Physician Leader Profiles
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Khalid Al Rujaib, MD Dr. Al Rujaib is a Gynecologic Oncologist for Saudi
Aramco. After earning his medical degree from King Faisal University, he
completed his residency at McGill University. He followed residency with a
fellowship at University of Manitoba. Directing patient care in one of the
world's largest oil producing companies led Dr. Al Rujaib to the UT PEMBA
program because, he notes, a proactive leader must first develop the skills
necessary to achieve one's goals.
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Muthusamy
Anandkumar, MD Dr.
Kumar is a Physician Executive with experience in launching and
successfully expanding several brick-and-mortar and online
businesses including two thriving pharmaceutical companies. He is
strongly committed to improving the quality of healthcare. He has
extensive understanding of project management and healthcare process
improvement, including Lean Six Sigma competency and is involved in
operations of a major healthcare facility with focus on improving
quality of care. As a consultant with an IT company, he has helped
develop tracking software. Through more than 10 years experience in
health care and background in launching successful businesses, he
has developed expertise in new business development, strategic sales
and marketing, team leadership and operational management. His
strong analytic and problem solving skills have enabled him to craft
effective, money-saving solutions for various industries.
Maintaining a totally current expertise is his passion and considers
PEMBA as a premier program essential to gain vital business skills.
He is open to networking opportunities to share his knowledge and
experience.
Victor
Archie, MD Dr. Archie began his post high school
education at North Carolina Central University where he
graduated Magna Cum Laude and was a member of the Beta Kappa
Chi scientific honor society. He completed medical school at
the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill were he
received the Shull Memorial Scholarship for Academic
excellence and was a member of the Mayer Community Health
Honor Society. After completing his medical degree, he
completed a residency in Radiation Oncology at UCLA. During
this time he presented academic papers and research at
numerous national meetings and was published in several
peer-review journals. He served as chief resident of his
program prior to becoming board certified. Dr. Archie now
serves on the Radiation Utilization Code Committee and the
Workforce Committee for the American Society of Radiation
Oncology. Dr. Archie hopes to use the skills gained from an
MBA program to continue his development as a leader in the
field of Oncology.
Anuj
Bhargava, MD, FACP Dr. Bhargava is in private practice
of Endocrinology at Iowa Diabetes and Endocrinology Center
(IDEC) in Des Moines, IA since 2002. He obtained his medical
degree in India. He did his Internal Medicine Residency at
Wright State University, in Dayton, Ohio, and fellowship in
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at the University of
Wisconsin in Madison. He has great passion for diabetes and
is very interested in improving the care of patients with
diabetes. In order to improve their level of understanding,
he started Shared Medical Appointments for patients with
diabetes. He has participated very actively in many
community patient education programs and championed the
cause of bringing the first ever “Taking Control Of Your
Diabetes” conference to the community of Des Moines. He is
very active in teaching residents and students and holds
faculty positions as Assistant Professor of Medicine at Mayo
Clinic, University of Iowa and at Des Moines University. He
started the unique concept of self running audio-talk
presentations for the residents and medical students
visiting his practice. He has special interest in speaking
and sees his role as the one transferring knowledge from the
experts in the field to the primary care physicians and
patients. He has made a number of changes at IDEC and has
transformed the practice in the last three years. His vision
is to establish IDEC as the premier endocrinology practice
in the Midwest. His desire to change the practice, and the
paradigms of treatment of diabetics in the community
prompted him to enroll in the MBA.
Noel
Brown, MD Dr. Brown is a Board Certified Family
Physician who received his Medical Doctorate from Albany
Medical College. He completed his residency in Family
Medicine at Bronx Lebanon Hospital, New York. He completed a
two year fellowship in Faculty Development and a one year
Program Directors fellowship. Subsequently, he became the
Assistant Program Director at Jamaica Hospital in Queens,
New York. Currently he is the Medical Director for the
Family Practice Center and Redesign Facilitator for nine
primary care ambulatory sites at Montefiore Medical Center,
Bronx, New York. He has been a key player in restructuring
the processes that support patient care and is an active
trainer in office redesign. This year, he will be
spearheading the open access initiative with nationally
known leaders for twenty-one primary care ambulatory sites.
