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10 healthcare interoperability experts
These ten health IT leaders have led interoperability and health information exchange work inside healthcare provider and payer organizations. A reader can learn how health systems and health plans connect their systems and exchange patient data with outside partners.
Professionals to explore
01—10Davidson James
LinkedInExperience: Executive Director Interoperability · AdventHealth
Executive Director Interoperability at AdventHealth since 2016, and former Corporate HIE Director there (2011–2016). The profile describes accountability for interoperability, interfaces, integration and HIE at AdventHealth. Former Senior Manager, Integration and EDI (1999–2004) and Director, Information Systems at AdventHealth.
Evan Carter
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director, Interoperability and Provider Ecosystem Technology · Ascension
Sr. Director, Interoperability and Provider Ecosystem Technology at Ascension since 2024. Former Senior Director at PointClickCare (2009–2023) and Associate at Booz Allen Hamilton (2006–2009). Former Center Manager at MRI Management (2004–2005). The profile places this person's work in the healthcare IT field across strategy, governance and project management.
Kara Holleran
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director Health Information Management and Clinical Interoperability, Digital · Mass General Brigham
Senior Director Health Information Management and Clinical Interoperability, Digital at Mass General Brigham since 2024, and listed as Program Director, Health System Operations there since 2019. Former Application Manager, Ecare (2015–2019) and Team Lead, Ecare (2012–2015) at Mass General Brigham.
Kara Justi
LinkedInExperience: IT Director Population Health and Interoperability · Cleveland Clinic
IT Director Population Health and Interoperability at Cleveland Clinic since 2024. The profile describes leading interdisciplinary teams at Cleveland Clinic that support value-based care, home-based services and research initiatives and that advance interoperability.
Karen Borosky
LinkedInExperience: Director Health Information Exchange · Highmark Inc.
Director Health Information Exchange at Highmark Inc. since 2013, where the profile says this person directed, administered and coordinated Health Information Exchange (HIE) services across the enterprise. Former Client Services Manager at UPMC Enterprise Analytics and Provider Data Management (2012–2013).
Paul Francaviglia
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Digital Product Delivery and Interoperability · Mount Sinai Health System
Senior Director, Digital Product Delivery and Interoperability at Mount Sinai Health System since 2020. Former Director of Information Technology (2017–2020), Associate Director of Information Technology (2013–2017) and Analytics Manager (2010–2013) at Mount Sinai Health System.
Phillip Kwang
LinkedInExperience: Director, Data Interoperability & Exchange · Ascension
Director, Data Interoperability & Exchange at Ascension since 2015. The profile describes serving on the Ascension Technologies Enterprise Services & Data team as the manager over the Intersystems Information Exchange & Patient Portal platforms. Former Manager, Strategy & Operations - Electronic Health Systems Solutions at Deloitte (2011–2015).
Roma Patel
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, IT Interoperability · Surgery Partners, Inc
Senior Director, IT Interoperability at Surgery Partners, Inc since 2026, and Director, Interfaces there since 2020. The profile describes leading efforts to connect systems, streamline data exchange and ensure compliance with evolving standards such as HL7 and FHIR. Former Manager, Laboratory Information Systems at Surgery Partners, Inc (2019–2020).
Semira Singh
LinkedInExperience: Director of Interoperability (Product) · Providence
Former Director of Interoperability (Product) at Providence (2022–2025), and former Manager, Product Management (2019–2022) and Senior Business Analyst (Product Manager), Population Health (2018–2019) there. Former Sr. Director Product Management - Interoperability at WellSky (2025–2026), and VBP Group Solutions Lead at Risant Health since 2026.
Sridhar Nelakudity
LinkedInExperience: Director - Interoperability · Hartford HealthCare
Director - Interoperability at Hartford HealthCare since 2023, and listed as Application Manager - Interoperability there since 2017. Former Technical Team Lead -Interfaces at Hartford HealthCare (2014–2017) and Database Adminstrator & Interface Analyst at Charlotte Hungerford Hospital (2012–2013).
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's setting to yours, since interoperability inside a large multi-hospital system differs from health information exchange work at a health plan. Also decide whether your question is mainly about interface engineering, exchange strategy and partnerships, or product and regulatory requirements, and pick someone whose roles centered on that.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you decide which data exchanges to build first when every department wants a new interface?
- 02Where does FHIR fit alongside existing HL7 interfaces and health information exchange connections in your organization?
- 03How do you organize and staff an interoperability team so that interface work does not become a bottleneck?
Reaching healthcare interoperability experts
How can I contact one of these healthcare interoperability experts?
Pick one of the 10 people on this page and choose "Book a paid call", or describe your project to find others. You offer a fee for a 15-minute call or a written answer, Instant Expert finds the person's work email and sends the invitation, and they decide whether to accept. The list covers 9 companies, including AdventHealth, Ascension and Mass General Brigham, based on profile data retrieved on October 4, 2026. Being listed here doesn't mean someone has agreed to take calls.
How much does it cost to reach healthcare interoperability experts?
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