2025 HIMSS Changemaker Award Recipients

Congratulations to the 2025 HIMSS Changemaker Award Recipients!

Chapter Advocate (Volunteer)

  1. Elsie Gori, MSHI, BSN, RN, FHIMSS, CPHIMS

    Nursing Informatics, Specialist Lone Star Communications, Inc. Georgetown, TX United States

Chapter Leader (Volunteer)

  1. Shawn Weldin

    Director of Information Technology, Sabetha Community Hospital, Sabetha, KS United States

Founder

  1. Elizabeth Regan, PhD

    Department Chair and Professor of Health Information Technology, Molineroli College of Engineering and Computing, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC United States

CXO; Senior Executive

  1. Cathy Menkiena, RN, MBA, FACHE, NI-BC, FHIMSS

    General Manager and Senior Vice President, East Region, Health Catalyst South Jordan, UT United States

  2. Keisuke Nakagawa, MD

    Director of Strategic Impact & Growth, Jacobs Center for Health Innovation, UC San Diego Health, San Diego, CA United States

  3. Isaiah Nathaniel, CPHIMS

    Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer, Delaware Valley Community Health, Philadelphia, PA United States

  4. Tamara Sunbul, MD, MBA, FHIMSS, CPHIMS, PMP

    Digital Health Transformation & Innovation Strategic Advisor, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Global Patient Innovator

  1. Jong Soo Choi, PhD

    CTO ,Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea

Health Equity

  1. Monae Haskins, BSN, RN, ITIL

    Senior Application Analyst, Atlantic Health System, Adjunct Professor, HIT Program Essex County College, Morristown, NJ United States

  2. Krystal Schramm, MSA, MS

    Data Strategy Administrator, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Kalamazoo, MI United States

  3. Dylan TĂŞte, MPH

    Director of Business Development Red Duke Strategies, LLC New Orleans, LA United States

John A. Page Distinguished HIMSS Fellow

  1. David Gibbs, PhD, CPHIMS, CPHI, CHDA, CHPS, CISSP, FHIMSS

    Chair & Associate Professor, Department of Health Informatics & Information Management, Texas State University Round Rock, TX United States

Partner Award HIMSS-ACCE Excellence in Clinical Engineering-IT Synergies

  1. Ilir Kullolli, MS

    VP and Chief Operating Officer, Digital Information Solutions, Stanford Medicine Children’s Health

Partner Award HIMSS-AMDIS Physician Executive Leader

  1. Roosevelt De Los Santos, MD, MBA, MS, FAAP, FACHE, FAMIA, CHCIO

    Medical Director, Health Informatics Trinity Health, Fort Lauderdale, FL United States

Partner Award HIMSS-ANI Nursing Informatics Leadership

  1. Olga Kagan, PhD, RN, CIMI, FHIMSS, FAAAAI, NYAM Fellow

    Founder & Principal, OKHCC, Consortium Faculty & Associate Adjunct Professor, The CUNY School of Professional Studies Adjunct Faculty, Molloy University, New York, NY United States

Policy Influencer

  1. Maheshwara Rao Appannan, MBBS, MPH, DrPH, CMIA, PHEM, LIM-SEA

    Director, Digital Health Division, Ministry of Health Putrajaya, Malaysia

  2. Luis Belén

    Chief Executive Officer, National Health IT Collaborative for the Underserved (NHIT), Washington, DC United States

  3. Osama Elhassan, PhD, MSc, FIAHSI

    Chair, ZIMAM, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

  4. Steven Lane, MD, MPH

    Chief Medical Officer, Health Gorilla | Family Physician, Sutter Health, Palo Alto, CA United States

  5. Meghan O'Connell, MD, MPH (Cherokee)

    Great Plains Tribal Leaders Health Board, Rapid City, SD United Stat

  6. Josh Wymer, DNP, MSPM, MA, RN, CPDHTS, CDH-E, CHCIO, FHIMSS, FACHE, FAAN

    Chief Health Information & Data Strategy Officer, Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services, Saint Louis, MO United States

  7. Julia Zarb, PhD

    CEO + Founder Blue x Blue Inc., Toronto, Ontario Canada

Women in Health IT

  1. Mary Joy Garcia-Dia, RN, DNP, FAAN, FHIMSS

    Program Director Nursing Informatics, Information Technology Department, Institute of Nursing Excellence and Innovation, New York-Presbyterian, New York, NY United States

  2. Nelita Iuppa, DNP, MS, BSN, NEA-BC, RN-BC, FHIMSS

    Enterprise Office of Nursing Informatics, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland OH United States

  3. Sangita Reddy, Dr

    Promoter Director, Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd, Hyderabad, India

  4. Surya Shenoy, DNP, RN, CCRN-K, NI-BC, CPHIMS

    Regional Clinical Informatics Consultant, Kaiser Permanente, Pleasanton, CA United States

2025 HIMSS Foundation scholarship recipients

  • Masters scholarship recipient

    Bessy Lovos Davila

    George Mason UniversityFairfax, VA

    Major: Health Informatics

  • Undergraduate scholarship recipient

    Etana Israel

    University of Nevada-Las Vegas Henderson, NV

    Major: Bachelors of Science in Healthcare Administration and Policy