General Manager, Healthcare Industry Solutions Group, Microsoft Corporation

"The deliberations and products of the Markle Foundation's Connecting for Health Collaboration were considered thoroughly during the development of Microsoft HealthVault. Ultimately, Connecting for Health's efforts further the underlying principle of HealthVault: When consumers are at the center of the health care system, they will be better able to manage and improve their own health. Connecting for Health's work on developing consensus around new policy solutions will help enable Microsoft and others to connect people to the health care services they need and want."

As general manager – sales, marketing and solutions for Microsoft's Health Solutions Group, Steve Shihadeh is responsible for Microsoft's worldwide go-to-market strategy, sales, services and customer relationships....
  • Senior Health Policy Analyst for the Washington State Health Care Authority, and Project Manager for the Health Record Bank Project

  • Member, Washington State Health Infrastructure Advisory Board &
    Chair, Consumer and Provider Engagement Committee

  • Executive Director, Maryland Health Care Commission

  • Director of Public Health Informatics, Denver Public Health
    Principal Investigator, Colorado Regional Health Information Organization

  • Acting Director, Office of Programs & Coordination, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

  • Principal, C3 Consulting LLC

  • President, Vermont Information Technology Leaders, Inc.

  • Accenture Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University
    Director, Regional Informatics,  Vanderbilt Center for Better Health

  • Partner and Leader of the Health Industry IT (HIT) Practice, Health Industry Advisory Group, PricewaterhouseCoopers

  • Former Chief Medical Officer, Allscripts Healthcare Solutions

  • Partners HealthCare System

  • Chief Information Officer, CareGroup Health System

  • Chair, Independent National Physician Advisory Board, OptumInsight

  • Chair, Independent National Physician Advisory Board, OptumInsight

  • Co-Chair, Health Care Industry Team, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

  • Project Director, HISPC-Illinois
    Executive Assistant to the Director for Customer Service, Illinois Department of Public Health

  • Director, Center for Health Informatics Division of Health Policy, Minnesota Department of Health

  •  Executive Vice President Products & Services, Surescripts

  • Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Siemens Healthcare

  • Executive Vice Chair, Board of Trustees, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, The University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell

  • President and Chief Executive Officer, Visiting Nurse Service of New York

  • Director, AcademyHealth

  • Research Vice President, Government and Healthcare, Gartner Inc.

  • Executive Vice President of Policy, Strategy and International Affairs, AARP

  • Director of Molecular Epidemiology Genomics Environment and Health, RTI International

  • Chief Executive Officer, Axolotl Corporation

  • General Manager, Healthcare Industry Solutions Group, Microsoft Corporation

  • Director, Healthcare Practice, Deloitte Consulting LLP

  • Project Director, Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) Health Information Exchange and Electronic Health Record Utility (HIeHR Utility) Project