Damon Longworth is the conference chair for the Excel User Conferences held around the world www.exceluserconference.com. He has a B.S. in Accounting from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Damon developed his spreadsheet skills using Excel in the accounting field for more than 10 years. He...

Dan Hotka is a Training Specialist who has over 28 years in the computer industry and over 23 years of experience with Oracle products.  He is an internationally recognized Oracle expert with Oracle experience dating back to the Oracle V4.0 days.  Hotka’s latest book is...

Daniel Bradford, MD, MPH is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Duke University Medical Center, as well as a staff psychiatrist at the Durham VA Medical Center.  His clinical work is primarily at the Durham VA, where he is the Director of both the...

Darlene Boschert, RHIA, CPC, CPC-H, CPC, have been in the medical field for over 30 years. She is currently working for Altegra Health, formerly known as The Coding Source, as a Senior Coding Specialist and Auditor.   Darlene has served on The National Advisory Board for the...

David Casavant is president of The OSHA Advisor, a regulatory compliance consulting firm specializing in workplace health & safety issues. His articles can be found in a number of trade publications including the Facility Management Journal, Business & Legal Report, Buildings Magazine and Spa Magazine.Casavant...

David Jakielo has been speaking, consulting and teaching business methods to managers, clerical staffs and business owners throughout North America, Europe and Asia for over 30 years.He has extensive experience in sales, marketing, customer service, business start-ups and turnarounds.He is co-author of four books: The latest...

Dr. David Treadway is a marriage and family therapist who has been leading workshops throughout the country for the past 25 years. He is the author of Before It’s Too Late: Working With Substance Abuse in the Family, Dead Reckoning: A Therapist Confronts His Own...

David V. Hunter, Chief Executive Officer, The Mary Wade Home, has been a Licensed Nursing Home Administrator for over 20 years and has been with the Mary Wade Home for 26 years. Hunter directed the organization through the expansion of the nursing home and the Adult...

David Fein, MBA, is the CEO and president of ValuSource, which for more than 20 years has been the leading provider of business valuation software, data and report writers for CPAs, M&A professionals and business owners. Founded in 1985, ValuSource had managed a track record...

David H. Ringstrom, CPA, is president of Accounting Advisors, Inc., as well as a professional spreadsheet consultant. Ringstrom is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants, where he also serves as an executive committee member...

David R. Donnersberger, MD, JC, is the co-director of the Third-Year Medicine Clerkship for the Feinburg School of Medicine at Northwestern University. In addition to his teaching responsibilities, Donnersberger is a practicing attorney with a specialty in medical ethics. He has presented in the past...

Ms. Gray is the Manager of Surgery Center Billing.  Ms. Gray has worked in the healthcare field for over 19 years in several capacities from patient care to billing, collections, consulting, auditing and managed care contracting.  She is a Certified Professional Coder and an active...

Debbie Farmer, CPC, ACS-AN, has more than 25 years in the medical field; with reimbursement, billing and coding experience in the hospital, ambulatory surgery center, anesthesia and pain management fields.  As part of her reimbursement experience she specialized in Medicare and Medicaid policy.  The knowledge...

Debbie Abel, Au.D. is the director of reimbursement for the American Academy of Audiology. Dr. Abel also provides audiologic services supporting two otolaryngologists in Poway, CA and is an adjunct instructor at  A.T. Still University. She received her B.S. in Education and M.A. from Kent...

Deborah Gilden, Ph.D. (aka “The PowerPoint Princess”) has been doing freelance PowerPoint presentation design and instruction for over ten years.  Her clients include advertising and marketing agencies; high-tech firms; financial, health, insurance, and graphics companies; attorneys, physicians, dentists, research scientists, architects, realtors, international business brokers,...

Ms. Grider is a Senior Manager with Blue and Co, LLC with over 30 years of experience in coding, reimbursement, practice management, billing compliance, accounts receivable, revenue cycle management, and compliance across many specialties. Her specific areas of expertise include medical documentation reviews, accounts receivable...

Deborah A. Randall has twenty-four years of experience in the health services industry.  She is a partner at Arent Fox, practicing in the Health Law Group and has served twice as a Department Manager of the firm. Randall specializes in regulatory, reimbursement, corporate and compliance...

Debra Seidel-Bittke, RDH, BS, began her career over twenty years ago as a registered dental assistant and office administrator. In 1984 she graduated from The University of Southern California (USC) with a bachelors degree in dental hygiene. Bittke is a former Clinical Assistant Professor at the...

Debra Wiggs, FACMPE,  has a passion for helping physician practices be effective medical service businesses through her consulting company, Trinity Management Solutions. She is also affiliated with Maxwell IT, an independent EHR selection and implementation company that specializes in providing small group practices with project...

Debra Pierce, MD, MBA, CPC, is the founder and managing member of Pierce MD Consulting, LLC, an independent health care compliance consulting services company.  Her unique combination of clinical, coding and compliance activities, and blend of billing and business pursuits, spans over seventeen years of experience...

