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John D. Thomas
Chief of Editorial Operations
jthomas@modernhealthcare.com
312-649-5274
Twitter: @MHJThomas

Oversees all editorial content, operations and strategy for magazine and website. Background includes more than 20 years as an editor and writer. Former editor of Playboy.com and contributing editor at Playboy magazine and frequent contributing writer at the New York Times, Playboy magazine, Chicago Tribune and Village Voice. MA, Film Studies, Emory University; BA, English and French, Emory University. Joined Modern Healthcare in 2012.


Merrill Goozner
Editor
mgoozner@modernhealthcare.com
312-649-5439
Twitter: @MHGoozner

Provides overall editorial direction and oversees editorial content for magazine, newsletters and website. Background includes 30 years as an editor, writer and journalism educator. Author of The $800 Million Pill: The Truth Behind the Cost of New Drugs (University of California Press, 2004). Former foreign, national and chief economics correspondent for the Chicago Tribune and professor of journalism at New York University. Contributor to numerous publications including the New York Times, the American Prospect, the Journal of the National Cancer Institute and the Fiscal Times. MS in journalism, Columbia University; BA in history, University of Cincinnati (2008 Distinguished Alumni Award). Joined Modern Healthcare in 2012.

Harris Meyer
Managing Editor
hmeyer@modernhealthcare.com
312-649-5343
Twitter: @MHHmeyer
Oversees news and feature coverage. Has covered healthcare and law since 1983, most recently as a freelance writer for Health Affairs, Kaiser Health News, the Oregonian, Medscape and other publications. Served as law editor at the Daily Business Review in Miami; staff writer at the New Times alternative weekly in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; senior writer at Hospitals & Health Networks; national correspondent at American Medical News; and health unit researcher at WMAQ-TV News in Chicago. Bachelor’s degree in communications from Northwestern University. Winner of the Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism in 2000. Joined Modern Healthcare in 2013.

Gregg Blesch
News Editor
gblesch@modernhealthcare.com
312-397-7585
Twitter: @MHgblesch

Oversees news coverage and edits weekly news section. Background includes healthcare reporter for the Daily Southtown, Tinley Park, Ill.; education reporter for the Columbian, a daily newspaper serving Vancouver, Wash. MS, journalism, Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill.; BA, English, Willamette University, Salem, Ore. Joined Modern Healthcare in 2007.

David May
Assistant Managing Editor/Features
dmay@modernhealthcare.com
312-649-5451
Twitter: @MHdmay

Edits cover stories, special reports and other features. Background includes copy desk chief at the Daily Herald, Arlington Heights, Ill., and copy editor at the Telegraph Herald, Dubuque, Iowa. BA, Journalism, Northern Illinois University. Joined Modern Healthcare in 1989.

Pat Fanelli
Art Director
pfanelli@modernhealthcare.com
312-649-5318

Oversees creative design of all editorial products. Background includes more than 20 years of print and digital design, in publishing and marketing. Joined Modern Healthcare in 2011. BA, Journalism, Northern Illinois University.

Keith Horist
Production Manager
khorist@modernhealthcare.com
312-649-5467

Oversees all graphics for magazine as well as production and printing process. Background includes Crain Communications production department; English teacher, Elmwood Park, Ill. In 2007, Horist received the Peter Lisagor Award for Exemplary Journalism for magazine design from the Chicago Headline Club, the Chicago chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. Joined Modern Healthcare in 1987.

Pat Shrader
Digital Editor
pshrader@modernhealthcare.com
312-649-5418
Twitter: @MHpshrader

Oversees the Daily Dose, a daily e-mail newsletter. Background includes news technology manager, Webmaster and copy editor at the Post-Tribune, Gary, Ind. He also worked at the Beaumont Enterprise and Port Arthur News, both in Texas. Has a BA in journalism and a degree in computer programming from Indiana University. Joined Modern Healthcare in July 2005.

Nia Williams
Content Management Specialist
nwilliams@modernhealthcare.com
312-649-5225
Twitter: @MHnwilliams

Digital content management for Modern Healthcare and Modern Physician. Former marketing coordinator and freelance writer with experience in corporate communications, email marketing and social media management. Master’s degree in journalism, Boston Unversity College of Communication; bachelor’s degree in anthropology, Yale University. Joined Modern Healthcare in 2013.



Joe Carlson
Reporter/Chicago
jcarlson@modernhealthcare.com
312-649-5314
Twitter: @MHJCarlson

Covers legal affairs, including healthcare reform, fraud and compliance, labor, and regulatory news. Also covers regional healthcare business news in Florida, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Background includes court and municipal reporting for the Times of Northwest Indiana and government affairs reporter for the Express-Times. BA in Journalism, University of Minnesota. Joined Modern Healthcare in 2008.


Joseph Conn
Reporter/Chicago
jconn@modernhealthcare.com
312-649-5395
Twitter: @MHJConn

Reports on information technology, quality/patient safety and the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. Covers healthcare business news in Idaho, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming. Background includes 24 years of reporting and editing with various news publications, teaching journalism at Valparaiso (Ind.) University and working as a Peace Corps volunteer in Sierra Leone. BA, English, Valparaiso University. Joined Modern Healthcare in 2001.

Melanie Evans
Bureau Chief/New York
mevans@modernhealthcare.com
212-210-0209
Twitter: @MHmevans

Covers finance and governance news. Also covers healthcare business news in Connecticut, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. Background includes healthcare and not-for-profits reporter at the Duluth (Minn.) News Tribune. B.A., International Relations, Boston University; B.A., Journalism, University of Minnesota. Joined Modern Healthcare in 2004.

