Physician Leader Profiles

Michael Haupert, DO
2009 Graduate
Otolaryngology
Pediatric Otolaryngologist
Michigan Pediatric ENT Asso
Clarkston, MI


Dr. Haupert's desire to pursue a career in medicine was inspired by a couple of life-altering events during college. He was involved in a serious automobile accident and was later diagnosed with cancer. The medical professionals who treated him profoundly influenced his future aspirations. Dr. Haupert went on to complete a residency in otolaryngology and a fellowship in pediatric otolaryngology. Presently he is an associate clinical professor at Wayne State University School of Medicine and chief of Pediatric Otolaryngology at Children's Hospital of Michigan. The rapidly changing dynamics in medicine spurred his interest in pursuing an MBA degree. Dr. Haupert strongly feels that physicians need to understand the business constraints facing medicine. His ultimate goal is to help in the process of making medicine economically sound, accessible, and improve quality and innovation.

Kwasi Armah, MD
2009 Graduate
Radiology
Chairman
Miller-DiPietro Imaging Associates
Mechanicsburg, PA


Dr. Armah holds an appointment of Clinical Associate Professor of Radiology at the College of Medicine-PennState University, Hershey, Pennsylvania. He is dual board-certified in diagnostic radiology and nuclear medicine and has a certificate of added qualification in neuroradiology. After completion of his medical education at New Jersey Medical School in Newark, New Jersey, he entered the Diagnostic Imaging program at Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, completing it in 1997. Thereafter he embarked on two fellowships: nuclear medicine and neuroradiology, which took him to Iowa City, Iowa and Hershey, Pennsylvania respectively; he completed nuclear medicine in 1998 and neuroradiology in 1999. That year, Dr. Armah joined Miller-DiPietro Imaging Associates and Partnership at Memorial Hospital of York in York, Pennsylvania, where he currently serves as Chairman of Radiology and Director of MRI Services. In order to acquaint himself with the Business of Medicine due to his emerging role as a physician leader, he enrolled in the certificate program Hopkins Business of Medicine in 2003, a joint program offered by Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Carey Business School, which he completed in 2004. Dr. Armah chose the PEMBA program because he believes it will help him in his personal and professional development as a physician leader by providing him with the essential tools.

David Hecht, MD
2009 Graduate
Surgery
CEO
Mountain Empire Medical and Surgical Associates
Elizabethton, TN


Dr. Hecht attended the University of Virginia for his undergraduate studies and later UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School for his medical degree. He completed his residency in general surgery at the University of Florida Health Science Center in Jacksonville, Florida, in 2001 and moved to Elizabethton, Tennessee, to start a solo private surgery practice later that year. By 2002 he had formed a multispecialty group that would practice out of the local community hospital. Two inpatient internal medicine hospitalists were added that year and a second surgeon joined the group by 2003. Dr. Hecht managed the group as Chief Executive Officer and presided over its continued success and growth for the following four years during which the group continued to expand. Another inpatient hospitalist, three outpatient internists, and two nurse practitioners were added during that interval. In 2008, Dr. Hecht left private practice to accept the position of Chief of General Surgery at the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center in Johnson City/Mountain Home, Tennessee. Dr. Hecht will use the knowledge and experience gathered through the MBA program to help foster a clearer understanding of the overwhelming administrative challenges that are faced in medicine today.

Abdul Rahman Jibrin, MD
2009 Graduate
Family Medicine
Deputy Speaker
Niger State House Assembly
Abuja,


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Catrina Funk, MD
2009 Graduate
OB/GYN
Hospitalist
Fransican Medical Group
Gig Harbor, WA


Dr. Funk is a board-certified OB/GYN practicing as a laborist in Tacoma, Washington. Dr. Funk received her bachelor of arts degree from Colorado State University and her medical degree from the University of Oklahoma. After finishing her residency training in Grand Rapids, Michigan, she worked in a federally qualified health center providing care to an under-served population in three counties in southern Ohio. In 2006, Dr. Funk taught obstetrics at a maternity hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan. In addition, she designed and implemented a four year curriculum for an OB/GYN residency program which was approved by the Afghanistan Ministry of Public Health to be practiced nationwide. Dr. Funk believes the PEMBA program will help her to develop the skills required to create a strategic and sustainable business plan for OB/GYN hospitalist programs nationwide as well as internationally.