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Brown, MD This Profile is being revised. Please check back soon.
Juan
Camps, MD Dr. Camps is native of Spain where he attended
Medical School in the Autonomous University of Barcelona,
Spain. He obtained his medical degree in 1990. After 3 years
of training in Emergency Medicine, he moved to the United
States. He trained in General Surgery in Puerto Rico. He is
board certified from the American College of Surgeons. In
addition, Dr. Camps trained in Pediatric Surgery at the
Miami Children's Hospital for two years. In 2002, he moved
to the South and joined a pediatric surgical group in
Columbia, SC where he is involved in teaching as an
Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatric Surgery from the
SC School of Medicine. His interest is in minimal invasive
surgery in children. He has provided a broad experience in
minimal invasive surgery to his colleagues and surgical
residents. Dr. Camps has become more involved in the
administration aspects from the Children's Hospital and his
private office. His interest in a business degree is to have
the opportunity to learn a new real world that affects in
many ways the practice of medicine. His goal is to continue
with his academic and surgical practice along with a more
active role in the administrative and operational system of
a Children's Hospital. Following this pursuit, Dr. Camps was
named Chair of the Department of Surgery at Children's
Hospital following his graduation in December 2006.
Jose
Luis Cervantes, MD Dr. Cervantes received his
undergraduate degree in Chemistry from the University of
Southern California. He graduated from the University of
California, San Francisco School of Medicine. His residency
training in Emergency Medicine was completed at Bellevue
Hospital Center/NYU Medical Center, where he also served as
chief resident. After residency, he was part of the Public
Health Service, providing emergency care on the Navajo
Indian Reservation. Dr. Cervantes is currently an emergency
physician with Front Line Emergency Care Specialists in Los
Angeles, where he serves on the Board of Directors and soon
will serve as President. He seeks to further his leadership
abilities and business knowledge to affect change in our
current healthcare environment and improve patient care.
Dominick
Cottrell. MD Dr. Cottrell received his Doctor of
Medicine degree from West Virginia University School of
Medicine after obtaining a bachelor of arts in Music from
West Virginia University’s College of Arts and Sciences. Dr.
Cottrell completed his anesthesiology residency at West
Virginia University Hospitals in Morgantown, WV. In
addition, he served as Chief Resident in his last year at
WVU. He was named a Foundation in Anesthesia Education and
Research “resident scholar” during his chief year. Following
residency, he also completed two Anesthesia fellowships at
Wake Forest University Department of Anesthesiology in
Pediatric Anesthesia, and Cardiolthoracic Anesthesia. Dr.
Cottrell is published in the areas of pediatric trauma
anesthesia, temperature monitoring in pediatric anesthesia,
and evaluation of aortic dissection in cardiac surgery. Dr.
Cottrell is currently Vice-president of United Anesthesia,
Inc., in Parkersburg, WV, and works as staff
anesthesiologist at St. Joseph Hospital and Camden-Clark
Memorial Hospitals. He serves on multiple committees at St.
Joseph Hospital including the medical executive committee,
cardiovascular care committee and the trauma committee. In
addition, Dr. Cottrell has recently been named the
Chairperson for Anesthesia at St. Joseph Hospital. Prior to
his current position, Dr. Cottrell was an assistant
professor on the faculty at West Virginia University
Department of Anesthesiology, and an instructor on the
faculty at Wake Forest University Department of
Anesthesiology. His main purpose for pursuing and MBA is to
refine his business and leadership skills, especially in
operating room management, billing and collections, and
healthcare policy.
Thomas
Crumbley, MD, DFAPA Dr. Crumbley is president and CEO of
Arizona Psychiatric Physicians and medical director for the
intensive outpatient and partial hospital programs at St.
