Speaker Biographies

Lisa Edelstein, Annual Pomegranate Society & Friends Event, 5/6/19

Lisa Edelstein is a renowned actress, writer, director, and producer who embraces courageous roles. She began her career writing and producing one of the first AIDS awareness musicals, “Positive Me;” she also played TV’s first out lesbian character (“Relativity,” ABC), a transwoman …

Andrew Schutzbank - Young Health Professionals Network - 3/27/19

Andrew Schutzbank’s passion for revolutionizing health care began at Tulane in pre- and post-Katrina New Orleans, continuing during Internal Medicine & Primary Care residency at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.

As one of the first Iorans, Andrew has worked all across Io…

Ravin Davidoff - Young Health Professionals Network - 3/27/19

Ravin Davidoff was a resident and chief resident in Internal Medicine at Boston City Hospital between 1981 and 1985 and completed a cardiology fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital in 1988. He returned to University Hospital in 1990 and is a Professor of Medicine at Boston University …

Gila Kriegel - Young Health Professionals Network - 3/27/19

Gila Kriegel is an academic primary care physician at Healthcare Associates at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. She has been in practice since 1986.

Gila is the Chairperson of the Healthcare Associates Quality Improvement committee and has recently been spearheading efforts to promote …

Jeremy Yamin | Vice President, Security and Operations

Jeremy joined CJP as Director of Security in 2016 to provide support to CJP’s partner organizations. From 1994 to 2016, Jeremy served as a Special Agent with the U.S. State Department, Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) serving as Regional Security Officer, Diplomatic Attaché, and Assistan…