Karen Murrell, MD
2009 Graduate
Emergency Medicine
Chief - Emergency Department
The Permanente Medical Group
Sacramento, CA


Dr. Murrell is the Chief of Emergency Medicine at Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento. She has been involved in emergency medicine since the age of sixteen when she started as a registration clerk at the University of Chicago emergency department. Dr. Murrell worked in a number of capacities in the emergency departmentD—she was a tech and registered nurse prior to finally deciding to go to medical school. She graduated from the University of Illinois at Chicago residency program in 2000, and moved to Sacramento six years ago. She has been Chief of the emergency department for the past year. Dr. Murrell attended a LEAN for Healthcare course at the University of Tennessee last year. She hopes to use the knowledge she obtains while getting her MBA to improve flow processes in both the emergency department and throughout the hospital as well as to teach other members of the health care team about process improvement.

Chadwick Ross, MD
2009 Graduate
Emergency Medicine
Resident
Integris Southwest Medical Center
Oklahoma City, OK


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Anup Sharma, MD
2009 Graduate
Internal Medicine
Hospitalist
SouthEastern Regional Medical Center
Lumberton, NC


Dr. Sharma finished an internal medicine residency in 2007 and family medicine residency in 2005 and is board-certified in both specialties. He has been working for the past year and a half as a hospitalist. Dr. Sharma has an interest in changing health care, as great waste exists in the American health care system. The benefit of completing an MBA will enable him to affect more patients than he currently does by directly caring for them. He is currently in the process of setting up a hospitalist group and plans to develop this company for the next 5 years. Eventually he plans on becoming a CEO of a health care system.

Sandip Godambe, MD
2009 Graduate
Pediatrics
Associate Professor and Medical Director
University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center
Collierville, TN


After completing his college years at Washington University and being involved in various childrens advocacy programs and basic science research, Dr. Godambe stayed on and attended the Washington University Medical Scientist Training Program and earned his MD and PhD in immunology. He went on to do his Pediatrics training at Children's Hospital of Boston and Pediatric Emergency Medicine fellowship at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center. He is currently an Associate Professor in Pediatrics at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center. He is the associate medical director of the LeBonheur Childrens Hospital Emergency Department and directs the emergency department technician program. He is actively involved in resident and fellowship education and on several national committees. He has continued his interests in basic and clinical science research, published in leading journals, and has developing interests in international and disaster medicine. His current clinical research interests include point of care testing using bedside ultrasound and pain intervention in the emergency department. His administrative goals are to improve the quality of care through increased point of care testing, improved use of electronic medical record, and incorporation of quality issues into medical resident education. He hopes that PEMBA will provide the training and experience to pursue his career aspirations of being in a national leadership position that will incorporate his research and clinical experiences.

Richard Blackburn, DO
2009 Graduate
Radiology
Director, Radiation Oncology
Davis Memorial Hospital
Elkins, WV


Dr. Blackburn practices radiation oncology at Davis Memorial Hospital Cancer Center in Elkins, West Virginia, where he holds the position of Director. Dr. Blackburn is board-certified in anesthesia, pain medicine, and radiation oncology. Dr. Blackburn graduated from the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine in 1984 and completed an anesthesia residency at Cuyahoga Falls General Hospital in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, in 1987. He then practiced anesthesia and developed pain management practices in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina. It was in South Carolina where he discovered an unrelenting love for treating cancer patients and their families. Dr. Blackburn completed a four-year residency in radiation oncology at the Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and the University of Kentucky, finishing in 2001. He has practiced radiation oncology, which he says is the greatest job there ever could be, in the states of Kentucky, Georgia, and most recently returning to his hometown of Elkins, West Virginia. Radiation oncology employment positions have blessed him with the opportunity to be exposed to both academic and private practice venues. Dr. Blackburn enrolled in the University of Tennessee's PEMBA program to become more effective in the integration of the practice of medicine with the business of medicine.

