Board certified physician who has demonstrated success in patient quality outcomes, lowered length of stay, utilization improvement, improved physician relations, and improved peer review processes.

Accomplished through practical and innovative methods involving the development of strong administrative and medical staff relations. Significant experience in developing reliable processes to achieve these goals. Proven management and leadership skills to assist medical staffs and corporate employees in accomplishing these goals. Proven educational skills in quality, safety, and reliability.

 

International lecturer in reliability, quality, and safety. Consultant and advisor to a variety of for-profit startup companies. Active promoter of increased access to medical care for the underserved population of North Texas.

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• Trained in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology at Parkland and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School

• Twenty years in private practice

• Founding member of Digestive Health Associates of Texas – one of the largest specialty groups in the United States

• Fifteen years as a Vice President in Tenet Healthcare – a Fortune 500 company – worked in all areas of the corporation. Visited and worked with 100 hospitals in one year to institute the first set of system core measures in the United States. (1999)

• Chief Quality and Safety Officer during the first three years of the Parkland Corporate Integrity Agreement and improvement process (2013-2016)

• Prior Associate Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President of Professional and Academic Affairs, Parkland Hospital and Health System (2017)

• Prior Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School (2013 – 2020)

• Advisor, Southern Methodist University Lyle School of Engineering. EMIS Advisory Board

• Prior Chief Medical Officer: Texas Hospital Association (THA) and Foundation (THAF) (2018 – 2023)

• Associate Professor of Medicine, University of North Texas, Health Science Center Fort Worth, Tx (2021 – current)

• International Speaker on Quality, Safety, Reliability, and Leadership Development

• Consultant and advisor to a variety of for-profit startup companies.

• Active promoter of increased access to medical care for the underserved population of North Texas as Medical director of two not for profit medical clinics

Updated CV: 9.30.24