MaineHealth | Innovation

MaineHealth INNOVATION is…

The connective tissue between research, education, and care.

DEDICATED TO
DONNA DEBLOIS, RN, BSW, MSB, MBA, AHC

As an innovator from the beginning of her career as a nationally recognized nurse and home healthcare leader, Donna always knew the right questions to ask and the right people to ask to advance care. She spent the last eight years serving as President of MaineHealth Care at Home, working diligently to implement novel care team models and devices to improve the quality of life of homecare patients and their care team. She was a champion of telehealth nearly a decade before most major healthcare systems realized its value. Her innovative, pace-setting thinking deemed her a valued member of the MaineHealth Innovation Cabinet, on which Donna provided guiding wisdom and experience as MaineHealth charted its course for its emerging Innovation division.

Donna Deblois While Donna earned multiple graduate degrees, she was first and always a nurse, bringing compassion and empathy to all she accomplished. She served as a passionate advocate for the home care and hospice industry. The National Association for Home Care and Hospice recently appointed her to the National Hospice Hall of Fame, joining such names as Mother Teresa.

Donna was a mentor for many across the healthcare and hospice industries. Susan Ahern, Vice President of Innovation at MaineHealth, was humbled to have Donna as a mentor over the last year, and describes her impact as “visionary and incredibly special.”

In October 2021, Donna passed away from cancer. MaineHealth Innovation will continue to innovate in her honor and help touch the lives of many just as Donna did for all who had the privilege to know her.

INNOVATION CABINET AND ADVISORS

The MaineHealth Innovation Cabinet and Advisors guide MaineHealth Innovation by sharing institutional and personal expertise and championing the unique voices and perspectives of innovating MaineHealth care team members.

DONNA DEBLOIS, RN, BSW
President
MaineHealth Care at Home

MARK FOURRE, MD
President
Coastal Healthcare Alliance

ROBERT FRANK, ESQ.
Counsel, Special Projects
MaineHealth

LUGENE INZANA, CPA
Chief Financial Officer, Maine Medical Center & Assoc. Chief Financial Officer, MaineHealth

SUSAN KEILER, FACHE
Vice President, Business Development & Strategy
Southern Maine Health Care

ANDREW MUELLER, MD
Chief Executive Officer
MaineHealth

DANIEL NIGRIN, MD
Chief Information Officer
MaineHealth

RICHARD PETERSEN, FACHE
President, MaineHealth &
Chief Executive Officer, Maine Medical Center

JEFFREY SANDERS
President
Maine Medical Center

DOUGLAS SAWYER, MD PhD
Chief Academic Officer &
Interim Chief Medical Officer, MaineHealth

DONNA DEBLOIS, RN, BSW
President, MaineHealth Care at Home

MARK FOURRE, MD
President, Coastal Healthcare Alliance

ROBERT FRANK, ESQ.
Counsel, Special Projects, MaineHealth

LUGENE INZANA, CPA
Chief Financial Officer, Maine Medical Center & Assoc. Chief Financial Officer, MaineHealth

SUSAN KEILER, FACHE
Vice President, Business Development & Strategy, Southern Maine Health Care

ANDREW MUELLER, MD
Chief Executive Officer, MaineHealth

DANIEL NIGRIN, MD
Chief Information Officer, MaineHealth

RICHARD PETERSEN, FACHE
President, MaineHealth & Chief Executive Officer, Maine Medical Center

JEFFREY SANDERS
President, Maine Medical Center

DOUGLAS SAWYER, MD, PhD
Chief Academic Officer & Interim Chief Medical Officer, MaineHealth

INNOVATION CLINICAL COACHES

The Innovation Clinical Coaches help drive the success of MaineHealth Innovation by providing clinical leadership and clinical expertise as innovators work to solve unmet care needs. Interested providers of all disciplines who have experience in entrepreneurship and healthcare innovation are encouraged to get involved.

ANNE BREGGIA, PhD
Director, BioBank
Maine Medical Center

BRANDY BROWN, LCSW
Program Manager, Gender Clinic
The Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital at Maine Medical Center

DEVIN CARR, DNP, RN, RRT, ACNS-BC, NEA-BC, CPPS
Chief Nursing Officer
Maine Medical Center

DAMIEN CARTER, MD
Critical Care Surgeon
Maine Medical Partners

MICHELLE DUVAL, MSN, RN, NEA-BC
Chief Nursing Information Officer
MaineHealth

NIR HARISH, MD, MBA
Emergency Physician
Pen Bay Medical Center

LEAH MALLORY, MD
Medical Director, Simulation Center & Pediatric Hospitalist
The Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital at Maine Medical Center

SUNIL MALHOTRA, MD
Cardiothoracic Surgeon & Medical Director
Maine Medical Partners

ANDREW MANCALL, MD
Chief of Radiology
Maine Medical Center

MARY OTTOLINI, MD, MPH, MEd
George W. Hallett, MD, Chair of Pediatrics
The Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital at Maine Medical Center

ANNE BREGGIA, PhD
Director, BioBank, Maine Medical Center

BRANDY BROWN, LCSW
Program Manager, Gender Clinic, The Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital at Maine Medical Center

DEVIN CARR, DNP, RN, RRT, ACNS-BC, NEA-BC, CPPS
Chief Nursing Officer, Maine Medical Center

DAMIEN CARTER, MD
Critical Care Surgeon, Maine Medical Partners

MICHELLE DUVAL, MSN, RN, NEA-BC
Chief Nursing Information Officer, MaineHealth

NIR HARISH, MD, MBA
Emergency Physician, Pen Bay Medical Center

LEAH MALLORY, MD
Medical Director, Simulation Center & Pediatric Hospitalist, The Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital at Maine Medical Center

SUNIL MALHOTRA, MD
Cardiothoracic Surgeon & Medical Director, Maine Medical Partners

ANDREW MANCALL, MD
Chief of Radiology, Maine Medical Center

MARY OTTOLINI, MD, MPH, MEd
George W. Hallett, MD, Chair of Pediatrics, The Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital at Maine Medical Center

COLLABORATORS

INNOVATION takes a village.

MaineHealth Innovation has developed strategic partnerships with key stakeholders around Northern New England and beyond. Through these partnerships, MaineHealth care team members have access to the wide range of services and expertise that will help advance innovations at any stage.