Shady Grove Medical Center Leadership

Meet the professionals who direct Shady Grove Medical Center to provide high-quality, whole-person and community-focused services.

Executive Leadership

  • Daniel Cochran
    Daniel Cochran
    President
  • Neil Roy, MD
    Neil Roy, MD
    Chief Medical Officer
  • Joan Vincent, RN
    Joan Vincent, RN
    Vice President of Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer
  • Blain Gentry
    Blain Gentry
    Chief Operating Officer
  • Martha Velez
    Martha Velez
    Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  • Kandy McFarland
    Kandy McFarland
    Vice President of Behavioral Health Services
  • Kesso Diallo
    Kesso Diallo
    Vice President of Special Education and Early Childhood Programs
  • Amy Persanti
    Associate Vice President and Senior Human Resources Business Partner

Governing Board

Officers

Chair
John Sackett
President & CEO
Adventist HealthCare
Secretary
Daniel Cochran
President
Shady Grove Medical Center

Members

Celeste Ryan Blyden
Executive Secretary
Columbia Union Conference
Seventh-day Adventist Church

Jason Brodsky, MD
Physician
Inpatient Surgical Consultants

   
Safy John, MD
Physician
US Acute Care Services
Patsy McNeil, MD
Executive Vice President & Chief Medical Officer
Adventist HealthCare
   
Laurence Bensignor
Community Member
Robert Buchanan
Community Member
   
Brett Gamma, MD
Associate Vice President for Physician Outcomes
Adventist HealthCare Shady Grove Medical Center

Carolyn O'Conor, MD
Physician
Comprehensive Primary Care

   
Rick Remmers
Assistant to the President
North American Division
Seventh-day Adventist Church

Helen Smits, MD
Community Member

   
Howard Vogel
Principal
The Walker Group
   

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