ABQAURP's Board of Directors

The Board of Directors meet three times per year. Board and Committee meetings are to be open to all Diplomates for observation, unless special notice is given. The dates and times are published on the ABQAURP Events webpage. Diplomates that would like to observe any of these meetings should contact us at abqaurp@abqaurp.org for information on observing these meetings.

Complete Board and Committee information may be found in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

Joseph G. Vitolo, MD, FAPA, FASAM, CHCQM-PHYADV, FABQAURP
Chairman of the Board

Certified by ABQAURP in 1986, Dr. Vitolo is currently the Chairman of the Board of Directors. He has been on the Board of Directors since 1998 and serves on numerous committees for ABQAURP. He has served as Vice Chair of the Board of Directors, Chair of the Exam Committee, Chair of the Credentials Committee, Chair of the Nominating Committee, and a member of the Education, Finance, and Executive Committees. Dr. Vitolo has a consultation-based private practice. He is a Physician Advisor/Medical Expert for the New Jersey PRO and has consulted for CMS through the Regional BFCC-QIO and various private entities. As well he provides consultations for Disability Determinations and Vocational Rehabilitation.

Dr. Vitolo is also a Federal Contractor in the System of Award Management (SAM) and holds two Federal Contracts as a Medical Expert Consultant with the Social Security Administration, specifically, the Office of Hearings Operations and the Office of Appellate Operations. Dr. Vitolo received his MD from the University of Monterrey and completed his Clinical Clerkship at S.U.N.Y. Downstate Medical Center, Coney Island Hospital.

He has the following certifications: Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Diplomate of American Board of Addiction Medicine, Certified by the American Society of Addiction Medicine, Diplomate and Senior Disability Analyst of the American Board of Disability Analysts, Certified Disability Examiner of the National Association of Disability Examiners, Fellow of the American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians, Certified Health Care Quality Management, Certified-Community Emergency Response Team, and holds a FEMA-National Incident Management System Certificate.

Sunil K. Sinha, MD, MBA, CHCQM, FACHE, FABQAURP
Vice Chairman

Dr. Sunil Sinha is Vice President of Population Health and Quality and Sentara Health Plans in Richmond, VA. He was formerly the Chief Medical Officer of the BJC Medical Group in St. Louis, Missouri; the Chief Medical Officer of ChenMed and JenCare Neighborhood Medical Centers in Virginia; and the Chief Medical Officer at Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical Center in Richmond, VA. Prior to joining Bon Secours, Dr. Sinha served as Director for Medical and Public Health Policy for Pfizer Inc. in New York and Washington, D.C., and as a senior medical officer at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. He also worked for the Department of Veterans Affairs, where he served as the Director of the Managed Care Clinical Center of the VA Maryland Health Care System and the Director of Primary Care at the Marion VA Medical Center.

Dr. Sinha has been an ABQAURP Diplomate since 2000; and is currently serving as Chair of the Education Committee and Editor-in-Chief of the HCQM Core Body of Knowledge course, in addition to serving as ABQAURP's Board Secretary in the past. He is a board-certified internist and maintains his clinical affiliation at the CrossOver Health Care Ministry charitable clinic in Richmond, Virginia, where he sees patients one day a week. Dr. Sinha was a senior examiner and national judge for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award program and served as a juror for the National Quality Forum’s National Health Care Quality Award and the Joint Commission’s John M. Eisenberg Award.

David L. Fishman, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FACP, FCCP, FAHA, CHCQM-PHYADV, FABQAURP
Treasurer

David L. Fishman, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FACP, FCCP, FAHA, CHCQM-PHYADV is a board-certified internist and interventional cardiologist practicing in the Chicago, IL area. He is a graduate of the University of Illinois College of Medicine and completed postgraduate education at the University of Illinois and Loyola University. His postgraduate education included a Residency in Internal Medicine, a Fellowship in Cardiology, and a Master of Science degree. Dr. Fishman holds medical licenses in Illinois, California, Florida, and Arizona. He is a long-time member, former officer and board member, of the Illinois Chapter of the American College of Cardiology, advancing a platform of advocacy and education while seeking to limit the progression of restrictive legislation regarding patient’s access to cardiologist and physician reimbursement issues during a period of industry turmoil.

Dr. Fishman has vast experience in hospital governance and holds numerous designations and certifications that place him at the top of his medical specialty. In addition to private practice, Dr. Fishman has held many leadership positions including President of the Medical Staff, as well as Chairman of the Department of Cardiology, Utilization Review, Bylaws, Credentials and the Performance Improvement Committees. He previously served as a Member of the Resurrection Health Care Board of Directors and the Professional Affairs committee. He served as Physician Advisor at Community First Medical Center from 1999-2019.

