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MOC Governance

Advisory and Oversight Committee

The MOC Advisory and Oversight Committee meets monthly to review, provide feedback, and approve new project applications, help align and prioritize QI activities across the organization and community and provide any additional recommendations to the MOC program’s leaders.

2024 committee members

MOC Program

  • Joel Tieder (MOC Program Director and MOC QI Coach)
  • Jimmy Beck (MOC QI Coach)
  • Elizabeth Jacobson (MOC QI Coach)
  • Cheery Yip (MOC Program Manager)
  • Grace Franada (MOC Program Coordinator)

Center for Diversity and Health Equity representative

  • Maggie Lackey (Program Manager II, Center for Diversity)

Quality Improvement representative

  • Lori Rutman (Director, The Quality Improvement [QI] Scholars Program)

MOC Project Leader representative

  • Annika Hofstetter (Principal Investigator Supv, Clinical and Translational Research)

Physician Assistant (PA) representative

  • Haley Sittner (Advanced Practice Provider, Lead, Neurosciences Prac Plan)

QI Coaches

Our Quality Improvement (QI) Coaches bring diverse expertise in QI, including QI education, leadership, and research. Our QI Coaches support MOC Project Leaders and teams to:

  • Develop impactful and meaningful QI projects
  • Obtain, display, and evaluate process and outcome measures
  • Identify and mitigate barriers to improvement
  • Learn and apply QI skills
  • Create scholarly work when applicable

Current QI Coaches

Joel S Tieder, MD, MPH

Joel S Tieder, MD, MPH

Jimmy Brant Beck, MD

Jimmy Brant Beck, MD

Dr. Elizabeth Jacobson

Elizabeth Jacobson, MD,

Contact Us

General inquiries: (email)  

Program Director: Joel S. Tieder, MD, MPH (email)

Program Manager: Cheery Yip (email)

Program Coordinator: Grace Franada (email)

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