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    COD Fellows

    Current 2025-2026 COD Fellows

    COD Fellow - Alpesh Amin headshot

    Alpesh N. Amin, MD, MBA, MACP, MHM, FACC

    Dr. Alpesh Amin is a Professor and the Associate Dean for Clinical Transformation at UCI Health and the University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine.

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    COD Fellow - Raina Merchant headshot

    Raina M. Merchant, MD, MSHP, FAHA

    Dr. Raina Merchant is the Vice President and Chief Transformation Officer for the University of Pennsylvania Health System and Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

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    COD Fellow - Heather Prendergast headshot

    Heather M. Prendergast, MD, MS, MPH, MHA, MBA

    Dr. Heather Prendergast is a Professor of Emergency Medicine and Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs at the University of Illinois College of Medicine and the Executive Director of the University of Illinois Physician Group.

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    COD Fellow - Jason Smith headshot

    Jason W. Smith, MD, PhD, MBA, FACS

    Dr. Jason Smith is the Berel L. Abrams MD Endowed Professor of Surgery at the University of Louisville School of Medicine, the Division Chief of General Surgery, and the Chief Clinical Officer and System Chief Medical Officer for UofL Health.

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    COD Fellow - Geeta Swamy headshot

    Geeta K. Swamy, MD

    Dr. Geeta Swamy is the Haywood Brown, MD Distinguished Professor of Women’s Health, Executive Vice Dean for Clinical Sciences and Research Administration, and Associate Vice President for Research at the Duke University School of Medicine.

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    COD Fellow - Jason Wertheim headshot

    Jason Wertheim, MD, PhD, FACS

    Dr. Jason Wertheim is the Vice Dean for Research & Graduate Studies, Professor of Surgery (Transplantation), and Professor of Cellular and Molecular Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine.

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