Nancy Schuster, MD
2009 Graduate
Internal Medicine
Medical Director
Southwestern Vermont Health Care
Bennington, VT


Dr. Schuster received her medical degree from Wright State University in 1999 and completed her residency in internal medicine at the University of Vermont. After serving an additional year as chief resident, she transitioned into hospital medicine and is currently a hospitalist at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington, Vermont. She serves as the medical director for the 12-member physician group and works collaboratively with hospital administration to provide quality care for patients while utilizing resources effectively. Participating in health care administration is a rewarding aspect of her current role and she is hopeful the PEMBA program will provide her with business fundamentals to succeed in this field.

Sirish Parvathaneni, MD
2009 Graduate
Thoracic Surgery
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
St. John's Clinic
Springfield, MO


Dr. Parvathaneni grew up in Chicago. He graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in engineering and attended Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago. Dr. Parvathaneni had a desire in his formative years as a medical student to emulate a person who he had the deepest respect for: his father, a cardiothoracic surgeon. He therefore embarked on a career to become a cardiothoracic surgeon himself, which took eight long, painful years. He spent five years in general surgery obtaining his chief residency at Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh and one year at Barnes-Jewish doing a critical care fellowship. He graduated from Loyola University Cardiothoracic Fellowship and stayed on as faculty for one year. He then went into private practice in Lima, Ohio, for five years and recently moved to St. Johns in Springfield, Missouri, to practice with a great group of world class cardiovascular surgeons. With the support of his wife and children he applied to PEMBA so that he could make a difference in health care and have his son respect him as much as he respected his father.

Pranav Mehta, MD
2009 Graduate
Internal Medicine
Associate Medical Director / Pat-
Metropolitan Hospital Center,
Astoria, NY


Dr. Mehta is currently the Associate Medical Director for Ambulatory Care Services and Patient Safety Officer at Metropolitan Hospital Center in New York City, New York. In this dual capacity Dr. Mehta has been involved in harmonizing patient safety, quality and risk, as well as streamlining operations for ambulatory care, improving quality assurance reporting requirements and implementing best practices for the chronic disease management collaborative. Dr. Mehta is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at New York Medical College. Prior to his current appointment Dr. Mehta served as medical director for community-based practices overseeing the daily operations, clinical research, and program development. He managed relations with community, governmental, and faith-based organizations, including the Mexican Consulate of New York and the New York City Department of Education's Board of School Health. Dr. Mehta oversaw community outreach programs, developing and organizing community events, conducting workshops, and giving lectures throughout the East Harlem area. Dr. Mehta has spearheaded clinic initiatives, including developing curricula for the New York Medical College student-run clinic, La Casita de Salud and creating a summer fellows program. Dr. Mehta completed fellowships in the medical education leadership program at the University of Southern California's Keck School of Medicine and in Underserved Medicine at the University of California San Diego. Dr. Mehta is board-certified by the American College of Healthcare Executives and the American Board of Quality Assurance. Dr. Mehta believes that the PEMBA program will be instrumental in his success as a physician executive in an increasingly complex health care environment and hopes to gain a deeper understanding of cutting edge business concepts and technology.

Laurie Landeen, MD
2009 Graduate
OB/GYN
Physician
Sanford Health System
Sioux Falls, SD


Dr. Landeen is attending the PEMBA program at the University of Tennessee to accentuate and enrich her journey in health care leadership. She is currently president of her physician group, Sanford Women's Health, composed of 28 physicians and midlevel providers. She also sits on the Board of Governors at Sanford Health which is comprised of 350+ physicians. From her first leadership role in medicine as Chief of Staff for a 25-bed military hospital to her current role, she wants to better her understanding of the business of medicine. Sanford is a regionally recognized health care system in the Midwest and is taking health care to the next level. Dr. Landeen wants to be a part of the charge in making Sanford an internationally recognized system, with particular attention to women's health, her long-time passion.

Alton Hunter, Jr., MD
2009 Graduate
Orthopedic Surgeon
President
Mid-Tennessee Bone and Joint Clinic P.C.
North Charleston, SC


Dr. Hunter is an orthopedic surgeon specializing in hand and upper extremity surgery. He attended Vanderbilt University as an undergraduate and received his medical degree from the University of Tennessee Center for the Health Sciences. Dr. Hunter completed orthopedic surgery residency at the Campbell Clinic. Following several years as a solo practitioner, he joined Mid-Tennessee Bone and Joint Clinic. Dr. Hunter currently serves as President of the Tennessee Orthopaedic Society. He anticipates skills obtained in the PEMBA program will enable him to better identify and address the challenges and opportunities of the evolving United States health care system.