Luke’s Hospital in Phoenix. Dr. Crumbley, a Yale trained
psychiatrist, is a distinguished fellow of the American
Psychiatric Association and a diplomate of the American
Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He is the current
president of the Arizona Psychiatric Society, the Arizona
representative to the assembly of district branches of the
American Psychiatric Association, and a delegate in the
Arizona Medical Association’s House of Delegates. Dr.
Crumbley, a McCallie School graduate and former national
powerlifting champion, is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate
(mathematics) of the University of Tennessee. After
attending graduate school at UT (mathematics) and Georgia
Tech (electrical engineering), Dr. Crumbley began his
medical education at the University of Tennessee Center for
the Health Sciences in Memphis. After receiving his M.D.
degree from the University of Tennessee College of Medicine,
Dr. Crumbley completed his internship (internal medicine,
neurology, psychiatry) at Maricopa County Hospital then
began residency training in psychiatry at Yale University
School of Medicine. Dr. Crumbley enjoyed the rich
intellectual environment, unsurpassed teaching and training,
and diverse neuroscience research opportunities at Yale, and
was chief resident in psychiatry at Yale-New Haven Hospital
during his PG-4 year. After graduation from postdoctoral
fellowship (residency) training at Yale, Dr. Crumbley
entered private practice. Dr. Crumbley relates: “In terms of
my career, the most difficult decision I ever made was
leaving Yale and academe to enter private practice … I miss
most the intellectual stimulation that was so satisfying at
Yale, but I have greatly enjoyed an unsurpassed quality of
life since establishing my home in Arizona.” Dr. Crumbley
says: “In order to be a successful physician leader in the
future one must possess superb business knowledge in
addition to outstanding medical and political skill. With
Yale having no such program for physicians at this time I
searched to find the best MBA program for physicians
currently available. Since it is only after completing a
given program that one can then look back on it and
accurately determine the quality of the educational
experience and accuracy of selection of that program, simply
check back with me after graduation to see if my selection
of UT was the best choice of MBA program.”
Lt
Col Joseph C. Darrow Jr., MD Dr. Darrow is a 56 year old
Board Certified Orthopaedic Surgeon, currently serving a two
year temporary tour with the USAF at Andrews AFB, in the DC
area. His educational background includes an AB from the U
of Penn, followed by three years at the L'Universite Libre
de Bruxelles, where he earned a Diplome des Candidatures,
avec Distinction. He subsequently completed his medical
education at the NJ Medical School,UMDNJ. Internship and
Orthopaedic Surgery Residency were accomplished at the
Upstate Medical Center, in Syracuse, NY. This was followed
by a one year Fellowship in Hand Surgery at the Mayo Clinic
and Foundation under Ronald Linscheid, MD, and James Dobyns,
MD. A twenty-two year solo Orthopedic Practice was
accomplished concommitantly with a to-date fourteen year
career in the USAF, as a Flight Surgeon. His current
position is that of Chief of Individual Medical Readiness,
at the Office of the Air Surgeon of the Air National Guard.
He is a Chief Flight Surgeon, with two overseas combat
deployments in the War on Terrorism, and has 100 hours of
combat time in that capacity, and an Air Medal. His civilian
medical achievements include being a Diplomate of the !
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, Fellow of the
American College of Surgeons, Fellow of the American Academy
of Orthopaedic Surgeons, and an Active Member of the
American Society for Surgery of the Hand. After observing
the steady erosion of earnings in the medical field for the
last 16 years due to governmental and private insurance
policies, he became convinced that while education was
undoubtedly the key to success, that wasn't necessarily
financially true in the medical field. His enrollment in the
PEMBA program is an effort to position himself to be able to
continue to work in a very challenging field of endeavor in
both the civilian and military careers he has chosen.