Dr. Fishman is a Fellow of the American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians, Inc. (ABQAURP) and has been a Diplomate since 1993. He has served on the Board of Directors since 2005 and is certified in Health Care Quality Management (CHCQM), with sub-specialty certification in Case Management, Managed Care, Patient Safety/Risk Management, Physician Advisor, Transitions of Care, and Workers’ Compensation. Dr. Fishman is co-author of the Accreditation module in the ABQAURP Core Body of Knowledge course and is author of numerous publications in the Cardiology field. He participates on several ABQAURP committees, serving as Chair of the Finance Committee and Vice Chair of the Bylaws and Ethics Committees.

Thompson Boyd III, MD, CHCQM, CPHIMS, FABQAURP
Director

Certified by ABQAURP in 1998, Dr. Boyd has served on the Board of Directors since 2011, and has been involved with various ABQAURP committees, currently serving as Chair of the Ethics Committee and Vice Chair of the CME Committee. Dr. Boyd previously served as the Medical Director of Informatics/Physician Liaison at Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Hahnemann was a 540-bed hospital with a Level I Regional Resource Trauma Center and academic teaching programs in the medical and surgical specialties. After 25 years of practice in Internal Medicine, Dr. Boyd also worked at Hahnemann in the areas of physician compliance with patient status (the Observation Program), revenue cycle integrity (appeals and contracts with payers), and managing a Computerized Physician Order Entry system with 172 active order sets in production. Working with ABQAURP since the late 1990s has been foundational regarding the financial, quality, and value based practice of health care.

Regina Breault, Chief of Finance & Operations
Director

As head of corporate administration, Ms. Breault is responsible for the organization’s financial functions and to ensure efficient and financially sound operations. She leads operations and all human resource activities. Her career spans more than 30 years of varied experience in financial management, planning and budgeting, systems of internal controls, marketing, operations, business leadership, and corporate strategy. Ms. Breault has 20 years of service with ABQAURP and earned a Bachelor of Science from the University of Florida, Warrington College of Business. She participates on the Executive, Nominating, and Bylaws Committees and serves as Vice Chair of the Finance Committee.

Kimberly K. Garner, MD, JD, MPH, FAAFP, CHCQM, FABQAURP
Director

Dr. Kimberly Garner was certified by ABQAURP in 2014 and elected to the Board in 2023. Dr. Garner is the Rehabilitation and Extended Care Integrated Clinical Communities Lead for the South Central Veterans Health Care System Network. She also serves as the National Program Lead for the CHCQM award-winning quality initiative, the Veterans Health Administration Enterprise-Wide: Advance Care Planning via Group Visits. Dr. Garner is also an Associate Professor at the Donald W. Reynolds Center on Aging at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. She is Board certified in Family Practice and has certificates of added qualifications in Geriatrics and Palliative Care. Dr. Garner is a member of the ABQAURP CME Committee.

Cheri Lattimer, RN, BSN
Director

Cheri Lattimer, RN, BSN, is Executive Director for the National Transitions of Care Coalition (NTOCC) and CEO of Integrity Consulting & Advocacy. Her leadership in quality improvement, case management, care coordination, and transitions of care is known on the national and international landscape. She has been invited to present her work at national and international conferences, including the Anna Reynvaan Lecture at the University of Amsterdam. Additionally, in presentations to more than 900 nurses from the Netherlands and Belgium, she lectured on the topic of integrated nursing health management of the complex patient. Her work has been featured in several publications, including the Healthcare Executive, Dorland’s Case In Point, Professional Case Management, Care Management and Seniority. She is affiliated with various professional organizations and maintains active roles on several national boards and committees including URAC’s Health Standards Committee, CMS Caregiver Workgroup, CMS Advisory Panel on Outreach and Education, ACHIEVE, and American Nurses Association.

Mrs. Lattimer is a Professional Member of ABQAURP and has participated as a subject matter expert for the HCQM Exam and Core Body of Knowledge, Case Management and Transitions of Care sections. She also has lectured at ABQAURP conferences and is a member of the CME Committee.

Barry Slotky, MD, MS-PSL,CHCQM, FABQAURP
Director

Certified by ABQAURP in 1988, Dr. Slotky has served on the Board of Directors since 2006, the CME Committee since his certification, various other ABQAURP Committees, currently serving as Chair of the Bylaws Committee, Vice Chair of the Credentials Committee, and Co-Vice Chair of the HCQM Exam Committee. Dr. Slotky is board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology and is a Diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME).  He is a member of the American Medical Association, Illinois State Medical Society, and a Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

He is President of the Central Illinois Medical Review Organization. Dr. Slotky is a graduate of the University of Michigan, earned his MD from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and completed his OB/GYN residency and rotating internship at the William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan. Dr. Slotky has more than 30 years of experience in Quality Assurance and Utilization Review as a member and chairman of the UR Committee and as a member of the Quality Management Council for OSF St. Joseph Medical Center in Bloomington, Illinois.

Dr. Slotky is currently in private practice in Bloomington, Illinois, and achieved his Master’s Degree in Patient Safety Leadership through the University of Illinois in 2013.