Cindy A. Gassiot, CPMSM, CPCS - Medical Staff Management
Cindy A. Gassiot, CPMSM, CPCS is a consultant in medical staff services management as well as coordinator and faculty for the medical staff services degree program of El Centro College, Dallas. Ms. Gassiot is a past president of the National Association of Medical Staff Services (NAMSS) and was the first recipient of the Golden Key Award by NAMSS for contributions made to the certification program. The Texas Society for the Medical Staff Services also honored her by establishing a scholarship award in her name.
Ms. Gassiot has published several books on medical staff services science, including three editions of Handbook of Medical and Professional Staff Management. She co-authored AHP Competencies: A Method for Effective Assessment, published by HcPro in 2005 and the Core Curriculum published by NAMSS.
Vicki L. Searcy, CPMSM - Searcy Resource Group, LLC, Seattle, Washington
Vicki L. Searcy, CPMSM is the President of Searcy Resource Group, LLC, a healthcare consulting firm specializing in the field of medical staff organization management and quality improvement. She is a popular speaker at conferences, seminars, and Medical Staff and Board retreats, speaking on a variety of topics such as credentialing, privileging, peer review, and competency management. She is nationally recognized as a leading innovator and pioneer in the field of designing systems related to physician competency, development of privilege delineation systems as well as physician profiling. She has been a successful implementer of the "paperless" Medical Staff Office.
Vicki is co-author of Professional Excellence=Professional Advancement "101 Smart Things Every Medical Staff Services Professionals Should Do" (published by Searcy Resource Group, LLC, September 2005 and available from the National Association Medical Staff Services). She has written numerous articles related to issues in medical staff organization management and quality management, which have been published in a variety of newsletters and magazines.
Christina W. Giles, CPMSM, MS - Medical Staff Solutions
Christina W. Giles, CPMSM, MS is President of Medical Staff Solutions, a healthcare consulting company specializing in medical staff administrative issues. Chris has been in the field of medical staff services since 1981, and has served as President of the Massachusetts Association of Medical Staff Services, Northeast Regional representative on the board of directors of the National Association of Medical Staff Services, as a member of the Education Council and a NAMSS faculty member since 1989. She has created and presented national seminars on various medical staff administrative and management topics since 1989. She is a founding member of Edge-U-Cate, LLC, a speakers' bureau providing seminars and training on current healthcare topics.
Ms. Giles is a member of the advisory board for many of the HcPro newsletters and for "The Advisor for Medical and Professional Staff Services" published by C&R Publications. She is a contributing author to The Credentialing Handbook published by Aspen publishers and contributing author to A Guide to AHP Credentialing published by HcPro. She is currently serving as faculty for the medical staff services degree program at El Centro College, Dallas, Texas.
