HIMSS Professional Certification Board Committee

The Global Certification Board for Healthcare Information and Management Systems (PCB) administers the HIMSS certification programs and designs the exams.

Overview

This group oversees the performance of the exams, reviews and refines test items, develops new editions of the exams, contributes to plans for marketing and promoting the certifications, and provides consultation for maintenance of quality programs.

HIMSS Staff Liaison

Kyle Farmer, CAE
Director of Professional Certification
certification@himss.org

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Committee members

  1. Sherri Bouchard, BSc, MBA, Prosci Certified, LSS Blackbelt CPHIMS-CA

    Director Health Information Management Informatics & Quality, Island Health, Chair

  2. Kelly Ashmore, MBA, LPN, CPHIMS, SHIMSS

    Epic Systems Development Manager, Johns Hopkins Health System, Vice Chair

  3. Jasmine Agnew, RHIA, CPHIMS, FHIMSS

    Executive Director, Agnew, Davis, & Siddell Business Services LLC

  4. Vinil Bhuma, MD, MBA, FACHE, FAAFP, FACMQ, SFHM, CPE, CPHIMS

    Chief Medical Officer and Operations Executive HSHS St. Mary’s Hospital

  5. Thompson H. Boyd, III, M.D., CPDHTS, CPHIMS, FHIMSS

    Retired Physician - Internal Medicine and Clinical Informatics

  6. Lori Brooks, CPHIMS, SHIMSS

    Department Chair and Professor, Healthcare Information Systems Johnson County Community College

  7. Hank Fanberg, MBA, CPME, FHIMSS

    Instructor, Health Care Management University of New Orleans

  8. Oliver C Galicki, MPH, PMP, CPHIMS, CHCIO

    Vice President, Clinical Applications Memorial Hermann Health System

  9. Erika R. Malveaux, MS, Med, CPHIMS

    Manager, Information Systems University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

  10. Sarah Mason, CAHIMS, LSSGBH, LSSBB

    Sr Research Analyst Aledade

  11. Matthew Moore, MBA, CPHIMS, CHCIO

    Chief Technology Innovation Officer, Effingham Health System

  12. Maureen Slackway, MS, MLS(ASCP), CQA(ASQ), CPHIMS, CAPM

    Senior Solution Engineer CommonSpirit Health

  13. Carla Teasdale, DNP, RN-NI, CPHIMS

    Global Medical Affairs Manager - Digital Health, Vantive

  14. Kim Theodos, JD, MS, RHIA, CPHIMS

    MHI Program Chair and Associate Professor, Louisiana Tech University

HIMSS certification ambassadors

The HIMSS Certification Ambassadors help plan and participate in networking events, presentations, and related activities to promote the CAHIMS, CPHIMS and CPDHTS certifications.

  • Alzahrani Ahmed, CPHIMS Abdullah Alabdulwahab, CPHIMS Fouad Alamri, CPHIMS Yosra Aljubran, CPHIMS Nour Alkamel, CPHIMS Varintorn Aramvareekul, CPHIMS Cristina Arbizu, CPHIMS Karla-Camille Arguelles Sarmiento, CAHIMS Noorul Athar, CPHIMS Jean Wilner Deux Augustin, CAHIMS Justin Austin, CAHIMS Jose P Barbudo III, CPHIMS Dr. Greer Lynda Barlow, CPHIMS Nancy A Birschbach, CPHIMS MR Husam Bitar, BSPharm, CAHIMS Sherri Bouchard, CPHIMS Thompson H Boyd III, CPHIMS Ken Bradberry, CPHIMS Daniel Bregaglio, CPHIMS Sepi Browning, CPHIMS Philip Cherian, CPHIMS Kate Corbett, CPHIMS Leslie W Cothren, CPHIMS Ulf B Daneklev, CPHIMS Alesha K Egts, CPHIMS

  • DR Mohamed Ali Zahran Elbestawy, CPHIMS Sandra E Eppers, CPHIMS Timothy Falade, CPHIMS Brandon Fleharty, CPHIMS Jason Fouraker, CPHIMS Fabricio Gamboa, CAHIMS Jeff Goddard, CPHIMS Kareen Hall, CPHIMS Dr. Steph Hoelscher, CPHIMS Joy Iocca, CPHIMS Keltie Jamieson, CPHIMS-CA Lisa M Janeway, CPHIMS Rubin Jean, CPHIMS Paul Jones, CPHIMS Sui-Kuen Lyn-Canizalez, CPHIMS Ashish Masih, CPHIMS,FACHE,FHIMSS,MBA Sarah Mason, CAHIMS Kiten Meena, CPHIMS Michelle Rae Miller, CPHIMS John J Milner, CPHIMS Darris Mishler, CPHIMS Mary Moewe, CPHIMS Hossam Mohammed Ibraheem, CPHIMS Nilambari Naik, CPHIMS

  • Prashant Nambiar, CPHIMS Isaiah Nathaniel, CPHIMS Christina Newton, CPHIMS Michelle OHearn, CPHIMS Stan Park, CPHIMS Mario Ravic, CPHIMS Kelly Redd, CPHIMS Carlos A Rodriguez, CPHIMS Margo Salmon, CPHIMS-CA Erin Schroeder, CAHIMS Orlando Scott, CPHIMS Paul Seville, CPHIMS Jason Shaeffer, CPHIMS Jeffrey Sherrill, CPHIMS Heaven Sims, CAHIMS Cory Stephens, CPHIMS Barbara Strupek, CPHIMS Dr. Tamara Sunbul, CPHIMS Aerian Tatum, CPHIMS Prashant Vaishnava, CPHIMS Elizabeth Varughese, CPHIMS Frank Wang, CPHIMS Dr. Robert G Wood, CPHIMS Yingyao Zhang, CPHIMS