Visionary

Experienced healthcare executive with strengths in physician engagement, healthcare innovation, and value-based care. MBA and MS in Healthcare Management from Cornell University. I completed my Medical Degree at Boston University, and residency in internal medicine at UCLA. I have over a decade of experience working as an internist with a focus on improving clinical, educational, and research efforts in perioperative care. I have held academic appointments at UCLA, Mount Sinai, Columbia University, and Cornell. At New York-Presbyterian’s Columbia University campus I served as the Director of Medicine Consultation & Perioperative Services. I was subsequently recruited to Hospital for Special Surgery and served as the Medical Chief of the Spine Service for 7 years. In 2020 I moved to Wisconsin to work as Regional Vice President of Medical Affairs at Marshfield Clinic Health System. I also served as Hospital Medicine Service Line Director for the nine hospitals within this organization, and co-chaired the system’s Health Equity Steering Committee. Most recently I transitioned to Ascension to work as the Wisconsin market Chief Medical Officer. Past and current areas of focus include: • Health Equity Initiatives • Health System Strategy Formulation • Risk-Modeling • Early Recovery After Surgery Pathways • Perioperative Management • Value-Based Assessments in Surgical Care • Physician Engagement & Well-Being • Clinical Operations Management