Marquetta
Faulkner, MD, FACP Dr. Faulkner is Professor of
Medicine, Chief of the Division of Nephrology and Medical
Director of the Meharry Medical Group at Meharry Medical
College. Dr. Faulkner graduated from Meharry Medical College
in 1981 and completed a Residency in Internal Medicine at
Meharry in 1984. She served a public health obligation at
Jackson-Hinds Comprehensive Health Center in Jackson
Mississippi from 1984-1987 where she headed the quality
assurance administrative unit. From there, she went on to
pursue a Fellowship in Nephrology at Long Island Jewish
Medical Center in New York. She returned to Meharry Medical
College in 1989 as an Assistant Professor. She was named
Chief of Nephrology in 1991, Medical Director of the Meharry
Dialysis Clinics Inc. in 1997, and Medical Director of the
Meharry Medical Group in 2004. She is pursuing a PEMBA
because of her interest in medical management and the
administrative roles she now holds.
Patti
Forest, MD Dr. Forest graduated from the University of
Tennessee College of Medicine in 1991 and completed her
residency training in Family Medicine at Naval Hospital
Pensacola, FL in 1994. She was a faculty member at that
residency until she moved to Bethlehem, PA in 1998 when she
joined St. Lukes Family Medicine Residency as a faculty
member. Dr. Forest has been the program director for the
residency program since 2000 and medical director for St.
Lukes Family Practice Center since 1999. She completed a
fellowship through the National Institute for Program
Director Development in 2001. Dr. Forest was named Medical
Director of Quality at St. Lukes Hospital in October 2005.
Dr. Forest plans to use the knowledge and leadership skills
she learns in the PEMBA program as she transitions from
academic medicine into administrative physician leadership.
Cole
Giller, MD, PhD Dr. Giller is a board certified
neurosurgeon and currently Medical Director of the Baylor
Radiosurgery Center in Dallas. He obtained his MD at UCLA
Medical School and completed his neurosurgical residency at
Parkland Hospital in Dallas. Before focusing his career on
radiosurgery, he was Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at
the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, where
his interests were surgery for Parkinson’s disease, surgery
for epilepsy and radiosurgery. Prior to medical school, he
completed a PhD in mathematics at UC Berkeley and has
maintained an interest in applications of mathematics to
clinical medicine. He is the author of the book Port in the
Storm: How to Make a Medical Decision and Live to Tell About
It, written as a guidebook for patients facing difficult
medical decisions. As director of a busy radiosurgery center
embedded in the economic and political turmoil of a large
urban hospital, Dr Giller is surrounded by the issues of
business and leadership which provide his motivation to
further his physician leadership skills and to enroll in the
PEMBA program.
Camilo
Gomez, MD Dr. Gomez is widely recognized as one of the
world's leading Neurologists and has significantly impacted
the fields of Interventional Neurology and Vascular/Critical
Care Neurology. In the clinical arena, he brings to bear his
vast experience culled over many years of working with
patients with Neurological injury. His primary focus now is
furthering the development of the field of Interventional
Neurology, which involves the application of endovascular
surgical techniques to restore blood flow through to the
cerebral vasculature (brain blood vessels). His advocacy for
victims of stroke is evidenced in his involvement in many
organizations, including the Alabama Governor's Stroke Task
Force, the Delta States Stroke Consortium, the American
Academy of Neurology, the American Society of Neuroimaging,
the Neurocritical Care Society, the Society for Critical
Care Medicine and many others. Actively involved in patient
care, he continues to work closely with the legal community
through Case Review and Expert Testimony.
Charles
Guernsey, DO Dr. Guernsey is currently the medical
director of Southern Michigan Pain Consultants, a
multi-disciplinary pain management practice with offices in
Kalamazoo, Marshall and St. Joseph, MI. Dr. Guernsey
received his BA degree in Psychology from the University of
IL, Chicago. He received his DO degree and completed a
Psychiatry fellowship from the Chicago College of
Osteopathic Medicine in 1976. Dr. Guernsey completed his
pain management fellowship from the University of South
Carolina, Columbia in 1995. He is board certified in both
anesthesiology and pain management. Dr. Guernsey enjoys
teaching and currently holds an appointment as Clinical
Associate Professor in the Department of Osteopathic
Surgical Specialties at the College of Osteopathic Medicine,
Michigan State University, East Lansing. He is an advocate
and spokesperson for the adoption of disease management
principles, application of evidenced based medicine practice
and information technology support in pain management. Dr.