Mark Reimer, MD
2009 Graduate
Surgery
Director
Biological Procedures Online
Kitchener, ON


Dr. Reimer is a laparoscopic general surgeon practicing in Ontario, Canada. His educational background includes a bachelor's degree in biochemistry, a medical degree at the University of Western Ontario, a surgical residency at the University of Ottawa in Canada's capital city, and a fellowship in minimally invasive surgery in Hamilton, Ontario. Mark has always enjoyed administrative and leadership roles throughout his training. He served as chairman of his undergraduate university student organization, concommittently serving as a municipally-elected school board trustee. In residency he became an executive member of Canada's strongest Resident's Union, PAIRO. He also runs his own scientific publishing company. Mark's future interest lies in expanding bariatric services within Canada. To help accomplish this monumental task, he will need to learn all he can from the esteemed faculty at the PEMBA program.

Mohammed Azzahrani, MD
2009 Graduate
Occupational and Environmental Health
Staff Physician
Saudi Aramco
Toronto, ON


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Debra Susie-Lattner, MD
2009 Graduate
Internal Medicine
Vice President, Medical Affairs
Northwest Healthcare Associates
Mount Prospect, IL


Dr. Susie-Lattner, a board-certified internist, attended medical school at the University of Iowa and completed her residency at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. She was a managing partner of a multispecialty group and practiced in the Chicago northwest suburbs for almost twenty years. She became a medical staff officer and eventually was elected as the first woman medical staff president of Alexian Brothers Medical Center in Elk Grove Village, Illinois. During this time she found that she enjoyed the administrative side of medicine. When the vice president of medical affairs position became open, she applied for it, was accepted, and ever since then has been transforming the position. She is confident that her successful completion of the University of Tennessee's PEMBA program will position her to optimally serve her organization.

Bernhard Riedel, MBChB, PhD
2009 Graduate
Anesthesiology
Professor of Anesthesiology
Vanderbilt University
Franklin, TN


Dr. Riedel received his medical degree from the University of the Free State, South Africa, and completed his anesthesiology residency at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He completed a fellowship in cardiovascular anesthesia and clinical research at the Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom, and was subsequently awarded his doctorate from the University of London. Prior faculty appointments included consultant cardiac anesthesiologist at the prestigious Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust in London and most recently Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology at the #1 ranked University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. He currently serves as Professor of Cardiac Anesthesiology at Vanderbilt University. As an academic anesthesiologist he has published extensively (including being an editor of a major textbook on Acute Care for the Cancer Patient), won several awards, been the recipient of a number of research grants, and currently serves on a Patient Safety Editorial Board for the American Society of Anesthesiologists. He is extensively involved in promoting medical services and continued medical education in developing countries. Having graduated from a faculty leadership academy Dr. Riedel now hopes to gain an in-depth understanding of health care economics and develop greater proficiency at using leadership tools to enhance his potential for catalyzing changes in medical care—serving the individual patient and society at large.

William Johnson, MD
2009 Graduate
Surgery
Vice President, CMO
The ODS Companies
Portland, OR


Dr. Johnson is a general surgeon with special training and expertise in esophageal, pulmonary, and vascular surgery. He completed his internship and residency at L.A. County-USC Medical Center. He completed a fellowship in esophageal surgery and served as Assistant Unit Chief Division of Foregut/Thoracic Surgery at L.A. County Hospital. In addition, he served as a fellow in cardiovascular surgery at Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard University in Boston. Currently he is a Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery at Oregon Health Sciences University, and is a Fellow in the American and International College of Surgeons. He has been in practice twelve years. He has recently become the Medical Director of The ODS Companies in Portland, Oregon. This is a unique opportunity in an extraordinary patient centered insurance company. Dr. Johnson is looking forward to the Physician Executive MBA program providing him with the necessary knowledge, skill set, and credentials to enhance his leadership, management, and business acumen in healthcare.

