2026 HIMSS Changemaker Award Recipients

Congratulations to the 2026 HIMSS Changemaker Award Recipients!

Chapter Advocate (Volunteer)

  1. Stephanie Broderick

    SVP, Provider Solutions Clinical Architecture (retired), Larkspur, CO, United States

Chapter Leader (Volunteer)

  1. Vitaly Herasevich, MD, PhD, FHIMSS

    Professor of Anesthesiology and Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States

CXO; Senior Executive

  1. Patrick Bizeau, CPHIMS

    CIO, Swiss Medical Network, Genolier, Vaud, Switzerland

  2. Kassaundra McKnight-Young, MBA, MSN, RN, NI-BC

    CNIO Healthcare Industry Principal North America, Zebra Technologies Corporation, Lincolnshire. IL United States

  3. Mubaraka Ibrahim, MS

    CIO & Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer, Emirates Health Services, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Founder

  1. Helen Hill, FHIMSS

    Principal, The Kiran Consortium Group, LLC, Ann Arbor, MI

Policy Influencer, Lifetime Achievement Award

  1. Gayle Harrell

    Florida State Senator, Stuart, FL, United States

  2. Dianne Primavera

    Colorado Lieutenant Governor, Denver, CO, United States

Global Patient Innovator

  1. John Paganini, MBA, CPHIMS

    President, Paguar Informatics, Inc., Cleveland, OH, United States

  2. Farhana Alarakhiya

    Chief Data Innovation Officer, The Aga Khan University University Centre, Nairobi, Kenya

Health Equity

  1. Hannah Galvin, MD, FAAP, FAMIA, CHCIO, CDH-E

    Chief Health Information Officer, Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, MA, United States

  2. Robert Coffey

    Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma - Perkins Family Clinic, Sapulpa, OK, United States

John A. Page Distinguished HIMSS Fellow

  1. Cedric Truss, DHA, MS, CPHIMS, FHIMSS

    Chair of Department of Health Sciences and Clinical Associate Professor Informatics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, United States

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

  1. Samantha Jacques, PhD, AAMIF, FACCE

    Vice President, Corporate Clinical Engineering, McLaren Health Care, Grand Blanc, MI, United States

Partner Award HIMSS-AMDIS Physician Executive Leader

  1. Deepti Pandita, M.D., FACP, FAMIA

    VP of Informatics and CMIO, UCI Health Laguna Hills, CA, United States

Partner Award HIMSS-ANI Nursing Informatics Leadership

  1. Susie Hull, MSN, RN, NI-BC, NEA-BC, FAMIA

    Principal, Consumer Health Informatics, MITRE Center for Transforming Health, Windsor, CA, United States

Policy Influencer

  1. Leigh Burchell, FHIMSS

    Vice President, Policy and Public Affairs, Altera Digital Health, Inc. Raleigh, NC, United States

  2. Brett Meeks

    Vice President of Government Affairs for AI and Health Technology, Jeffrey J. Kimbell & Associates, Nashville, TN, United States

  3. Tapani Piha

    Special Advisor, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health of Finland

  4. Dr. Mohammad Al Redha

    Director of the Department of Health Informatics and Smart Health, Dubai Health Authority

Women in Health IT

  1. Hiyam Nadel, MBA, RN

    Director, Center for Innovations in Care Delivery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States

  2. Ini Ekiko Thomas

    Vice President Information Technology and Innovation, Memorial Hermann Health System, Houston, TX, United States

  3. Julie Luengas, DNP, MBA, RN, NI-BC, FHIMSS

    Chief Nursing Informatics Officer, Stony Brook Medicine Information Technology, Stony Brook, NY, United States

Veterans’ Health

  1. Sepi Browning, CPHIMS, FHIMSS, FACHE, CHCIO

    Chapter, Community & Alliance Engagement, HIMSS, Grayson, GA, United States