EDUCATION

Undergraduate:

University of California, Davis

Davis, CA

Bachelor of Science in Biology

1981 – 1987

Medical School:

University of Vermont College of Medicine

Burlington, VT

1987 – 1992

Internship:

Internal Medicine

University of California Davis Medical Center

Sacramento, CA

1992 - 1993

Residency:

Internal Medicine

University of California Davis Medical Center

Sacramento, CA

1993 - 1995

Residency Practice: 

University of California Davis Medical Center

Sacramento, Ca

1993 – 1995

               Group Practice:

               Kaiser Permanente

Roseville, Ca

1995 – 1996

               Kaiser Permanente

Hospitalist Program

1995 – 1996

Including: Inpatient and outpatient practice

                          Sutter Medical Group

Sacramento, CA

1996 – 2000

Including: Large outpatient primary care practice

         Multi-specialty group practice

         Inpatient Hospitalist specialty

Private Practice:   

Capital City Medical Group

Sacramento, CA

2000 – 2006

Including: Co-founder and co-owner of patient oriented primary

         care Practice including a hospital based practice

                              Hospitalist Practice:

                              Sutter Medical Group

                              Sacramento, CA

                              2006 --- Present

                              Including: Large community based hospitalist program

                              Medical Directorship

                              Sutter Medical Group

Hospitalist Program

Sutter Medical Center Sacramento

Sacramento, CA

2007 --- 2017

Including: Management of 25 FTEs of physicians in a community 

based hospitalist program.  Grew program from 8 FTEs to its current size with low turnover and exceptional quality                                                  

Sutter Medical Group Administration:

Division Vice President, Sacramento Division

Sacramento, CA

2011--- Oct. 2013

Including: Management of all primary care and specialty care

                       physicians with oversite of all

                       Outpatient clinics in Sacramento area

                       for a large Multispecialty medical group.

Chief Medical Executive (CMO)

Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento

Sacramento, CA

Oct. 2013 --- Jan 2017

Including: Oversite with the chief of staff of the successful merger of Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento from two campuses to a single 524 bed, multispecialty Adult, Women’s, and Children’s tertiary care referral center and simultaneous launch of our electronic medical record. Consecutive year over year improvement of our quality dashboard. Initiation of a large-scale variation reduction project imbedded in the medical staff peer review structure.

Regional Medical Director

SMG Hospitalist Program

Jan. 2017- Present

Including: Management of 134 plus FTEs of Hospitalist over 6 hospitals including 2 large multispecialty tertiary care hospitals and 4 small community hospitals. Improved quality of care and improved efficiency of care with emphasis on the patient and clinician experience. Restored stressed program with high physician turnover to stable program with low physician turnover. Have grown program from 4 to 6 hospitals in pass 2 years.

MEDICAL STAFF LEADERSHIP

                        Sutter Medical Center Sacramento:

                        Section Chair of Internal Medicine, 2000 --- 2004

                              Department Vice Chief of Medicine, 2004 --- 2006

                              Department Chief of Medicine, 2006 --- 2008

                              Medical Staff Secretary/Treasurer, 2007 --- 2009

                              Vice Chief of Staff, 2009 --- 2011

Chief of Staff, 2011 ---2013

Chair, Utilization Management Committee 2016-2018

                              Chair, Professional Practice Evaluation Committee 2019-Present 

                              Member MEC 2006- Present                    

PHYSICIAN LEADERSHIP

                              Co-chairman, Medical Advisory Panel, 2005

                              Management & Clinical Excellence XVII January – April 2008

                              The Physicians Leader Lab March 2010

                              Member Medicare Affordability Steering Committee

                              Including: Site visits and presenting to the SMT

                              Member Blue Ribbon II Steering Committee

                              Member Hospitalist design team

                              Including: team co-leader transition of care design team

                              Ongoing physician leadership training with an emphasis on the

                              Patient and physician experience

                              Chair Sutter Hospital Medicine Improvement Committee                                                     Enterprise level Hospitalist Improvement Committee

                              Member SFF LOS Core Team focused on Sutter enterprise level

                              throughput initiative in collaboration with Giudehouse

                              consulting group

Co-Lead Sutter Health Cardiac Monitoring Utilization Initiative. Sutter enterprise level implementation of tactics to appropriately Utilize cardiac monitoring

LICENSURE

                        California Medical License:  G78294

DEA Certificate:  BA3935890

Certifications

                        Board certified in internal medicine by the ABIM

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION

Member, Sacramento/El Dorado Medical Society

Society of Hospitalist Medicine

Society of Hospitalist Medicine

Interests

                        Family, Fly Fishing, Cross Country Skiing, and Hiking