AMGA Foundation Board

Through his leadership, PAMF and Sutter has been recognized as a top performer in clinical quality and patient experience by California’s Integrated Healthcare Association’s (IHA) Value Based Pay Programs for multiple consecutive years.

He is passionate about using a data driven approach to improve patient outcomes and reduce total cost of care.  He has led efforts to promote health equities in COVID vaccine use during the pandemic and reduce health disparities among our patient populations.

Dr. Yu has been recognized nationally as a quality expert and has presented at many major forums such as Institute of Healthcare Improvement (IHI) National Forum, American Medical Group Association (AMGA), American Academy of Physician Leaders and NCQA’s Quality Innovation Series. He is a certified physician executive, fellow in California Health Care Foundation (CHCF) Leadership Program and a fellow of American Leadership Forum of Silicon Valley Class 43.

He sits on the board of AMGA Foundation and is a leader in California Medical Association serving as the chair of the Large Group Practice Forum. He also chairs the Technical Measurement Committee for IHA and co-chairs the Clinical Advisory Council for the HL7 Da Vinci Steering Committee which advances interoperability standards using FHIR.

Dr. Yu continues to provide clinical care as a family physician with his own patient panel in Mountain View, California for over 20 years. He is married with two teenage daughters. His recreational interests include visiting National Parks and film critique. In 2021, he completed his dream of visiting every one of our 63 National Park at New River Gorge National Park in West Virginia. Dr. Yu earned his medical degree and completed his residency at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He graduated Summa Cum Laude with a bachelor’s degree in genetics from University of California, Davis.

The Guthrie Clinic includes four hospitals in the region and the 470 provider Guthrie Medical Group. Dr. Bloom served as the president of the medical group and currently is a practicing family medicine physician.  He joined Guthrie in 2014 from Geisinger Health System where he worked for 28 years in increasing roles of physician leadership. Dr. Bloom graduated from Hahnemann Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and subsequently did his Family Medicine Residency at Saint Vincent Health Care Center in Erie, Pennsylvania.  Dr. Bloom also earned his Master of Medical Management at Tulane University in New Orleans, LA.  Dr. Bloom is a frequent national speaker and author of numerous peer review articles on high value health care. He serves on the CAPG Board, the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Recognition Review Oversight Committee and was the former chairperson of the American Medical Group Association Quality Council.

Prior to his role at Geisinger, Dr. Kennedy served as managing partner at Diabetes & Endocrinology Associates, P.A., in Hamilton, NJ. There, he transitioned the hospital-owned group into a four-physician specialty private practice.

Dr. Kennedy is board certified in endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism. He received his Doctor of Medicine degree from Jefferson Medical College, now the Sidney Kimmel Medical College, in Philadelphia, PA. He performed his internal medicine residency at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, PA, and his fellowship in diabetes, endocrinology and metabolism at the Joslin Diabetes Center and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, MA. Dr. Kennedy graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH, where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in chemistry.

His role focuses on reforming health care by working with multidisciplinary teams to build and implement tools that improve the health of the population. As a practicing physician in the Division of Geriatrics, Dr. Agnihotri leads the post-acute care strategy for UC San Diego Health and he plays a key role in supporting teams that serve the elderly patient population.

Dr. Agnihotri is a California Health Care Foundation fellow. He has been designated as an Innovation Advisor by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation. In 2019 he received the Multi-Community Innovative Leadership Award from the Right Care Initiative, which recognizes healthcare leaders and innovators across California.

He has published several articles on the management and outcomes of high-risk populations. Dr. Agnihotri is recognized as a national leader in the development of high performing health systems, technology use, and population health management. He serves on the board of California Long Term Care and Be There San Diego and is an active member of the steering committee for California Quality Collaborative.

Dr. Agnihotri completed his residency at the University of Illinois in Chicago. He is board certified in internal medicine and geriatric medicine.

Dr. Berkowitz first came to Johns Hopkins in 2003 as an intern, and joined the cardiology faculty in 2011. Since then, he has held positions throughout Johns Hopkins Medicine focused on leading health care delivery transformation efforts. He helped launch and oversee several major initiatives and programs to improve coordination of care and innovation in clinical care and population health.