Guernsey has a specific interest in bioethics and has
completed courses from the Loyola University, Chicago online
master’s program in Bioethics and Health Policy, as well as,
the AMA/Medical College of Wisconsin online fellowship in
Physician Ethics and Professionalism. He is Chair of the
Michigan Osteopathic Association’s Bioethics Committee.
Given what lies ahead for medicine and healthcare in this
country Dr. Guernsey believes that physician leaders with
firm grounding in both business and bioethics are needed.
Menachem
Langer, MD Please check back soon.
Thom
Lobe, MD, NMD, JD Dr. Lobe, a native of Baltimore,
Maryland, is a world renown leader in minimally invasive and
robotic pediatric surgery and urology who currently
practices at Blank Children’s Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa.
He has a long standing interest in Complementary and
Alternative Medicine and remains on the faculty and is in
charge of teaching that subject to medical students at The
University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis,
Tennessee. His clinical interests include the use of
hypnosis and acupuncture in the management of difficult
pediatric surgical problems, and he is actively involved in
teaching these subjects around the world. He has recently
been elected to serve as the Secretary and Treasurer for the
American Board of Medical Hypnosis. He also is the host of
“What’s Up Doc?”, a medical talk show broadcast monthly on
GHS-TV in Memphis. Past accomplishments include establishing
and directing for 17 years, the first pediatric surgical
residency approved in the South. His talents include his
remarkable ability to multitask, organizational skills,
successful implementation of new programs and techniques,
and a highly successful record as a fund raiser. He plans to
use his MBA to develop and implement a new model of
Complementary and Alternative health care.
Edward
Millermaier, MD After an undergraduate degree at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Ed finished his medical
education in 1984 at the Medical College of WI. A Family
Practice Internship at Cleveland Metro General Hospital was
followed by Internal Medicine Residency and then a Chief
Residency year at Mount Sinai Medical Center all in
Cleveland, OH. Ed was the recipient of the Stanley Shensa
teaching Award at Mount Sinai. Ed’s first 5 post training
years were spent in the National Health Service Corps at
Peoples Health Center in Indianapolis, IN. After spending
two years in an Emergency Services practice, during which
time Ed’s wife finished her residency in Family Practice, Ed
and his family of three children moved to Kalamazoo, MI. He
has been in practice as a General Internist there for the
past 10 years. Ed has had increasing administrative
responsibilities at Borgess Health Alliance in Kalamazoo
over the last 6 years. In 1999, he began as the Medical
Advisor for Managed Care for the Provider Network. In late
2000 Ed became the Medical Director for ProMed Healthcare,
the physician practice division of the Health Alliance.
While in that role, he brought innovation in the form of
Shared Medical Appointments, successfully engaged ProMed in
pay for performance programs, and focused his attention on
quality and compliance. Ed is now employed full time as the
Chief Medical and Chief Operating Officer for the Ambulatory
Care Division of Borgess Health Alliance in Kalamazoo.
Created in October, 2005, the Ambulatory Care Division
includes 9 practices in 15 sites, outpatient physical and
occupational therapy, corporate medicine, an immediate
medical center, the Borgess Health and Fitness Center, and
the outpatient lab and radiology services for Borgess Health
Alliance. The division has over 600 employees, 100 providers
and over $65 Million in revenues. Ed recognizes that
executive level work requires commensurate education. He
looks forward to gaining the knowledge and insights into
leadership and management offered by the Physician Executive
MBA at UT.
