OUR TEAMS
United Rheumatology’s mission is to be the premier management services organization for independent rheumatologists, supporting them in their commitment to provide the best standards of care for their patients while leading in the development of value-based precision medicine.
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United Rheumatology
United Rheumatology’s leadership team is a seasoned group of professionals with clinical, payer, technology, analytics and practice administration expertise. Each member of the UR leadership team is committed to sustaining the role of independent rheumatology.
Amanda Ciardiello
Senior Director, Operations
Andrew Concoff, MD
Executive Vice President, Chief Value Medical Officer
Bhavna Dhillon
Executive Director, Clinically Integrated Networks
Debra Shultis
Senior Practice Relations Manager
Douglas Tardio
Chief Executive Officer
Elizabeth Sajeva
Administrative Assistant
Emily Columbus
Practice Relations Manager
James F. Albano
Executive Vice President, Payer Strategy and Operations
Kelley Jewett
Senior Vice President, Recruitment and Pharma Relations
Lynette Byrnes
Senior Vice President, Operations
Max Hamburger, MD
Founder, Executive Chairman, Chief Medical Officer
Patrick Murphy
Chief Financial Officer
Patti Levey
Senior Director, Meetings and Events
William Moore
Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
Practice Administrators
The Practice Administrator’s Committee serves as a central resource for UR’s members, offering members and their practices information and education regarding best practices in office administration, as well as helping members and UR adapt to changes in policies, plans and actions from commercial payers and CMS. The UR-PAC supports the continued development of UR’s data warehouse, and works with UR’s Medical Policy Committee to ensure quality care and shared decision making within a practice’s population and UR membership.
United Rheumatology is indebted to our PAC members, who serve 2-year terms, and who meet 4 times per year in person.
Georgia Bonney
Judith Stovall
Laura Joyner
Lynette Byrnes
Maureen Schoch
SaVonna Staton
Theresa Cooper
Medical Policy Committee
United Rheumatology’s Medical Policy Committee (UR-MPC) consists of 35 +/- of the country’s leading community rheumatologists, representing a variety of perspectives and practice sizes. The MPC is responsible for drafting and updating UR’s Clinical Pathways, which represent UR’s commitment to advancing the standard of care. Our Pathways are drafted from the perspective of the community physician and his /her patients, and provide our members with actionable guidelines for the diagnosis and management of a wide array of rheumatologic disorders.
United Rheumatology is indebted to our MPC members, who serve 2-year terms; the full Committee meets 4 times per year, with Subcommittees meeting more often by phone.
Adrienne Hollander, MD
Alan Epstein, MD
Allan Gibofsky, MD
Alvin Wells, MD
Amiel Tokayer, MD
Andrew Concoff, MD
Andrew Laster, MD
Barry Gruber, MD
Carlos Alonso, MD
Charles Pritchard, MD
Cody Wasner, MD
Dale Halter, MD
Daniel Wallace, MD
David Bacha, MD
Douglas Smith, MD
Ellen Field, MD
Evan Siegel, MD
Gary Crump, MD
Gary Feldman, MD
Grace Wright, MD
Herbert Baraf, MD
Howard Blumstein, MD
Joseph Grisanti, MD
Kamran Chaudhary, MD
Lawrence Edwards, MD
Mark Harris, MD
Mark Pearson, MD
Max Hamburger, MD
Michael Schweitz, MD
Michael Strachan, MD
Michelle Petri, MD
Moges Sisay, MD
Paul DeMarco, MD
Paul Schulman, MD
Reeti K. Joshi, MD
Robin K. Dore, MD
Shelley Weiner, MD
Suneya Hogarty, DO
Timothy Howard, DO
International Consultants
Daniel Aletaha, MD
Josef Smolen, MD
Board of Directors
Douglas Tardio
Max Hamburger, MD
Chairman