ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.,
Oct. 8, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- JSA
Medical Group (JSA), a division of DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc.
(NYSE:DVA), announced today that it has named Barbara Allen, M.D., as chief medical officer
(CMO). In this role, she will have oversight of JSA's clinicians
and work to ensure clinical excellence in care delivery to all JSA
patients.
Allen joins JSA from Trinity Mother Frances Health System in
Tyler, Texas where she served as
chief quality officer. Previously, Allen served as chief of primary
care medicine at Trinity Mother Frances. In that role, she oversaw
all the ambulatory clinics and focused on physician leadership and
recruitment.
"JSA will benefit from Barbara's experience in both clinical
practice and health system management," said Lorie Glisson, president and CEO of JSA Medical
Group. "Her extensive experience, successful career and alignment
with our core values make her a perfect fit for our executive
leadership team."
Prior to Trinity Mother Frances, Allen held several leadership
positions with St Vincent's Health
System in Montana and the Mayo
Health System in Minnesota,
including being selected as the youngest physician and first female
president and CEO of the Fairmont Medical Center.
"At this crossroads in my career, joining JSA's highly-regarded
team affords me the unique opportunity to leverage my decades of
experience to improve outcomes for JSA patients in Florida and Georgia," said Allen.
Allen is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force
Academy where she was the first female Air Force Academy cadet to be commissioned into the
U.S. Air Force Biomedical Science Corps as an aerospace
physiologist in 1986. Allen attended medical school at the
University of South Carolina and
completed her family practice residency in Billings,
Montana.
About DaVita HealthCare Partners
DaVita HealthCare
Partners Inc., a Fortune 500® company, is the parent company of
DaVita Kidney Care and HealthCare
Partners. DaVita Kidney Care is a
leading provider of kidney care in the
United States, delivering dialysis services to patients with
chronic kidney failure and end stage renal disease. As of
June 30, 2015, DaVita Kidney Care operated or provided
administrative services at 2,210 outpatient dialysis centers
located in the United States
serving approximately 176,000 patients. The company also operated
96 outpatient dialysis centers located in 10 countries outside
the United States. HealthCare
Partners manages and operates medical groups and affiliated
physician networks in Arizona,
California, Nevada, New
Mexico, Florida and
Colorado in its pursuit to deliver
excellent-quality health care in a dignified and compassionate
manner. As of June 30, 2015
HealthCare Partners provided integrated care management for
approximately 826,000 patients. For more information, please visit
DaVitaHealthCarePartners.com.
Contact Information
Media:
Betsy Hart
DaVita HealthCare Partners
ehart@healthcarepartners.com
303-876-7347
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SOURCE JSA Medical Group