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To improve quality of care of spine surgery by reducing surgical complications, improve patient functional outcomes, reduce costs and episodes of care, and reduce the need for repeat surgeries
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Meet our Team
Muwaffak Abdulhak, MD, FRCS(C)
Director
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David R. Nerenz, PhD.
Associate Director
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Jason Schwalb, MD, FAANS, FACS
Co-Director
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Victor W. Chang, MD, FAANS
Co-Director
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Jamie Myers, BSN, RN
Program Manager
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Kari Jarabek, BSN, RN
Sr. MSSIC QI Lead
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Allison Jauss, MSN, RN, CIC
MSSIC QI Lead
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Tanya DesJardins, BSN, RN
Quality Lead/Auditor and Education Specialist
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Karalyn O'Connor, RN, BSN, CNOR
Education and Auditing Specialist
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Cheryl Beamgard, BSN, RN, MS
Education and Auditing Specialist
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Nicole Schaub
CQI Program Coordinator
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Sharon Jones, AAS
Sr. Registry Data Analyst
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Jason Violette, BS, BBA
Sr. Registry Data Analyst
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Linyan Wang
Research Programmer
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Lonni Schultz, PhD
Senior Biostatistician
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Jianhui Hu, PhD
Statistician
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Kylie Springer, MS
Biostatistician
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Shrywee (Shar) Hardy
Administrative Secretary
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