Julie Kavanaugh, MD
2009 Graduate
Radiology
Office Manager
The Alaska Bone & Joint Institute
Anchorage, AK


Dr. Kavanaugh attended the University of California-Davis for her undergraduate work. She then made her way to Chicago where she went to The Chicago Medical School and graduated in 1996. After this she then completed an internship at St. Joseph's Hospital in Milwaukee. From there, she moved to Columbus, Ohio, to do her radiology residency at the Ohio State University, completing it in 2001. She moved to Anchorage, Alaska, in 2002. Dr. Kavanaugh spent three years away from medicine to enjoy her young children. In 2005, she became a full-time office manger at The Alaska Bone & Joint Institute, where she was instrumental in bringing in an EMR system. Since her time as an office manager, she has realized how little medical school and residency prepared a physician to think beyond treating patients. Dr. Kavanaugh is enrolled in this program as she believes it will give her the opportunity to become a physician who understands both medicine and business, which in today's economy is becoming extremely valuable.

Stephen King, MD
2009 Graduate
Plastic Surgery
Associate Professor
The University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center
Memphis, TN


Dr. King is a plastic surgeon practicing in Memphis, Tennessee. He received his medical degree from Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, Texas, and went into a general surgery residency program, followed by a burn fellowship, and then a plastic surgery residency program, all at the University of Tennessee in Memphis, Tennessee. He is board-certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and the American Board of Preventive Medicine in Hyperbaric Medicine. He is currently an associate professor in the Department of Plastic Surgery. Until recently, he was the medical director of the Firefighter's Regional Burn Center. He is currently the medical director of the Wound and Hyperbaric Medicine Center at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis; the medical director of the plastic surgery clinics for the VA Medical Center and the Methodist/LeBonheur hospital system; the medical director of the MidSouth Amputee Clinic. Dr. King is also the chairman of the University of Tennessee Medical Group Credentialing Committee. Dr. King seeks to enhance his management and leadership skills and to learn the fundamentals of business administration through the PEMBA program as he transitions from clinical medicine to administrative academic medicine.

Rachel Burchard, MD
2009 Graduate
Internal Medicine
Department Chief
Kaiser Permanente
Alexandria, VA


Dr. Burchard completed medical school at Case Western Reserve University in 1998. She trained in internal medicine at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center after which she joined the Colorado Permanente Medical Group, a 700+ physician multi-specialty group that partners with a non-profit health plan to form Kaiser Permanente. Beginning her career as a full-time primary care physician, she began to work within the organization to develop systems approaches to process and quality improvement, serving on the Nursing Guidelines and Patient Safety committees. In 2005 she was elected to the Board of Directors, a nine-member body of physicians selected by their shareholder peers. During her three year tenure, the Board developed from being a primarily ceremonial body to establishing greater oversight of the executive team and becoming a clear voice in determining the direction of the medical group. In 2006 she was selected as Chief for her 15-physician internal medicine department. She partnered with nursing management and organized labor to enact workflow changes that dramatically improved customer service while maintaining market leading quality and affordability. She is resigning this position in order to attend the Physician Executive MBA program at the University of Tennessee so she can develop her management skills and to bring her business experience back to the daily operations of her medical group.

Joseph Hayes, MD
2009 Graduate
Urology
Urologic Surgeon
Jefferson Sugical Clinic
Roanoke, VA


Dr. Hayes is a board-certified urological surgeon. He did his undergraduate work at Iona College majoring in chemistry with minors in math and biology. He attended medical school at Georgetown University. He completed a medicine internship while in the USPHS where he served for two years as the director of a rural health clinic and pharmacy. He did general surgery at Deaconess-Beth Israel Harvard Surgical Service followed by urological surgery at George Washington University. He then completed a fellowship in transplantation and renovascular surgery at the Cleveland Clinic and three additional years of research in transplant immunology at the Universities of Minnesota and Pittsburgh. He returned to the staff of the Cleveland Clinic for several years prior to founding and serving as the Medical Director of the Carilion Transplant Program in Roanoke, Virginia. The last several years have been spent focusing on improving the business operations of his multi-surgical group practice. His administrative interests began at the Cleveland Clinic and developed as the medical director of a transplant program. Dr. Hayes looks at the PEMBA program to enhance his business knowledge as he transitions from a clinical to primarily administrative role.

