Board Brings Extensive Experience Across Healthcare To Support Inteleos’ Mission 

Rockville, MD, Feb. 9, 2024 – Inteleos, a non-profit global healthcare certification organization, today announced its Board of Directors. Inteleos’ new Board is composed of a diverse mix of leaders with extensive experience in global healthcare, technology, business and finance. 

“We are very pleased to welcome six current Board Members – some to new roles – as well as our newest board members, a few of whom have served Inteleos’ councils for some time,” said Inteleos CEO Dale Cyr. “This stellar group of professionals are dedicated to the advancement of global quality patient care, lifelong learning and to the latest technological advances in medicine and business.” 

The new Board will enhance Inteleos’ mission to ensure access to quality care. 

As of January 1, 2024, the Inteleos Board includes: 

Board Executives 

Luciana Young, MD, FAHA, FACC FASE – Chair
Professor of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine
Director of Echocardiography, Seattle Children’s Hospital 

Teresa Bieker, MBA, CRA, RDMS, RDCS, RVT – Vice Chair
Radiology Quality Manager at University of Colorado Hospital, UCHealth 

Ian Necus – Treasurer 
Head of Engineering, Colibri Group 

Tricia Turner, BS, RDMS, RVT, FSDMS – Secretary
Assistant Director of Education and Program Director Diagnostic Medical Sonography South Hills School of Business & Technology, State College, PA 

Board Directors 

Neil Sahota, MHP, CGEIT, PgMP 
Chief Executive Officer, ACSI Labs. 

Raymond Russell, III, MD, PhD, FACC, MASNC
Professor of Medicine, Warren Alpert School of Medicine, Brown University 

Carrie Hayes, MHS, PA-C, RDMS, RVT 
Doctoral Fellow, University of Lynchburg, 2024, Interventional Radiology Physician Assistant/Ultrasound Educator, RADIA/Medford Radiology Group, Chair, Society for Interventional Radiology NP/PA Section 

Vera Zlidar, MHS
Technical Director, Global Health at Kaizen, A Tetra Tech company  

Ernesto Brauer, MD, RDMS, RDCS, ASCeXAM, CCMeXAM, FACP, FCCP, D, ABSM
Medical Informaticist, Advocate Aurora Healthcare, St. Luke’s Hospital 

Joshua Robinson, MD, FASE, FSCMR
Section Head, Cardiac Imaging, Ann & Robert Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Professor of Pediatrics & Radiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine 

Leah Jolly, MSAH, RVT, RPhS
Assistant Professor, Program Director of Vascular Technology, Oregon Institute of Technology 

About Inteleos
Inteleos™ is a non-profit certification organization that fuels the global health community to ensure access to quality care. Inteleos is the overarching governance and management organization for the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography® (ARDMS®) the Alliance for Physician Certification & Advancement™ (APCA™) and the Point-of-Care Ultrasound Certification Academy™ (PCA) which together represents more than 134,000 certified medical professionals throughout the world. The Inteleos Foundation represents the philanthropic efforts for the organization.  

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