The new directors bring experience in HTM, medical device interoperability and cybersecurity, healthcare standards, and population health.
The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) has named four new members to its Board of Directors: Alexander G. Garza, MD, MPH; Julian M. Goldman, MD, FASA; Jim Grana, MBA, CLSS-HC; and Keith Whitby, MBA, MHA, according to an announcement from the association.
The AAMI Board of Directors consists of up to 20 members who oversee the association’s strategic plans and initiatives and provide guidance on issues affecting the organization.
“Although it’s not a requirement, many board members have been active in AAMI committees and have made significant contributions of their time and personal resources,” says Pamela Arora, president and CEO of AAMI, in the announcement. “Employment diversity is also important, since AAMI represents a diverse cross-section of companies, hospitals, individuals, and others. We are delighted to welcome Alexander Garza, Julian Goldman, Jim Grana, and Keith Whitby to the AAMI Board of Directors. I’m happy to say that these four professionals check all those boxes and then some, with impressive and historied careers.”
According to AAMI, the four new board members have backgrounds spanning healthcare technology management (HTM), medical device interoperability and cybersecurity, healthcare standards, and population health.
Alexander G. Garza, MD, MPH
Garza is chief community health officer at SSM Health, where he leads the health system’s work on social determinants of health, equity, and population health. He previously served as SSM Health’s chief medical officer and chief quality officer and as incident commander of the St Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Board-certified in emergency medicine, Garza previously served as associate dean and a professor at Saint Louis University’s College of Public Health and Social Justice. He also served as assistant secretary and chief medical officer for the US Department of Homeland Security. Garza is a colonel in the US Army Reserve and serves as command surgeon for the 352nd Civil Affairs Command.
Julian M. Goldman, MD, FASA
Goldman is an anesthesiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital and medical director of biomedical engineering for Mass General Brigham, with an academic appointment at Harvard Medical School. He founded the Program on Medical Device Interoperability and Cybersecurity, known as MD PnP, in 2004 and continues to serve as its director. The program established the Center for Smart and Autonomous Medical Systems in 2023.
Goldman is board-certified in anesthesiology and clinical informatics and is a fellow of the American Society of Anesthesiologists. Before joining Massachusetts General Hospital, he completed an anesthesiology residency and research fellowship in medical device informatics at the University of Colorado, where he later held a tenured associate professorship. He also previously served as chief medical officer for a medical device company.
Jim Grana, MBA, CLSS-HC
Grana is director of standards development and interpretation at Joint Commission, where he provides guidance to accredited organizations and surveyors on standards compliance related to healthcare life safety and physical environment requirements. He previously served as the organization’s field director for the Life Safety Code and as associate director of the Standards Interpretation Group.
Grana began his career in facilities maintenance as a mechanic and later worked as a safety officer and facilities operations manager. He holds several healthcare safety credentials, including Certified Healthcare Safety Manager and Certified Life Safety Specialist for Healthcare, as well as an active stationary engineer’s license. He is also a member of the American Society for Healthcare Engineering and the Healthcare Engineers’ Society of Northern Illinois.
Keith Whitby, MBA, MHA
Whitby is division chair of HTM at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, where he has worked for 27 years. He previously served as HTM section head, overseeing business operations, medical systems support, and risk and vulnerability management. Before that, he served as HTM unit head for Mayo Clinic’s X-ray, radiation oncology, and mammography support teams.
Whitby’s work has included medical device service and support, technology planning, and cybersecurity for connected medical devices and healthcare internet of things technology. He has presented at AAMI, HIMSS, and ACCE events on connected device security and HTM cybersecurity programs.
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