WORKSHOP From ICU to Behavioral Health: Using a Pathway Academy Method to Efficiently Develop and Implement Impactful Pathways in a Wide Range of Care Settings

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Gerd McGwire, MD, PhD

Pediatric Hospital Medicine (PHM) attending, Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Professor of Pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine

Co-medical director of the Clinical Pathways Program at Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Dr. Gerd McGwire is a Pediatric Hospital Medicine attending at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Professor of Pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. She serves as Co-Medical Director of the Clinical Pathways Program with 10+ years’ experience in spearheading pathway development.

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Laura Rust, MD, MPH

Associate Professor in the Divisions of Clinical Informatics and Pediatric Emergency Medicine at The Ohio State University

Co-medical director of the Clinical Pathways Program at Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Dr. Laura Rust is an Associate Professor in the Divisions of Clinical Informatics and Pediatric Emergency Medicine at The Ohio State University. She serves as a clinical informaticist and co-medical director of the Clinical Pathways Program. Her work effort has focused on development and bedside implementation of predictive analytics tools for clinicians, implementation science for pathway EHR incorporation and developing programmatic data analytics foundations for benchmarking outcomes.

Roopali Bapat, MD, MSHQS

Neonatologist at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and The Ohio State University Medical Center

Medical Director of Quality and Safety for the Neonatal Network at Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Co-medical director of the Clinical Pathways Program at Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Dr. Roopali Bapat is a neonatologist at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and The Ohio State University Medical Center. She serves as Medical Co-Director of the Clinical Pathways Program and Medical Director of Quality and Safety for the Neonatal Network at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.

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Aarti Gaglani, MD

Pediatric Emergency Medicine (PEM) physician at Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine

Co-medical director of the Clinical Pathways Program at Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Dr. Gaglani is a Pediatric Emergency Medicine physician at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. She serves as Co-Medical Director of the Clinical Pathways Program. She has been nationally involved in quality improvement initiatives and clinical trials to optimize medical resuscitation and the care of neurologic emergencies in the pediatric emergency department.

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Rekha Voruganti, MBOE, LSSBB

Business and Development Manager for the Clinical Pathways Program at Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Rekha Voruganti is the Business and Development Manager for the Clinical Pathways Program. She oversees the administrative operations of the program. Her specialties include operational excellence, health literacy, quality and patient safety.

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Tara Dinh, BS

Clinical Pathways Program Coordinator at Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Pathways4Kids 2026 Conference Committee

Tara Dinh serves as the Clinical Pathways Program Coordinator at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. She coordinates critical tasks pertaining to pathway development, including revision and implementation of pathways, to enhance the user experience, promote high-value, high-quality care and amplify the program’s reach in the inpatient setting.