Standing (L to R): Frank Sites, Trish DeLisi, Joy Iocca, Devin Elliott, Nadine Opstbaum, Gayle Stidsen-Smith, Dave Scher, Matt Guldin, Viraj Patwardhan, Samir Mehta, Scott Engelman, Mark Stevens Not pictured: Ken Autieri, Sherri Duarte, Gemma Lowery, Liana Romero
Standing (L to R): Frank Sites, Trish DeLisi, Joy Iocca, Devin Elliott, Nadine Opstbaum, Gayle Stidsen-Smith, Dave Scher, Matt Guldin, Viraj Patwardhan, Samir Mehta, Scott Engelman, Mark Stevens Not pictured: Ken Autieri, Sherri Duarte, Gemma Lowery, Liana Romero

Dear Delaware Valley HIMSS Chapter Members:

I am honored to lead a community dedicated to excellence, innovation, and collaboration. Whether you are a new member or a longtime contributor and supporter of the DVHIMSS chapter, your contributions are invaluable to our success. Those who wish to contribute even more, please volunteer here to make an impact.

Our goal for this year is to provide you with cutting-edge content, provide opportunities to network and work towards the common goal of improving health outcomes. We will explore new opportunities together, learn, and achieve remarkable goals.

I am excited about this upcoming year and confident that our collective effort will bring about positive change in healthcare IT and improve lives. Thank you for being a part of this incredible journey.

Our DVHIMSS Goal
Our goal as a HIMSS chapter is to leverage technology, such as artificial intelligence, while ensuring that the value proposition is captured, patient safety is upheld, privacy is protected, and a return on investment is shown for continuously shrinking margins. This is no small feat!

The Board’s Goal
As President for this year, I aim to provide opportunities to learn, connect, and grow as a regional chapter so we can all deliver on our goal of streamlining and improving health care.

I’m excited to work with our Board of Directors this year, and I look forward to the engaging events ahead.

2024-2025 Events
We have planned exciting events, including the NJDVHIMSS Fall Conference, the Spring Symposium, and our year-end Phillies event at Citizen’s Bank Park. The board is hard at work planning additional programs and events to connect. We have several committees underway, and I invite you to get involved in an area that interests you! Reach out to a chair to get started.

  1. Sponsorship Committee – Chair: Nadine Opstbaum
  2. Advocacy Committee – Co-Chair(s): David Scher MD, Mark Stevens
  3. Membership Committee – Co-Chair(s): Ken Autieri, Joy Iocca
  4. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee – Chair: Gemma Lowery
  5. Programs Committee – Chair: Devin Elliot
  6. Communication Committee – Co-Chair(s): Matt Guldin, Trish DeLisi

Our Board has representation from many aspects of healthcare and includes four new board members this year. I’m excited for a fantastic year, and I look forward to what we will learn from each other and accomplish together!

Viraj Patwardhan

President, Delaware Valley HIMSS

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