PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Innovative, strategic leader who leads high performing teams in premier health care organizations recognized for its leadership in quality of care, cost management and innovation.  Board certified in both Pediatrics and Clinical Genetics with master’s degree in Preventive Health and Medical Administration. Worked in Massachusetts at the pivotal decision-making interchange, of the first in the nation, universal healthcare law, the precursor of the Marketplace.  Strong governance, management, finance, business, healthcare delivery, quality, and pharmaceutical management skills.  Exceptional influencer, strategist, and consensus builder.

Professional Experience:

Community Health Choice:          
Chief Medical Officer/SVP

Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island:
Chief Medical Officer/SVP

Precision for Value:
Vice President, Integrated Health Solutions

Highmark, Inc.:
Senior Medical Director, Senior Markets
CMO, West Virginia Family Health Plan
Vice-President, Medical Management & Policy
Senior Medical Director, Clinical Services
Highmark, Inc.

Pacific Source Health Plan:
Senior Medical Director

Baylor Scott & White Health Plan:
Chief Medical Officer/SVP

Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Chief, Clinical Genetics

Massachusetts Association of Health Plans:
President and Chief Executive Office

United Healthcare of New England:
Vice President of Health Affairs, Medical Director

Massachusetts Medical Society, Waltham, MA
President
President-elect
Vice President
Treasurer

Care Advantage, Inc.:
Medical Director

MassPRO, Waltham, MA:
Medical Director for Medicaid

Center for Birth Defects Information Services, Inc.
Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA
President & CEO

Responsible for the development and implementation of the first computer-based medical diagnostic system.

Editor-in-Chief,  Birth Defects Encyclopedia
Oversaw the scholarship and writing of over one-thousand scientists world-wide.

Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Chief, Clinical Genetics

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS (current)

Member, Drug Utilization Board, Texas Health and Human Services, Austin, TX
Director, Meals on Wheels, RI

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS (past)

• Former Director, Board of Directors, and Chair, Compensation Committee; Catalyst Oncology, Inc., Worcester, MA (Diagnocure, Inc., PQ, CA merger)
• Former Director, Board of Directors, and Member, Finance & Quality Committees; Martins Point Health Care, Inc., Portland, ME 
• Past President, Board of Directors; Massachusetts Health Council, Newton, MA
• Former Director, Board of Directors, and Chair, Compensation Committee; Massachusetts Health Data Consortium, Waltham, MA
• Former Director, Board of Directors, and Member, Finance and Capital Spending Committees; Massachusetts e-Health Collaborative, Waltham, MA
• Member (2005-06), Massachusetts Team, National Governor’s Association, Washington, DC.
• Gubernatorial Appointee, Commission to End Cervical Cancer; Boston, MA
• Past Member, Health Care Leadership Forum, Boston, MA
• Past Member, Advisory Committee, Massachusetts Cost and Quality Council, Boston, MA
• Member, Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine, Boson, MA
• Trustee, Massachusetts Medical Society, Waltham, MA
• Past President, Board of Directors, Charles River District Medical Society, Newton, MA
• Past President, Board of Directors, American Medical Women’s Association, Washington, DC
• Past President, Board of Directors Society of Craniofacial Genetics, Washington, DC
• Trustee, Board of Directors, Boston Medical Library, Boston, MA
• Trustee, Board of Directors, Ada Draper Hospital Trust, Wellesley, MA
• Chair, Rhode Island Folic Acid Council, Providence, RI
• Director, Board of Directors, Rhode Island’s American Cancer Society, Providence, RI
• Director, Board of Directors, Rhode Island’s American Heart Association, Providence, RI
• Member, Governor’s Blue Ribbon Task Force on Health Care, Boston, MA

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• Massachusetts Medical Society
• American Medical Association
• AOA

ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS (past)

University of Southern California, School of Medicine
Boston University, School of Medicine
Tufts University, School of Medicine
Harvard University, School of Medicine
Brown University, School of Medicine
Boston University,  School of Public Heath

EDUCATION

AB, Hunter College, New York, NY
MD, Drexel University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Intern, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI
Resident, LAC-USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Fellow, LAC-USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
MSc, Preventive Health and Administrative Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS

• Pediatrics
• Medical Genetics
• Medical Management
• Certified Executive Coach

References, Licenses, Publications, and Curriculum Vitae
Available Upon Request