Chandresh Viradia, MD
2009 Graduate
Anesthesiology
Medical Director
Nexus Medical Group
Macon, GA


Dr. Viradia's first exposure to medicine began at the University of Tennessee. On his light research days, he would accompany the anesthesia residents into the operating room. His expose to the intense dynamics at the head of the table would later lead him to pursue training to be an anesthesiologist. He soon realized that he could practice a sub-specialty of anesthesia, and effectively treat the most common cause of doctor office visits each year—pain. Practicing hospital based anesthesia and pain for a few years in the real world didn't require much business sense except for certain tact in dealing with hospital administrators and surgeons. But eventually, after transitioning to 100% outpatient pain practice, he realized that although he was able to successfully start and grow a pain practice, the extra business edge and ideology were lacking. Then, after much discussion with his wife and business partners, the decision was made to pursue an MBA. This led back to the place where it all started, the University of Tennessee.

Peter Amminger, MD
2009 Graduate
Radiology
MRI Fellow, Staff Radiologist
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Memphis, TN


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Latha Shankar, MD
2009 Graduate
Family Medicine
Ungent Care Physician
Columbia-St.Mary's Hospital
Brookfield, WI


Dr. Shankar is a board-certified family physician currently practicing urgent care. She obtained her medical degree in India and completed residency at the Medical College of Wisconsin. She is actively involved in teaching and publishing. She has co-authored and published various medical research articles in leading journals. In addition, she percepts residents and nurse practitioners. Dr. Shankar is confident the PEMBA program will provide her with the necessary skills and knowledge base to achieve her goals in becoming an outstanding physician executive.

Barry Lewis, MD
2009 Graduate
Anesthesiology
Faculty
Washington Hospital Center
Washington, DC


Dr. Lewis dreamed of saving a human life some day. No particular event initiated this desire, but the childhood dream of saving a victim from drowning was sufficient motivation. The beach never offered the opportunity for glory and the lack of swimming skills was the true thief of this initial objective. His alternative was medical school. He spent four years in undergraduate training at Vanderbilt, then four at the University of Tennessee-Memphis for medical school, and then trained at Johns Hopkins in anesthesiology. During ten years of practice, Dr. Lewis became very skillful and was able to direct the perioperative care of the sickest patients. Creating a system to save one patient at a time was enjoyable but not life fulfilling. Dr. Lewis' desire was to combine clinical knowledge with business acumen to positively impact multiple lives including those providing the care.

Adnan Abel, MD
2009 Graduate
Internal Medicine
Associate Professor, Medicine
Kuwait University
Safat,


In 1983 Dr. Abel got his medical degree from Kuwait University and in 1991 he graduated from the University of Toronto with a fellowship in pulmonary medicine. When Dr. Adnan returned back home after the first Gulf War the responsibility given to him by the ministry of health was huge. He had to develop state of the art respiratory unit and study the effect of oil well fire. Despite the difficulty of bureaucracy in the third world, he accomplished his task with reasonable success. After 10 years Dr. Adnan was given the opportunity to be the medical director of a private hospital and with the help of highly motivated employees he was successful in making the hospital one of the top health care providers in Kuwait. Aware of new competitors entering the market and with the collapse of Kuwait public hospitals that will be privatized, PEMBA will help Dr. Adnan to gain powerful managerial knowledge and skills to continue to be one of the top medical leaders in the country and face the new challenges, by either opening a consultation office or becoming an executive for an important hospital.

Vincent Sevier, MD
2009 Graduate
Emergency Medicine
Assistant Medical Director
BestPractices of Northwest
Downers Grove, IL


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Eduardo Carrillo, MD
2009 Graduate
Family Medicine
President / CEO
St. Marie Clinic P.A
Mission, TX


Dr. Carrillo is chairman and CEO of St. Marie Clinic P.A., a position he has successfully filled since buying the practice four and half years ago. Dr. Carrillo now is part of an 8-member provider network, providing quality health services to more than 250 patients per day. He has witnessed the tremendous growth, not only with the population in his community and patient base, so St. Marie Clinic has moved up to the plate in satisfying the medical need in their community by placing their model clinics in rural areas, where they are needed the most and providing quality medical care to their underserved. Even though Dr Carrillo is a recipient of the prestigious 2006 Businessman of the Year Award, presented nationally by President George W. Bush, he still felt he needed business knowledge more than ever. Dr. Carrillo understands the clinical side of family medicine and through his experience as owner of St. Marie Clinic P.A. he can understand the administrative side. PEMBA will help better prepare him for the rigors that he sees in his everyday executive capacity.