Debra P. Ferenc, BS, CPC, CPC-H, CMSCS, PCS, Founder and Past President of the Gulf to Bay Local Chapter of the American Academy of Professional Coders, is the Senior Consultant / Educator in her company Medical Recovery & Consulting Experts, Inc. (MRCE). She has almost...

Denae M. Merrill, CPC-E/M, is the owner of Merrill Medical Management where she consults with physician offices on coding and billing issues. As an active member in her local AAPC Chapter she has served as Secretary and President-Elect and is currently President.Her professional accomplishments include...

Denese Estep is a senior consultant with Fowler Healthcare Affiliates, Inc., and has over 23 years of experience in all facets of rehabilitation. She has functioned in a number of positions including direct patient care, operations management, clinical management, clinical and operational education and consulting....

Dennis Mihale, M.D., is the chief executive officer of Parses, a claims auditing company. In his previous role he served as medical director for PatientKeeper, Inc., responsible for driving development of mobile computing to support patient safety initiatives, and improve reimbursements to providers. Dr. Mihale...

Dennis Taylor is the master of all things Excel, the author of "Teach Yourself Microsoft Excel 2000" and co-author of five other books on spreadsheet software. He has developed and presented specialized Excel courses to numerous clients over the past 20 years, and has authored...

Dr. Dennis Beck is President and CEO of Beacon Medical Services, an emergency medicine coding, billing and practice management company. Dr. Beck has an extensive clinical and administrative background. He has been a Medical Director for several emergency departments and most recently was Medical Director...

Dennis L. Padget is President and founder of DLPadget Enterprises, Inc. in Simpsonville, Kentucky, publisher of Pathology Service Coding Handbook. He is a Certified Public Accountant and a Fellow in the Healthcare Financial Management Association. He has an MBA degree from the University of Chicago...

Diana Waugh brings both formal education and years of practical nursing experience to her audience. She has served on faculties in all types of nursing programs; managed a regional rehabilitation program; worked as a long term care consultant for over 15 years; and even learned...

Diana W. Voorhees, M.A., CLS, MT, SH, CLCP, is president and CEO of DV & Associates, Inc. Previously she was director of sales and marketing and senior consultant for a national coding and reimbursement firm for nearly five years.  Prior to that, she held various...

Diane Bogino works with corporate and individual clients in performance improvement, leadership, creating a coaching culture, dynamic communications, attitudes, conflict resolution, career development, resume preparation, and personal development. As a former actress and model, she brings a unique insight into human behavior and performance. Studying...

Diane Barrett is currently an instructor at the University of Technology in Tempe, AZ. She also runs NextGard Technology, a security awareness and consulting company. Diane has been involved in the IT industry for about 15 years. She spent 7 years working in a software...

Diane Peters RN, NHA, MS has over 35 years of experience that includes work as a clinician, health care administrator, regional assisted living director, educator, healthcare lobbyist and quality improvement consultant.  Diane serves on several national and regional committees and work groups focused on culture...

Dr. Dianne Ditmer is a clinical nurse educator and Certified Forensic Nurse with a background in risk management and emergency nursing.  Her clinical training and certifications include forensic nursing and medical error investigation.  As a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner, Dr. Ditmer serves as chairman of...

Dick Chwalek has been involved in dental marketing since 1996, with his company Niche Agency and in the past with another national firm.  He has consulted with, and offered his brand expertise to, over 150 dental practices across the country crafting dental marketing plans, PR...

Don Davis has worked as a secondary school teacher and LEA grant writer for more than 21 years. He has held a position on several local civic and NPO boards and volunteers as the President of the Dollars for Scholars Foundation in Gooding, Idaho. He brings an extensive...

Donelle Holle, RN, has nearly 30 years of coding and billing experience in the Pediatric practice. She has worked in the primary care pediatric practice as a nurse, as well as a manager and biller. She later went into consulting and began providing seminars on...

Donna Potter, MSW, LCSW, has been working in the field of family mental health with traumatized children since 1992. She received her Masters Degree in Social Work in 1997 from Syracuse University. She provides training in attachment, trauma and evidence-based mental health practices throughout North...

Donna J. Richmond, BA, CPC, RCC, has 16 years of coding experience, with expertise in interventional and diagnostic radiology, family practice and cardiology. She is currently Quality Assurance Supervisor for CodeRyteTM. Richmond served on the Radiology Coding Certification Board’s education committee and the Radiology Business...

Doral Davis-Jacobsen, BHS, MBA, CMPE, is a manager with Dixon Hughes PLLC. Her areas of focus include managed care contracting, accounts receivable analysis, financial analysis, operations management, project management and managerial consulting. Davis-Jacobsen has a Bachelor of Health Services Administration from Florida Atlantic University and a...

