Leadership

Steven R. Carson MHA, BSN, RN

Senior Vice President, Population Health, Temple University Health System
CEO, Temple Center for Population Health, LLC

Mr. Carson is accountable for the Center of Population Health’s operations, oversight, and development of care management and performance improvement initiatives, focused on pay for performance and insurance third party risk life clinical and financial outcomes. He has over 30 years of hospital, home health, and leadership experience. Mr. Carson is a registered nurse and has an undergraduate degree from Gwynedd Mercy University and a Master’s in Healthcare Administration from Saint Joseph’s University.

Meaghan Kim, MHA, BSN, RN, CDCES

Assistant Vice President, Population Health, Temple University Health System

Meaghan brings extensive healthcare experience to her deep dedication to improving the lives of people living with diabetes.

In her role, she is focused on value-based care revenue operations, including care management strategies and disease-specific programming focused on diabetes prevention and education.  In fact, as Assistant Vice President of Population Health, she is responsible for growing Temple's Diabetes Prevention Program and the Diabetes Education Program.

Prior to joining Temple, Meaghan spent 13 years at AtlantiCare Health System in New Jersey where she was most recently Director of Population Health and previously the Diabetes Program Manager. A certified diabetes care and education specialist, she also serves as an Auditor on the American Diabetes Association’s Education Recognition Committee.

Meaghan is a registered nurse who earned her undergraduate nursing degree from Capella University and a master’s degree in Health Administration from the University of Phoenix.

Lakisha R. Sturgis, RN, BSN, MPH, CPHQ

Director, Community Care Management, Population Health, Temple University Health System

As Director of Community Care Management, Lakisha is responsible for promoting health equity through innovative projects related to population health, quality and pay for performance. She also helps build and foster relationships to expand Temple Population Health’s community imprint.

Lakisha has more than 20 years of experience managing programs to improve health outcomes. She joined Temple from Montgomery County Emergency Services where she was Director of Nursing and Quality Systems. She was previously Admissions Manager at Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital and Manager of Health Care Management Operations for Health Partners Plan.

Lakisha is a registered nurse who earned her undergraduate nursing degree from Ohio University and a master’s degree in Public Health from the University of Pittsburgh.

Mitali Desai, MHA

Director of Quality and Compliance, Temple Physicians Inc. and Temple Faculty Physicians

Ms. Desai has several years of experience working in Quality and Population Health at Temple University Health System. In her role, she works with the Temple community physician offices to implement innovative patient centered programs, improve patient access to preventive care, streamline EMR workflows to maximize value and improve quality performance on risk sharing agreements. She oversees implementation of patient centered models, such as Patient Centered Medical Home and advanced payment models such as Primary Care First and CMS Direct Contracting.

Mitali earned her Bachelor of Science in Economics and Bachelor of Arts in Biology from the University of Delaware and completed her Masters of Health Administration from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health.