Steven
Mitnick, MD Dr. Mitnick presently serves as the Medical
Director for Gould Medical Group, Inc., a large
multi-specialty group of over 200 members located in
Modesto, CA. In his role as Medical Director, he is
responsible for the operations of the Medical Group as well
as the Managed Care, Clinical Quality, Clinical Research and
Health Education Departments. He is a key member of the
Administrative Team of the Sutter Gould Medical Foundation,
an affiliate of Sutter Health. Dr Mitnick also practices
part-time in the field of Internal Medicine, having received
his MD degree from the UC Irvine in 1983, having obtained
his post graduate training in Internal Medicine at Harbor
UCLA Medical Center in Torrance CA, followed by a Chief
Residency at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Long Beach, CA. He
originally hails from the Los Angeles area, growing up in
Downey, CA. and receiving his BA from Occidental College. In
the role of Medical Director he has worked on a number of
clinical projects including implementing Advanced Access for
the Primary Care specialties, creating a full-service
hospitalist program of 14 physicians, and creating a CA
Medical Assoc accredited CME program. One of his areas of
interest is in the field of medical malpractice. He was key
in creating a wholly-owned Hawaii captive that self-insures
the Group in concert with seven other Sutter-affiliated
Medical Groups. He is pursuing his MBA in order to improve
his knowledge of the financial and operations aspects of
medical practice management.
Alejandra
Nieto, MD Dr. Nieto owns a consulting business in
clinical research. She has been actively involved in
clinical research development and management across the US
and Latin America for the past eight years. Dr. Nieto, a
native of Cali, Colombia, received her medical degree from
University Autonoma of Guadalajara. She began her career in
clinical research upon graduation from Medical School.
Currently, She is managing an oncology clinical trial for a
major pharmaceutical company in New York City. Dr. Nieto
views the MBA as providing her the crucial opportunities to
enhance her leadership skills, people management skills and
acquire a better understanding of business issues related to
the healthcare industry.
Craig
Paterson, MD Dr. Paterson is a native of Glasgow,
Scotland. He received his medical degree from McMaster
University in Ontario, Canada where he also completed his
training in general surgery. During his residency he
obtained a Masters Degree in physiology and pharmacology.
Following completion of his fellowship in Colon and Rectal
Surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, Dr Paterson
practiced in Canada for several years before accepting a
position at the University of Massachusetts in Worcester. Dr. Paterson
served as an Associate Professor of Surgery and Chief of the
Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery. After arriving at the
University of Massachusetts, he has established the region’s only anorectal physiology laboratory, and successfully
developed the section of colon and rectal surgery.
Following his appointment at the University of
Massachusetts, Dr. Paterson accepted a position with
GlaxoSmithKline. There he serves as the company's
Director of GI Clinical Development. The
author of over 20 papers and several book chapters, Dr.
Paterson has been internationally recognized as both an
invited lecturer and visiting professor. He has been the
recipient of several research awards and was the lead
physician representing the U of MA as it received top
performer status from the University Healthsystem
Consortium’s national bowel surgery benchmark project in
2003. Dr. Paterson believes that the business and leadership
skills learned through the PEMBA program at the UT will
allow him to better understand the financial complexities of
delivering health care in today’s and tomorrow’s
environment, as well as enhance his career.
James
Patterson, MD Dr. Patterson is CEO of a thriving OB/GYN
practice. An entrepreneur, he started two medical-related
businesses. He earned his medical doctorate at the UT and
his bachelor's at Vanderbilt. He sits on the board for
several not-for-profits. He chose UT's PEMBA program to,
"...take a more active role in business..." and to,
"...speak the language of business."
Phil
Perry, MD Dr. Perry received his Bachelor of Arts from
the University of California, Santa Barbara. He earned his
medical degree from the Bowman Gray School of Medicine of
Wake Forest University, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. In
1985 he became board certified in anesthesiology after
completing his internship in Internal Medicine and a
residency in Anesthesiology at the University of Virginia.
Following two years of anesthesia practice for the US Public
Health Service in Laurinburg, North Carolina, he moved to
Jacksonville, Florida. There he co founded a 25 physician
anesthesiology group and is a managing partner. Dr. Perry
has served on the executive committee of St.Vincent’s
Medical Center for several years, was Chief of
Anesthesiology for six years, and is Chairman of the Medical
Staff Performance Improvement Committee. In March 2006, he
was appointed as President of the Medical Staff. He hopes
the condensed, structured training in the business of health
care will provide him with the knowledge to become a more
effective physician leader.
