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2009-2010 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellows
- Nancy Dunlap, MD, PhD, MBA
- Liana Orsolini-Hain, PhD, RN, CCRN
- Arun Patel, MD, JD
- A. Carole Pratt, DDS
- David Sklar, MD
Nancy Dunlap, MD, PhD, MBA
Nancy Dunlap is professor and vice chair for clinical affairs for the department of medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and a professor of management in the UAB School of Business. Throughout her career, Dunlap has worked to improve health care quality and outcomes through more efficient patient care delivery processes and information technology. She has been the clinical lead for the selection and implementation of large, clinical information technology systems for the UAB Health System.
Dunlap’s clinical practice and research has focused in the area of pulmonary and critical care medicine, concentrating on the care of patients with mycobacterial infections. She served as the medical director for the Alabama Department of Public Health Tuberculosis Program from 1992 to 2001. From 2001 to 2009, Dunlap served as chief of staff for the Kirklin Clinic, a UAB Health System outpatient care center. She served as the clinic’s vice president for ambulatory services and chief operating officer from 2005 to 2009.
Dunlap received her A.B. in biology from Wellesley College and an M.D. from the Duke University School of Medicine. She obtained a Ph.D. in microbiology from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and an M.B.A. from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.
Liana Orsolini-Hain, PhD, RN, CCRN
Liana Orsolini-Hain served on the faculty of City College of San Francisco and practiced at the San Francisco Veterans Administration Medical Center. She was a member of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Committee on the Initiative on the Future of Nursing:Leading Change, Advancing Health, which produced recommendations for an action-oriented blueprint for the future of nursing. Orsolini-Hain served on the advisory board for the California Institute for Nursing & Health Care, where she co-chaired the Committee on Nursing Collaborative Education Models for California’s white paper on nursing education redesign.
Orsolini-Hain’s research and scholarly work examines factors that influence educational progression of associate-degree nurses. She is published on a variety of topics, including promoting education consortiums to streamline nursing education and further encourage nurses to earn a higher degree; examining the impending gap in clinical nursing expertise; and reframing community college nursing education. In addition to having served on several nursing organization committees including the Association of Critical-Care Nurses, Orsolini-Hain is a member of the National Black Nurses Association as well as the National Association of Hispanic Nurses.
Orsolini-Hain received a Ph.D. in nursing from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). She received a B.S.N. from San Jose State University as well as an M.S. in critical care and trauma nursing from UCSF.
Arun Patel, MD, JD
Arun Patel is a private practice health care attorney, advising large health care systems on federal and state self-referral and anti-kickback laws, antitrust, privacy, and nonprofit governance issues. Since 2005, Patel has served as general counsel for ReSurge International (formerly Interplast), an international nonprofit focused on providing free reconstructive surgery to children in developing countries, and developing sustainable, community-based systems to address ongoing local surgical needs. Since 2009, he has served as a director of the Metta Fund, a charitable foundation that supports programs to improve the health of San Francisco residents.
During his years with national law and consulting firms, Patel assisted clients in physician service contracting, acquiring medical practices, hospitals and other health care entities, establishing medical practices, provider networks and medical joint ventures, and obtaining financing through tax-exempt bond issues, private placement issues and lines of credit. Previously, Patel worked in the neonatal intensive care unit at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
Patel received his M.D. at the University of Mississippi, his J.D. at Stanford University and his B.A. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After completing a pediatric residency at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, he studied bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania. Patel is board certified in general pediatrics and is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
A. Carole Pratt, DDS
A. Carole Pratt practiced general dentistry in rural southwest Virginia for 32 years, during which time she served four terms as chair of Virginia’s Board of Health, and vice chair of the Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services. She is the immediate past chair of the board of trustees at Lewis Gale Hospital at Pulaski, and in 2009, Pratt was a fellow of the National Rural Health Association. She is a member of the Virginia Oral Health Coalition and she has chaired the Southwest Virginia Graduate Medical Education Consortium, which creates and supports medical residency preceptor sites in rural and underserved communities.
Pratt has served as chair of the New River Valley Economic Development Alliance, chair of Virginia’s Small Business Advisory Board, and is currently a member of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Board of Directors. In addition, she has volunteered for eleven years at the annual Virginia Dental Association Mission of Mercy clinics, which have provided 13,597 patients in rural southwest Virginia with $8.1 million of free treatment. In 2007, Pratt was recognized with a professional achievement award by the Women in Science, Medicine, and Dentistry of Virginia Commonwealth University for serving as a role model and mentor for the professional development of women faculty.
Pratt received her D.D.S. from the Medical College of Virginia (Virginia Commonwealth University) School of Dentistry and is a member of the Dean’s Board of Advisors. She received her B.S. in biology from Virginia Tech, where she currently serves as a member of the Biology Department Alumni Advisory Board.
David Sklar, MD
David Sklar is associate dean for graduate medical education at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center and is professor of emergency medicine at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine. As associate dean, Sklar oversees the 50 residency and fellowship training programs, including 540 residents and fellows. He coordinates educational programs, evaluations, scholarships, accreditations, and integration of education and clinical care. Prior to his current position, Sklar served as chairman of the department of emergency medicine and as senior associate dean of clinical affairs at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center. Sklar has also served as president of the Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors and the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, and as chair of the Board of Directors of the American College of Emergency Physicians and the Emergency Medicine Foundation. He currently serves as associate editor for Academic Medicine and as an associate editor for Annals of Emergency Medicine.
Sklar has focused his research on integrating medical education and clinical practice to improve clinical quality and patient safety. In 2008, he published a book entitled La Clinica, which discusses international humanitarian work. He has also authored or co-authored more than 100 peer-reviewed articles in the areas of medical education, patient safety and quality, injury prevention, international health and clinical care.
Sklar received his M.D. from Stanford University. He was a resident in internal medicine at the University of New Mexico and an emergency medicine fellow at the University of California, San Francisco. Sklar is board certified in internal medicine and emergency medicine.
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