Advancing Patient-Driven Care

Terri J Raymond, MA, RDN, CD, FAND

2019-2020 President
Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics

Wayne Strauss, MS, RDN

Director of Food & Nutrition Services
New Hanover Regional Medical Center

Angela Lago, MS, RD, LDN, FAND

Clinical Nutrition Manager 
New Hanover Regional Medical Center 
Wilmington, NC, USA

Angela is the Clinical Nutrition Manager at New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, North Carolina, where she has worked since 2008. She is an active member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and a member of the Clinical Nutrition Management dietetics practice group, serving on the Professional Development Committee.  Angela obtained her BS in Nutrition from East Carolina University in 1999 and completed her dietetic internship at Winthrop University in 2001. She earned her MS in Nutrition from East Carolina University in 2006 and has been a Certified Nutrition Support Clinician since 2009.  Angela has been a part of the MQii Learning Collaborative since 2017 and has focused on Malnutrition throughout the continuum of care for the hospitalized patient, most recently shifting her focus to the Transition of Care for the malnourished patient upon discharge. Angela and her team were awarded a Duke Endowment Grant to help further their work in the malnourished patient population. Angela was awarded The People’s Choice Award at the 2019 Clinical Nutrition Manager Symposium for her poster titled, Bridging the Gap from Hospital to Home: Implementation of a Malnutrition Transitions of Care Program.

Rajesh Kumari, DSc, RDN

Clinical Nutrition Manager
Atlantic Overlook Medical Center

Nowai Keleekai-Brapoh, PhD, RN-BC

Nurse Researcher/Nursing Leadership
Atlantic Overlook Medical Center

John Audett, MD

Chief Medical Officer/Hospital Leadership
Atlantic Overlook Medical Center

Phillip Brown, MD

Chief Community Impact Officer 
Novant Health 
Wilmington, NC, USA

Dr Philip Brown serves as Executive Vice-President and Chief Physician Executive at New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, North Carolina. Living and practicing in his hometown, Dr Brown has enjoyed the privilege of serving his community as a General and Vascular Surgeon since 2004. Dr Brown completed medical school and general surgery residency at Brody School of Medicine in Greenville, North Carolina prior to his Vascular Fellowship at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. He has served in numerous leadership positions including present service as Co-Director of The North Carolina Medical Society Foundation’s Kanof Institute for Physician Leadership. 

Dr Brown, his wife Christy, and their two children are living testaments to what it means to serve others and are strongly rooted in the Wilmington community. In his role as Chief Physician Executive, Dr Brown leads the health equity strategic initiative at NHRMC. As such, he is charged with leading highly effective teams that identify health disparities within the community and work to eliminate them through data collection and stratification, innovative healthcare redesign, and alignment of community partnerships. Under his leadership, the Food Strategy team has been able to begin breaking down the barriers associated with food insecurity across the continuum of care.

Sharen Anghel, MD

Physician Champion
Atlantic Overlook Medical Center