Lina Patel, MHA, FACHE

Lina Patel joined Vizient in 2017 and currently serves as the AVP of Product Strategy and Management. In this role, she leads the development of analytic and reporting tools to help guide performance and strategy discussions at member organizations, focusing on practice plan and provider performance metrics. Prior to joining Vizient, Lina spent 10 years as the Director for two of the largest ambulatory practices at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, the pediatric arm of the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. In her leadership roles with pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Transplant, and Emergency medicine, Lina worked directly with over 60 physicians, managing outpatient clinic, faculty practice and infusion center operations at the main and satellite locations. In this role, she also partnered with physician and administrative leaders to improve the patient experience, fellowship programs, grants and contracts, including the hemophilia 340B program, and a philanthropic portfolio of over $30 million. Lina has also served in data analytics and quality improvement roles with the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer, and grass roots education, volunteer engagement, surveillance and epidemiology work with American Cancer Society.