Veterans Health Administration

Latriece Prince-Wheeler, FACHE was appointed as a Senior Advisor, Deputy Under Secretary for Health returning to public service in November 2023. As Senior Advisor, Latriece advises the Deputy Under Secretary for Health with the formulating and overseeing the implementation of enterprise programs and policies across the Administration. Prior to returning to public service, Latriece served as a Senior Business Executive and Chief of Staff for Oracle Health Government Services.

Previously she served as the Chief Operating Officer for the physician enterprise at Ascension Providence Health System, located in Washington, D.C. Latriece oversaw all support services, business development and management of clinical service lines including Primary Care, Behavioral Health, Diagnostic Imaging, Urgent Care, Retail Pharmacy and Care Management.

Latriece also served in various leadership roles within the Department of Veterans to include the Associate Director for Support Services at the Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center in Philadelphia. In this role, she provided operational oversight to ancillary and support departments, business intelligence, and process improvement. Additionally, Latriece spent seven years in VA Central Office in multiple leadership roles, including Chief of Staff for the Office of Management, Chief Administrative Officer, and Special Advisor to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

Latriece is a native of Cleveland. She completed her Bachelor of Science degree in exercise science from Michigan State University, East Lansing, and a Master of Business Administration from Cleveland State University. She is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and a Project Management Professional.

Dr. Mureebe is currently the Chief Health Informatics Officer for the Mid-Atlantic Region (VISN 6) and Professor of Surgery (Vascular and Endovascular Surgery) at Duke University School of Medicine. She is Chair of the Society for Vascular Surgery’s Population Health Task Force and has served as Associate Medical Director for the Vascular Quality Initiative Patient Safety Organization. Dr. Mureebe received her Doctor of Medicine Degree from the Medical College of Pennsylvania and completed her residency in General Surgery there. She completed a clinical fellowship in Vascular Surgery at Yale New Haven Hospital and a research fellowship at Longwood-Harvard. Dr. Mureebe has a masters degrees in both Public Health and Clinical Informatics.

Dr. Kevin Galpin is the executive director of Telehealth Services under the Office of Connected Care. He is responsible for overseeing the implementation and coordination of telehealth technologies throughout VA.

Galpin is a physician, board-certified in internal medicine and clinical informatics. He has worked in the Veterans Health Administration since 2003 at the Joseph Maxwell Cleland Atlanta VA Medical Center and in the Southeast Network. His past positions include primary care clinic lead physician, assistant chief of medicine for education, and VISN chief of health informatics.

Mr. Hume oversees VHA’s Office of Health Informatics, which includes the Office of Clinical Informatics, the Office of Connected Health (Telehealth Services and Web Analytics), the Office of Health Information Governance, and the Office of Strategic Investment Management. He supported VHA’s launch of the Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM) effort while Acting ADUSH, and contributed to standing up the EHRM Program Executive Office. Previously, he was also Executive Director for Strategic Investment Management and held responsibility for the timely provision of structured information that enables leadership to make knowledgeable decisions on health and health IT investments.

Prior to joining VA in September 2007, Mr. Hume served 27 years in the U.S. Army culminating his military career as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the Army Medical Department and Information Systems Consultant to the Army Surgeon General. During his career he also served as CIO for the 18th Medical Command in Seoul, Korea; the Army Medical Department Center and School at Fort Sam Houston, Texas; the Madigan Army Medical Center at Fort Lewis Washington and the Army Medical Command at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. He also served as the Deputy Chief Information Officer for the Military Health System in Falls Church, Virginia.

Mr. Hume is board certified in healthcare administration, a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, and a Certified Professional in Healthcare and Management Information Systems.