Christopher
Rich, MD Dr. Rich completed at undergraduate degree at
LSU in Baton Rouge, followed by a MD degree from the LSU
School of Medicine in New Orleans. He finished his
Orthopaedic Surgery Residency at LSU in 1988. Dr. Rich is
Board Certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic
Surgery, with a successful Recertification with a specialty
interest in sports medicine in 2000. He is a fellow of the
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, a member of the
American Orthopaedic Society of Sports Medicine, a charter
member of the Louisiana Sports Medicine Society, and a board
member of the Louisiana Orthopaedic Association. He was
recently appointed to Governor Blanco’s Panel on Healthcare
Reform. Dr. Rich maintains a full time clinical practice in
Orthopaedic Surgery. He is the Head Team Physician for the
Northwestern State University Demons, since 1990. His
practice specializes in sports medicine, arthroscopy of the
shoulder and knee, and knee reconstruction. Currently he is
the managing partner of Mid State Orthopaedic & Sports
Medicine Center in Alexandria. Mid State, along with
Christus St Frances Cabrini Hospital, was designated as #1
in Orthopaedics for the State of Louisiana for 2004 by
HEALTHGRADES, “THE Healthcare Quality Experts”. A native of
San Antonio, Dr. Rich was a three-year letterman in football
as an offensive lineman at LSU from 1976-78. He earned
Academic All-Southeastern Conference honors in 1977 and
1978. He wants to be a physician leader that will impact the
healthcare decision making processes that are now controlled
by others. This may lead him to a different job as a
physician executive in the future.
Darley
Solomon, MD Dr. Solomon practices general surgery at
Grenada Lake Medical Center in Grenada, MS. He earned his
medical degree from Howard University in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Solomon completed an Internal Medicine Internship at the
Bronx Municipal Hospital Center in NY. After the internship
he switched to a residency in general surgery at the
University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, MS. He
then became chief resident as well. Originally from Grand
Cayman, Cayman Islands, Dr. Solomon practiced at the Cayman
Islands Health Services Authority. He desires to obtain
management and business operating skills to improve the
functioning of the Cayman Islands Health Services Authority.
He wants to make an impact on the healthcare of the citizens
of the Cayman Islands.
Ramesh
Talreja, MD, DABA, DAAPM Dr. Talreja is currently the
Chief of the Anesthesia Department at Lock Haven Hospital,
PA. He practices general anesthesia and pain management. His
career spans over thirty years in the field of medicine.
Prior to his second career in anesthesia and pain
management, he was practicing as a general surgeon for over
nine years. As we are all aware, medicine has two aspects -
the humanitarian the the business aspect. Our medical
schools provide only the tools to master the science and the
practice of medicine without ever going into even a slight
training in its business aspect. Dr. Talreja comes from a
family of medical practitioners. His sister is a renowned
pulmonologist and his brother-in-law is a very successful
cardiologist. They have multiple satellite clinics all over
the south central Kentucky. Dr. Talreja would like to
provide multiple pain management centers to the community
but wants good business training before venturing to do so.
The PEMBA program presents itself as the right business
course for him.
Tonya
Touchstone, MD Dr. Touchstone is an attending physician
at Children's Hospital of Michigan emergency department in
Detroit. She received her bachelor of science degree
in microbiology from Howard University Medical School.
She then completed a pediatric residency at Children's
Hospital of Michigan, In 2000, she received the Dr.
Scott Shipman Child Advocacy Award from the American Academy
of Pediatrics for "Healthy mother Healthy Child", a health
awareness program for pregnant teen mothers. Dr.
Touchstone has provided medical care and developmental
analysis as part of the Senegal Project in Medina Baye,
Senegal, West Africa. She chose UT"s PEMBA program
because..."it is geared towards helping physicians become
leaders by allowing them to understand the business of
healthcare."
