About Us

Tom is an experienced senior physician executive with a proven record of collaborating across silos.  Relying on his diverse and unique background as a primary care physician with formal training in public/population health, clinical informatics, and business, and years of experience working with physicians, provider executives, payors, and leadership bodies, he is able to convene stakeholders to facilitate healthcare's shift to accountable, high-value care. He is a strategic and innovative thinker who cultivates authentic and honest relationships with leaders, colleagues, and patients to achieve desired outcomes in the most challenging situations.

• Group Practice President and Chief Medical Officer – Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Health System, MCV Physicians
• President - Community Memorial Hospital Physicians, South Hill, Virginia
• Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs - VCU School of Medicine
• Chief Population Health and Value Based Care Officer, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU)
• Chief Clinical Integration Office - OHSU Partners
• Associate Dean for Clinical Practice – OHSU Practice Plan
• Chief Health Information Officer - OHSU
• Principal Executive Advisor - Warbird Consulting Partners
• Board of Directors – Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
• Chair, Committee on Clinical Leadership – American Hospital Association

• Physician practice operations, acquisitions, and medical staff relationships
• Clinical Integration, including academic medical centers and community hospitals, employed and private practice physician groups
• Epic EHR installation, optimization, governance, analytics, and predictive modeling
• Linking clinical performance improvement with financial outcomes through payor partnership while improving process through lean management systems, statistical process control, and clinical analytics
• Contracting and implementing value-based care programs including Medicare Advantage, Primary Care First, Oncology Care Model, Bundled Payment for Care Initiatives, and employer-sponsored health plans
• Physician leader selection, mentoring, and support including coaching on working with other physician and non-physician leaders, managing Board and C-suite relationships
• Ambulatory practice strategic planning and operations, call center integration, electronic health record workflow enhancement, enabling top of license work
• Enhancing the roles of advanced practice providers (APPs) including nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and nurse mid-wives
• Developing, growing, and optimizing Graduate Medical Education (GME) programs at academic and community teaching centers
• Launching healthcare innovation programs including start-ups, partnership with private equity, and collaboration with other healthcare centers and national innovation networks