Previously, Dr. Berkowitz was a senior medical director within the Office of Johns Hopkins Physicians. He was the program administrator and project director for the Johns Hopkins Community Health Partnership (J-CHiP), which led to improved outcomes for thousands of patients in East Baltimore. Since 2014, he has served as the executive director of Johns Hopkins Medicine Alliance for Patients.

A fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association, Dr. Berkowitz has served on expert committees for both related to population health. He has held positions in federal and state government, including as a fellow in the U.S. Senate Finance Committee during the passage of the Affordable Care Act; on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee; and as a senior health care policy development adviser to the governor of Illinois. In 2020, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan appointed him to represent The Johns Hopkins University on the Maryland State Board of Physicians.

Dr. Berkowitz received his bachelor’s degree in biology, master’s degree in business administration and medical degree from Yale University. He completed his residency and cardiology fellowship training as well as a geriatrics research fellowship at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

As a founding physician with Premier Medical Associates, Dr. Colangelo has been a valuable member of Premier’s board of directors for the last ten years. He is also an active member and speaker with the AMGA. Frank received his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College and a Masters of Health Care Quality and Safety from Thomas Jefferson University. He resides in Murrysville, PA, with his wife, Georgia.

He completed his internal medicine residency along with a fellowship in endocrinology, metabolism, and diabetes at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Denver. He obtained a Masters of Science in Public Health at the University of Colorado where he published his research identifying factors associated with poor diabetes care of Medicare beneficiaries.  He joined the Hattiesburg Clinic in 2003 providing endocrinology specialty care for patients throughout southern Mississippi. From 2015 – 2021 he served as the associate medical director of Hattiesburg Clinic’s Medicare and Commercial ACO contracts and has served as medical director since 2021.  He remains active in the development, implementation, and assessment of population health efforts at the Hattiesburg Clinic.

As Chief Medical Officer for a 500 + multispecialty group, Dr. Sharma is responsible for ensuring delivery of exceptional patient care and driving strategic initiatives to improve health care delivery and outcomes. Her expertise includes talent management, relationship building, developing enterprise-wide dashboards, creating value-based care models and leading data driven strategies to foster continuous improvement across multidisciplinary teams. While serving on the board for Coligo Care, New Jersey’s top ranked ACO, Dr. Sharma has successfully designed and implemented innovative performance frameworks that enhance quality, access, operational efficiency, and patient satisfaction.

Dr. Sharma has extensive experience as an academician. In her prior role as a Residency and Fellowship Program Director, she has mentored countless students, residents & fellows and developed innovative curricula & scholarly programs that advance medical training and prepare future health care leaders. Fostering a culture of learning and excellence within training programs, Dr. Sharma currently provides executive oversight to all of Valley’s Graduate Medical Education Programs.

Dr. Sharma earned her medical degree from Karnatak Institute of Medical Sciences, India, completed her internship and residency in Internal Medicine at New York City Health & Hospitals /Lincoln, Bronx NY and holds board certification in Hospice and Palliative Care. Passionate about reframing the experience of health care from both consumer and provider perspective, she pursued Masters in Health Care Management at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health.

Dr. Sharma’s progressive experience from a front-line clinician, academician to a senior executive managing care delivery across diverse settings, positions her well in leading large scale impactful change.

She currently is a Senior Medical Director for Vaccines at Pfizer, Inc. Dr. Snow has served on many national committees and policy bodies such as the CDC ACIP Evidence-based Recommendations Work Group, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Roundtable on Evidence-based Guidelines, the provider workgroup (former chair) of the CDC/AMA Influenza Summit, liaison to the USPSTF of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and the National Committee for Quality Assurance, among many others.

Her academic affiliations include the Medical College of Pennsylvania where she served as volunteer faculty until 2003 and she was a Senior Fellow in the Jefferson School of Population Health until 2013. She was seeing patients one day a week at a free clinic for the uninsured in South Philadelphia until 2012.