FORT WORTH, Texas, Jan. 26, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Dr.
Michael Hicks, who co-founded one of
the nation's largest providers of perioperative medicine and pain
management services, has joined the University
of North Texas Health Science Center as its Executive Vice
President for Clinical Affairs.
Dr. Hicks will oversee all clinical operations at UNTHSC while
supporting and enhancing the university's efforts at
interprofessional education. He also will take a lead role in
shaping the collaborative clinical practice that UNTHSC is creating
with JPS Health Network, a venture he said is a "once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity to create something new and better."
"Whether you are an anesthesiologist, a cardiac surgeon or a
pediatrician, you just want to take care of people," Dr. Hicks
said. "With this new collaborative medical group, we get to figure
out how patients want to receive care and how we can best deliver
it. I can't imagine a physician not wanting to be a part of
something like that."
Dr. Hicks was co-founder, president and board chairman of DFW
Anesthesia Associates, which began in 1990 as a physician-owned
anesthesiology practice and eventually became Pinnacle Partners in
Medicine. Pinnacle, which last year employed 360 anesthesiologists
and 230 certified registered nurse anesthetists, is the major
anesthesia provider for both Baylor
Scott & White Health and Texas Health Resources in
North Texas, as well as other
leading hospitals and surgery centers.
In addition to his role as President and Chairman of the Board
at Pinnacle, since 2006 Dr. Hicks has served as Regional Medical
Director for Hospital Corporation of America's Ambulatory Surgery
Division and from 2009 as CEO of EmCare Anesthesia Services.
Dr. Michael Williams, President
of UNTHSC, said Dr. Hicks' background as a physician executive and
entrepreneur make him an ideal fit to lead UNTHSC's clinical
operations.
"Dr. Hicks has a deep knowledge of what it takes to oversee both
single-specialty and multi-specialty practices – and the
innovation, leadership and change management skills that come with
running complex organizations," Dr. Williams said.
Dr. Hicks earned his MD from the West
Virginia University School of Medicine, his MBA from the
University of Dallas and his MS in
health management from the Harvard School of
Public Health. He is certified by the American Board of
Anesthesiology (Anesthesiology), the American Board of Preventive
Medicine (Clinical Informatics) and is a Fellow of the American
College of Healthcare Executives.
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SOURCE University of North Texas Health
Science Center