Doris Branker, CPC, CPC-I CEMC, CIRCC, is an independent practice management consultant. As a former medical coding and reimbursement instructor, Branker has trained dozens of certified professional coders. She specializes in physician education, compliance and practice management and reimbursement strategies. She holds a Degree in...

Dorothy Doughty, MN, RN, CWOCN, FAAN, has been the Director for the Emory University Wound Ostomy Continence Nursing Education Center since 1984 and has worked as a wound care nurse since 1980. She has served as a wound care consultant in the long-term care setting...

Dorothy Steed, CPC-H, CHCC, CPUM, CPUR, CPHM, CPMA, ACS-OP, CCS-P, RCC, CPMA, RMC, CEMC, CPC-I, CFPC, PCS, FCS, CPAR is an Independent Healthcare Consultant and Educator in Atlanta.     She was a Medicare specialist for a large hospital system and a physician audit supervisor for another...

Doug Luciani leads PRofit from PR - Public Relations and Marketing.  The Orlando based firm specializes in media relations, marketing communications, e-marketing strategies and media training.Luciani’s work has been recognized with a number of Florida Public Relations Association Image Awards and several broadcasting awards.  PRofit...

D. Douglas Dorman, SPHR, FACHE, is vice president of human resources at Greenville Hospital System, an integrated healthcare delivery system with approximately 1,100 beds and 7,800 employees, including 300 employed physicians. Prior to coming to Greenville in 1995, Doug was vice president of human resources...

Douglas B. Palmer, BS Health Administration, CCS-P has over 17 years of Practice Management, Revenue Cycle Management, HIM and Consulting experience. He has worked with medical practices of all sizes, been on the management team of some of the countries leading healthcare facilities, and consulted...

Dr. Christie Teigland has specialized in long term care quality measurement research for the past 10 years. She has served as Principal Investigator for six large outcome studies, including a 4-year patient safety project funded by DHHS (AHRQ) that developed innovative predictive risk reports for...

Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA CMP™ is founding CEO of the Institute of Medical Business Advisors. iMBA Inc is a leading national scope provider of real time medical practice management reports, books, dictionaries, journals, financial planning and advisory opinions, Fair Market Value appraisals and educational...

Dr. Kosta Makrodimitris, PhD, CF-FDA, CP-EHR, is Biomedical/Health Informatics Advisor, Author & Strategist. He is certified on EHR/PHR, Clinical Trials, Biotech/Drug Development, and trained in US FDA/DHHS laws, regulations (medical devices, foods, drugs, personalized medicine, health IT). He is involved as: Advisor and participant (ONC/DHHS for...

Dr. Mukesh Kumar is a Washington DC-based consultant in regulatory affairs and quality assurance for manufacturers and developers of FDA-regulated products. He leads the Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance departments at Amarex, a full service pharmaceutical product development company based in Germantown, MD (www.amarexcro.com). His...

Dr. Nagina Parmar is a certified clinical research professional and senior clinical research Associate at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. Dr. Parmar is also involved in teaching Biology, Microbiology, Life Sciences for Clinical practice, Principles of clinical research undergraduate and graduate courses at...

Dr. Richard Chamberlain has provided executive consulting services to numerous Pharmaceutical, Biotechnical, Medical Device companies, and international Contract Research Organizations in the areas of strategic planning project management for the development of computerized project management tools and Computer Systems Validation. Richard managed large-scale clinical projects...

Christy M. Drapala is a graduate of Rider College with a BA in Education. A lead member of Intervention and Referral Services Team, Drapala taught first through eighth grades for 9 years before returning to The College of New Jersey for her master's in Counseling...

  Dreama Sloan-Kelly, MD, CCS has over 13 years of experience in the medical field. A graduate of Wellesley College and Tufts University School of Medicine she has a varied background including clinical, billing, and coding. Dreama speaks at various seminars, imparting her knowledge in...

Dreama Sloan-Kelly, MD, CCS has over 13 years of experience in the medical field. A graduate of Wellesley College and Tufts University School of Medicine she has a varied background including clinical, billing, and coding. Dreama speaks at various seminars, imparting her knowledge in an...

Drew Stevens Ph.D. is a world-renowned business marketing mentor for doctors. Drew is one of those very rare practice experts with not only 30 years of true experience but advanced degrees in marketing productivity. Dr. Drew works with physicians and medicos such as chiropractors who...

Ms. Drummond brings over 20 years of experience and twelve coding and billing certifications: CPC-I, CPC, CPC-H, CHA, MCMC, CIBS, PCS, FCS, CMC, ACS-RA, ACS-OB/GYN and CMBS-I. She serves on the national board of Advanced Coding Specialists in Radiology and OB/GYN. Karen is a past...

Duane C. Abbey, Ph.D., is a management consultant and president of Abbey & Abbey, Consultants, Inc., which specializes in health care consulting and related areas. Abbey earned his graduate degrees at the University of Notre Dame and Iowa State University and has more than 20...