John Crews, III, MD
2009 Graduate
Surgery
Staff Surgeon
Maxis Surgical Services
Scranton, PA


Dr. Crews is an alumnus of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. He completed a combined premedical-medical program in 1996 and then completed a general surgery residency at the Brooklyn South Surgical Training Program in Brooklyn, New York. Dr. Crews began his professional career in 2002 as a private practicing general surgeon in Richmond, Virginia. As founder of Mid-Atlantic Surgical Associates, PLLC he worked in the areas of robotics, breast, and colon surgery. He then moved to Scranton, Pennsylvania, and now works for a non- profit company, Maxis Surgical Services. Dr. Crews enjoys working with students and maintains faculty positions at two medical schools, including the Medical College of Virginia and Commonwealth Medical College. Dr. Crews believes that PEMBA will advance his knowledge and understanding of the business side of health care. He recognizes that health care is rapidly evolving and slowly becoming corporatized. He hopes that PEMBA will keep him prepared for the upcoming challenges in our new healthcare system. Dr. Crews is board-certified in general surgery and wound care. He is a Fellow of the International College of Surgeons and the American Professional Wound Care Association.

Hallett Mathews, MD
2009 Graduate
Orthopedic Surgeon
Vice President, Clinical and Medical Affairs
Medtronic, Inc.
Williamsburg, VA


Dr. Mathews is the Vice President for Clinical and Medical Affairs for Medtronic's Spinal and Biologic business unit in Memphis, Tennessee. Dr. Mathews is a board-certified orthopedic spinal surgeon who practiced both academic and private practice spinal surgery in Virginia for over 22 years prior to his retirement in December, 2006. Prior to joining Medtronic in January, 2007, Dr. Mathews was instrumental in resident and fellowship education at Virginia Commonwealth University in the 1990's and helped develop a center of excellence at that institution. Dr. Mathews has also been a board member to numerous spine societies and has been on the editorial board of many spine journals. His background in teaching, research, product development, and approval cycles has provided the background for his transition to an executive position with Medtronic. New responsibilities have required expanding horizons to increase understanding of business principles that are expected in his new role. Dr. Mathews seeks to enhance his lifelong learning skills to better performance and results in his new corporate career.

Matthew Shepherd, MD
2009 Graduate
Surgery
General Surgeon
Grays Harbor Community Hospital
San Antonio, TX


Dr. Shepherd received his medical degree from the Medical University of Ohio in 2001. He completed a residency in general surgery at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Texas, in 2006. He currently works as a traveling acute care surgeon/surgical hospitalist. He holds active licenses in California, North Carolina, Oregon, Texas, and Washington and he provides emergency surgery and trauma coverage in these states. He enrolled in the PEMBA program for 2009 in order to learn about the business of health care, to create his own company for acute care surgery, and to become qualified to become a hospital administrator in the long term.

Barry Gilmore, MD
2009 Graduate
Pediatrics
Director, Emergency Services
Pediatric Emergency Specialists, P.C.
Cordova, TN


Dr. Gilmore has served as the Medical Director of the Division of Emergency Service at LeBonheur Children's Medical Center for the past five years. He also serves as the chief of pediatric medicine for the five hospital Methodist-LeBonheur system and chairs or serves on a variety of hospital and system level committees and working groups as well as state-wide organizations involved in emergency care of children. He is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Tennessee in Memphis and brings a unique background as a master's level clinical social worker and a policy development specialist for the State of Arkansas prior to his medical career. His current areas of interest include the application of LEAN principles to delivery of emergency services and the uses of computerized order entry to drive evidenced based protocols and improve patient outcomes. He believes that the skill gained through the PEMBA program will enhance his ability to directly affect the care of patients on a broad level through systematic improvement and innovation.

