Advisory Board

The advisory board provides strategic guidance and support for the Institute and its work. The board includes academics, business leaders, lawyers, judges, philanthropists and community leaders.
Alexander H. Levi, Ph.D., Chair
John Wilkerson, Ph.D., Chair, Executive Committee
Liza Bailey
George Lloyd Bunting, Jr.
Caroline Bagley Burnett, ScD, RN
Bhaskar Chaudhuri, Ph.D.
Andrew Cohen
Barry S. Coller, M.D.
Lynn Deering*
Andreas C. Dracopoulos
Lee-Lee Ellis, Ph.D. ’15
Roger Faxon
Elaine Freeman
David Goldsteen, M.D.
Margaret Conn Himelfarb, M.P.H
Patricia A. King, Esq.
Sylvia Morris, M.D., M.P.H., BSPH ’97
Fredric S. Newman, Esq.
Michael Nottidge, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A.
Morris W. Offit
Laura Parsons, Psy.D., Co-Chair, Development Committee
Michelle Rosenbloom, M.D.*
Ford Rowan, D.P.A.*
Amy Engel Scharf ’90, Co-Chair, Membership and Nominations Committee
Charles Scheeler, Co-Chair, Membership and Nominations Committee
Maxwell Thanhouser, Co-Chair, Development Committee
Reed V. Tuckson, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Jay Wagley

* emeritus

Meet Our New Board Member

Dr. Michael Nottidge, MD, MPH, MBA, is a seasoned physician executive and strategic healthcare leader with a career spanning frontline clinical practice, health system transformation, and public health innovation. Currently serving as National Medical Director for Contessa-Amedisys, Dr. Nottidge leads national medical strategy and clinical quality efforts for one of the country’s largest integrated care-at-home platforms. Under his leadership since 2021, Contessa’s hospital-at-home and post-acute models have scaled across health systems, enhancing clinical outcomes, improving provider workflows, and creating measurable value for health plans and partners.

Biography of Michael Nottidge, MD, MPH, MBA

Dr. Michael Nottidge, MD, MPH, MBA, is a seasoned physician executive and strategic healthcare leader with a career spanning frontline clinical practice, health system transformation, and public health innovation. Currently serving as National Medical Director for Contessa-Amedisys, Dr. Nottidge leads national medical strategy and clinical quality efforts for one of the country’s largest integrated care-at-home platforms. Under his leadership since 2021, Contessa’s hospital-at-home and post-acute models have scaled across health systems, enhancing clinical outcomes, improving provider workflows, and creating measurable value for health plans and partners.

A board-certified critical care and emergency medicine physician, Dr. Nottidge draws on years of bedside experience, including service as Medical Director of Critical Care at TriStar Centennial Medical Center—a major regional referral center in Middle Tennessee. During his tenure, he established and expanded the intensivist service line across cardiovascular, ECMO, and broader critical care services. He also provided local and regional leadership through the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, earning the Marcus Aurelius Award for Servant Leadership.

Dr. Nottidge’s work is grounded in a deep commitment to patient safety, public health, and equitable care delivery. He completed his MPH at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, where he helped revitalize the African Public Health Network and served on the Academic Standards Committee. He trained in Emergency Medicine and subsequently in Critical Care Medicine at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and School of Medicine, where he was also named an Inaugural Tanger Patient Safety Fellow at the Center for Innovation in Quality Patient Care.

Blending clinical acumen with operational and strategic expertise, Dr. Nottidge is passionate about building models of care that are clinically rigorous, financially sustainable, and centered on patient dignity. He continues to advise health system and policy leaders on topics including hospital-at-home strategy, clinical workforce transformation, and the integration of AI and automation in care delivery.

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