Ross
Ungerleider, MD Ross Ungerleider is the Chief of
Cardiothoracic Surgery at Oregon Health and Science
University as well as the program director for its residency
training program in CT surgery. He is also the John C. Hursh
Chair of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery at Doernbecher Children's
Hospital in Portland, Oregon, which is a part of the OHSU
complex. Prior to moving to Portland in 2001, he had been a
tenured full professor and chief of pediatric cardiac
surgery at Duke University in Durham, NC. where he helped to
develop one of the leading academic cardiac programs in the
country, both in terms of patient outcomes and contributions
to the field of cardiac surgery. He is well recognized for
his work in developing safe techniques to perform complete
repairs of cardiac defects in tiny infants while protecting
their neurologic outcomes. He is also a recognized leader
for numerous surgical procedures, including pulmonary
autograft replacement of the aortic valve. He is the author
of over 300 abstracts, peer-reviewed scientific papers and
book chapters, as well as the editor of a major textbook on
cardiac surgery for infants. He holds elected membership in
the Am Assoc of Thoracic Surgery, the Congenital Heart
Surgeon’s Society, the Southern Surgical Assoc and the Am
Surgical Assoc. He is the President for the Southern
Thoracic Surgical Assoc for 2005-6. He has appeared on
national television numerous times including the Learning
Channel, CNN medical news, and the 700 club. He was the
recipient of the James Carreras International Humanitarian
Award in 2000 for his work performing heart surgery on
children in Nicaragua. He has been named to America’s Best
Doctors and has also received national distinction in Castle
Connolly’s Top Doctors in America for the past 6 years. He
has been recognized by Good Housekeeping as one of the best
pediatric cardiac surgeons in the U.S. Along with his wife,
Jamie, he is a member of the Am College of Surgeon’s Task
Force on Professionalism, and the Ethics committees of both
the Society of Thoracic Surgeons and the American Assoc of
Thoracic Surgeons. He hopes that his training with PEMBA at
UT will provide him with knowledge and tools that can
further enhance his potential for creating important
cultural and visionary changes in medical care for the
future.
John
Wright, MD, MPH John Wright is a physician executive at
Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, Mich. Dr. Wright joined Ford
in 1992 and has served in various positions of increasing
responsibility since that time. In his present role Dr.
Wright serves as a member of the Ford health care team,
participates in design and purchase of employee and retiree
health care benefits and is responsible for management of
in-plant medical services of Automotive Components Holdings
LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ford, engaged in the
manufacture of small automotive parts. Before joining Ford,
Dr. Wright was active in the field of Emergency Medicine,
served as medical director of several hospital-based
emergency departments and was Assistant Professor of
Emergency Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia. Dr.
Wright received an undergraduate degree from Emory
University in Atlanta, GA., a doctorate of medicine from the
Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, GA and a master of
public health degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin
in Milwaukee, WI. He is certified by the American Board of
Emergency Medicine and the American Board of Preventive
Medicine. Dr. Wright resides in Ann Arbor, Michigan with his
wife, Barbara. Dr. Wright has a special interest in
community service and is active volunteer in the United Way,
Hospice of Michigan and the American Red Cross. Dr. Wright
enrolled in the PEMBA program to learn the concepts and
tools that are regularly utilized by business professionals.
Dino
Zacharakos, MD Dr. Zacharakos is an Anesthesiologist on
staff at Norwalk Hospital (Norwalk, Connecticut) since 1989.
He grew up in New York City, received his undergraduate
degree at Columbia College, his medical degree at
Northeastern Universities College of Medicine, and his
residency in Anesthesiology at Yale Universities college of
Medicine. He also received subspecialty training in Pain
Management at Yale Universities College of Medicine. He is
Boarded in Anesthesiology by the American Board of
Anesthesiologists and was recertified in 2005. Dr.
Zacharakos has been a Clinical Assistant Professor at the
Department of Anesthesiology at Yale University College of
Medicine and has been Director of Rotating Anesthesiology
Residents at Norwalk Hospital. He has been Chairman of the
Credentials Committee at Norwalk Hospital in addition to
being his department's Continuing Medical Education
Director. He is presently the Director of Anesthesia
Services for Bariatric Surgery at Norwalk Hospital. Dr.
Zacharakos is interested in the management of Anesthesia and
Surgical Services.