Greta Harper, MD
2009 Graduate
Pediatrics
Pediatric Intensivist
Palmetto Health Richland Memorial Hospital
Elgin, SC


Dr. Harper completed her pediatric residency at Palmetto Health Richland Memorial Hospital in Columbia, South Carolina in 1987 and started her critical care training in Jacksonville, Florida. As she transitioned to Jacksonville, she contemplated returning to Columbia upon completion of her subspecialty training to help start the Pediatric Critical Care program. In 1990 she became Palmetto Health Richland's first pediatric intensivist and continues her employment there as co-medical director for pediatric critical care services, including the pediatric intensive care unit, the pediatric sedation unit, and the pediatric transport team. Additionally, she also serves as Associate Senior Medical Director for Palmetto Health Richland Children's Hospital. Dr. Harper is a Palmetto Health Richland Associate Professor of Pediatrics with the USC School of Medicine and has been named Teacher of the Year by the pediatric residents twice. A true physician leader, Dr. Harper has served in medical staff roles including Chief of Childrens Hospital and Chief of Staff of the entire Palmetto Health Richland system. Outside of her roles at Palmetto Health, Greta is the current Vice President of the South Carolina chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. While serving in these physician administrative roles, Dr. Harper has discovered new energy and desire to better understand and improve systems and processes that impact on the care delivered to patients that Palmetto Health Ricland serves. She feels that pursing formal advance studies in areas such as finance and strategic planning in pursuit of a MBA will enhance her current talents as she envisions leaving the clinical arena and practicing as a full time physician hospital administrator such as Vice President of Medical Affairs in the near future.

Anilkumar Jasani, MD
2009 Graduate
Surgery
Attending Physician
DFES
Hockessin, DE


Dr. Jasani completed his achelor of science degree in biology at George Washington University and his medical degree at Georgetown University School of Medicine. He completed his internship in general surgery at the Texas Tech University Hospital-El Paso and his residency in emergency medicine at the Christiana Care Health System/Medical Center of Delaware. After completing his training he became an attending physician at the Christiana Care Health System and has been practicing there for the past nineteen years. At Christiana Care Health System he has been involved in residency education for the past seventeen years, fifteen as the Associate Program Director and the last two as the Program Director. In addition, he has served as the Assistant Chair for the Department of Emergency Medicine since 2002. For the past fifteen years he has been an elected officer on the Board of Directors for the private 37+ physician group that staffs the emergency department. He hopes that the PEMBA program will help to further develop his business knowledge as well as leadership and management skills. He hopes to become a more efficient administrator and to improve the quality and efficiency of the patient care delivered in his department.

Mukesh Hariawala, MD
2009 Graduate
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Cardiothoracic Surgeon

Boston, MA


Dr. Hariawala completed medical school from Mumbai, India in 1985. This was followed by surgical education and specialty training in cardiothoracic surgery in London, UK within the National Heart Group of hospitals in the National Health Services. On successful completion of the 5 year training program in 1993, he went on to graduate as a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Subsequently, Dr. Hariawala received an invitation to come to Boston, USA in 1994 to serve within the Tufts and Harvard university affiliate teaching hospitals. He went on to finish the fellowship programs from St. Elizabeth’s & Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centers in Boston. This experience inclusive of extensive cardiovascular research training and excellent peer references got him accepted into the American College of Surgeons as a Fellow. During this period Dr. Hariawala published extensively in the scientific peer reviewed literature and has won many awards for original work in the field of Angiogenesis & Gene Therapy which have gone to become major multicenter clinical trials. As an adult cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr. Hariawala has the unique clinical experience of operating on patients worldwide and maintains hospital affiliations in India at his native hospital as an Executive Director. He also has relationships with the healthcare systems in Dubai, Korea, China, Singapore and Mexico. In 2005, he was inducted as Fellow of the International College of Surgeons and also qualified to the membership of the prestigious American Society of Transplant Surgeons. In 2008, Dr. Hariawala decided to go on a sabbatical and invested the time in pursuing a physician executive healthcare MBA from the University of Tennessee. The MBA management education ignited an entrepreneurship spirit which led to founding a company “American Healthcare International” with a powerful vision to be the premier medical tourism facilitator enterprise in the US where he continues to serve as its Chairman & CEO.