenyth R. Wallen, PhD, RN
Departments/Branches
- Advanced Practice Providers
- Bioethics
- Clinical Research Informatics
- Critical Care Medicine
- Laboratory Medicine
- Materials Management
- Nursing
- Nutrition
- Perioperative Medicine
- Pharmacy
- Positron Emission Tomography
- Radiology and Imaging Sciences Department
- Center for Infectious Disease Imaging
- Center for Interventional Oncology
- Rehabilitation Medicine
- Social Work Department (En Español)
- Spiritual Care
- Translational Biobehavioral and Health Disparities Branch
- Transfusion Medicine
- NIH Blood Bank
Consult Services
Offices
- Office of Administrative Management
- Office of Biomedical Translational Research Informatics
- Office of Clinical Research Training and Medical Education
- Office of Communications and Media Relations
- Office of the Executive Officer
- Office of Hospital Administrative Support
- Office of Hospitality and Volunteer Services
- Office of Management Analysis and Reporting
- Office of Patient Recruitment
- Office of Workforce Management and Development
Training Programs
Other Programs
- Friends of Patients at the NIH
- The Children's Inn at NIH
- The Clinical Center's Fine Art Program
- The Edmond J. Safra Family Lodge at NIH
- NIH Clinical Center Volunteer Services
Institute/Center Programs in Building 10