Steven Ross Johnson
Reporter/Chicago
sjohnson@modernhealthcare.com
312-649-5230
Twitter: @MHSjohnson

Covers public health issues and news. Background includes freelance reporting for the Chicago Tribune, Progress Illinois, the Chicago Reporter and the Times of Northwest Indiana and government affairs reporter for the Courier-News. BA in Communications, Columbia College, Chicago; Master’s degree in Journalism, Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. Joined Modern Healthcare in 2013.

Beth Kutscher
Reporter/Brentwood, Tenn.
bkutscher@modernhealthcare.com
615-371-6625
Twitter: @MHbkutscher

Covers for-profit hospitals and chains and other for-profit provider organizations. Also covers general healthcare business news in Florida, Georgia, Kentucky and Tennessee. Background includes former content editor and healthcare reporter for the New York-based Mergermarket Group, former news and online editor for Pharmaceutical Executive and former deputy news editor and healthcare reporter for PRWeek. B.A. in English from Cornell University. Joined the staff of Modern Healthcare in 2012.

Rachel Landen
Reporter/Chicago
rlanden@modernhealthcare.com
312-649-5231
Twitter: @MHrlanden

Covers breaking healthcare news. Former accountant at Ernst & Young with experience in corporate, federal, state and local taxation. Master's degree in journalism, Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University; master's degree in accounting, Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; bachelor's degree in communication, East Carolina University. Joined Modern Healthcare in 2013.

Jaimy Lee
Reporter/New York
jlee@modernhealthcare.com
212-210-0471
Twitter: @MHjlee

Reports on medical technology, medical suppliers, group purchasing organizations and healthcare news in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. Lee was a healthcare and public affairs reporter for PRWeek. She also previously was a healthcare and education reporter for the San Diego Business Journal. Lee has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego.

Maureen McKinney
Reporter/Chicago
mmckinney@modernhealthcare.com
312-649-5287
Twitter: @MHMMcKinney

Reports on quality of care and patient-safety issues and regional healthcare business news in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky and Mississippi. Backgrounds include freelance healthcare and technology writer in Chicago. Her pieces have appeared in a number of healthcare industry publications, including Inside Healthcare Computing, Government Health IT and Hospitals & Health Networks. Master of Science in journalism, Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, and a Bachelor of Arts in art history and communications, University of Michigan. Joined Modern Healthcare in 2010.

Andis Robeznieks
Reporter/Chicago
arobeznieks@modernhealthcare.com
312-649-5374
Twitter: @MHARobeznieks

Reports on physician issues, healthcare construction/design and healthcare marketing. Covers healthcare business news in Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota. Most recently he was the ethics and patient safety/quality reporter for AMNews, the weekly newspaper published by the American Medical Association. MS, Journalism, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; BA, Journalism, Eastern Illinois University. Joined Modern Healthcare in 2005.

Ashok Selvam
Reporter/Chicago
aselvam@modernhealthcare.com
312-280-3130
Twitter: @MHaselvam

Covers not-for-profit hospitals and systems as well as management and labor issues. Also covers regional healthcare news in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Michigan. Former reporter for the Daily Herald, a suburban Chicago daily newspaper, where he covered a variety of topics, including healthcare. Selvam has a bachelor’s of science degree in newspaper journalism from Syracuse (N.Y.) University. Joined Modern Healthcare in 2011.

Jessica Zigmond
Washington Bureau Chief
jzigmond@modernhealthcare.com
202-662-7215
Twitter: @MHjzigmond

Covers Medicare, HHS/CMS, quality improvement, patient safety and healthcare business news in the District of Columbia and Maryland. Background includes equities reporter at Reuters news service, Chicago. MSJ, Journalism, Northwestern University; BA, Political Science, St. Mary's College, South Bend, Ind. Joined Modern Healthcare in 2005.

Julie Johnson
Copy Desk Chief
JAJohnson@modernhealthcare.com
312-649-5236
Twitter: @MHOutliers

Oversees copy desk and assists with production. Responsibilities include editing news stories and features. Background includes copy editor for Advertising Age, the Daily Herald, Arlington Heights, Ill., and the Daily Dispatch, Moline, Ill. BA, English, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Joined Modern Healthcare in 2002.

Douglas Backstrom
Copy Editor
dbackstrom@modernhealthcare.com
312-649-5344
Twitter: @MHdbackstrom

Edits copy. Background includes: veteran copy editor, held copy editing positions at a number of daily newspapers, including the Boston Globe, Miami Herald and Chicago Sun-Times. Backstrom has a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism from Eastern Illinois University in Charleston and completed the MBA program at the Lake Forest (Ill.) Graduate School of Management in Chicago. Joined Modern Healthcare in 2010.

Supriya Doshi
Copy Editor
sdoshi@modernhealthcare.com
312-649-5237
Twitter: @MHsdoshi

Edits copy. Background includes: copy editor, columnist and blogger for the RedEye, a publication owned by the Tribune Co. in Chicago. She has a Bachelor of Science in print journalism from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana.

Heather Sherman
Senior Research Analyst
hsherman@modernhealthcare.com
312-649-5471

Generates original research for Modern Healthcare Insights. Background includes serving as director of GE Healthcare’s Patient Safety Organization and associate project director of the Joint Commission/World Health Organization’s patient safety program. Ph.D. in Health Policy and Masters in Public Health from University of Illinois and Masters in Public Administration from DePaul University. Joined Modern Healthcare in 2013.

Rebecca Mielcarski
Research Editor
rmielcarski@modernhealthcare.com
312-397-5511
Twitter: @MHrmielcarski

Oversees all research, surveys, lists and data projects. Background includes work as a copy editor with Liberty Suburban Chicago Newspapers and Time Out Chicago, and researcher with Crain's Chicago Business. MS, Integrated Marketing Communications (December 2013), Roosevelt University; BA, Journalism, Columbia College Chicago. Joined Modern Healthcare in 2006.


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