Adjunct Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine

• Nov 2022 - Present

Senior Vice President Medical Affairs / Chief Medical Officer / Designated Institutional Official

• Oct 2021 - Present

Physician executive member of the hospital senior leadership team providing expertise in navigating and balancing hospital and medical staff priorities within the health system. I currently lead teams of direct reports that include quality, medical staff services, graduate medical education, medical student education, physician leadership and development, and innovation. Additionally, building on prior academic faculty experience in emergency medicine I serve as the Designated Institutional Official (DIO) for our systems graduate medical education program of 24 internal medicine residents, 5 gastroenterology fellows and 2 geriatric fellows. Innovation opportunities have allowed us to work with outside partners to design our own Center for Physician Development which currently is working with PGY-1,2,3 IM residents and faculty physicians on “humanity in medicine” topics to venture upstream and develop and enhance resilience and compassion with a vision to prevent physician burnout. Our hospital system operates in a management agreement with UNC Health which allows significant opportunity for collaboration across a major health system and large geographic and diverse area of facilities in North Carolina from rural to urban including Raleigh/Durham Triangle area. Population health, social determinants of health, quality, patient safety and the return to normal operations from COVID-19 associated health system disruptions are the focus of my current daily efforts. Show less

Senior Vice President Medical Affairs / Chief Medical Officer

• Jul 2019 - Present

Physician executive member of the hospital senior leadership team providing expertise in navigating and balancing hospital and medical staff priorities within the health system. I currently lead teams of direct reports that include case management and quality, patient safety, pharmacy, graduate medical education, physician leadership and development, medical staff services and innovation. Additionally, building on prior academic faculty experience in emergency medicine I now hold the role of Designated Institutional Official (DIO) for our systems graduate medical education program of 24 internal medicine residents, 5 gastroenterology fellows and 2 geriatric fellows. Innovation opportunities have allowed us to work with outside partners to design our own Center for Physician Development which currently is working with PGY-1,2 IM residents and faculty physicians on “humanity in medicine” topics to venture upstream and develop and enhance resilience and compassion with a vision to prevent physician burnout. PGY-3 curriculum is being designed at this time. Our hospital system operates in a management agreement with Atrium Health which allows significant opportunity for collaboration across a major health system and large geographic and diverse area of facilities in multiple states from rural to urban including metropolitan Charlotte. Population health, social determinants of health, quality, patient safety and the return to normal operations from COVID-19 associated health system disruptions are the focus of my current daily efforts. Show less

Clinical Assistant Professor

• Sep 2006 - Present

Academic emergency physician providing beside and didactic instruction for 36 emergency medicine residents and 10 emergency medicine / internal medicine residents.Participation in multiple investigational studies and research projects serving as principle investigator (PI) in multiple FDA phase III trials.

Vice Chairman, ED Clinical Operations

• Apr 2018 - Jun 2019

Provide operational leadership of the level 1 emergency department at Vidant Medical Center. Advise and collaborate with physician, hospital executive, and nursing leadership to integrate performance and cohesion as a department within the hospital. Additionally, provide supervision of multiple emergency department medical directors within the facility for day to day operations and coordination of local and regional ED care for Vidant Health.

ED Medical Director

• Jul 2013 - Jan 2019

Provide expert ED medical direction for the emergency department's daily operations. Assist with process improvement and hospital initiatives. ED chief of service and member of the hospital medical executive committee. Direct supervision of ED APP's working in the department. Design and develop a multi-phase new $17 million emergency department that opened August of 2018.

Regional Emergency Department Medical Director

• Dec 2015 - Jun 2019

Provide system leadership and oversight for the emergency departments and their medical directors within Vidant Medical Group and their respective community hospitals and executive leadership within Vidant Health. Support system initiatives with ED leadership and support to Vidant Medical Center and affiliated system emergency departments.

Medical Director, ED Chest Pain Unit

• May 2010 - May 2019

Plan, design, and implement a 10 bed ED observation unit for the 900 bed academic level I medical center. Engage stakeholders across multiple disciplines for ROI and clinical buy in of merits to this operational ED improvement.

Medical Director, Craven Regional Medical Center

• Jul 1997 - Aug 2006