Recognizing exceptional leadership, the Medical Group Management Association and the American College of Medical Practice Executives annually select a Physician Executive of the Year. Below are stories about past winners.
As the healthcare industry embarks on a period of historic change, leadership is needed more than ever, says Adam Singer, M.D., the chairman, CEO and chief medical officer of IPC-the Hospitalist Co. in North Hollywood, Calif. FULL STORY »
When it comes to creating a positive environment in which employees, managers, physicians and executives are given opportunities to blossom and succeed, A. Gus Kious is an expert. In his three years as chief administrative officer of 183-bed Huron Hospital, an inner-city teaching hospital in East... FULL STORY »
After 20 years at the West Clinic in Memphis, Tenn., Kurt Tauer, M.D., makes it his goal to give patients the best possible cancer care by focusing on the individual rather than the disease. FULL STORY »