EL SEGUNDO, Calif.,
June 13, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- DaVita
HealthCare Partners Inc. (NYSE: DVA), a leading independent
medical group in the United States
and leading global provider of kidney care services, today
announced that Amar Desai, M.D., has
returned to the company assuming the role of president for
HealthCare Partners' California Coastal region.
Desai returns to DaVita HealthCare Partners after more than two
years serving as CEO of the University of
Southern California (USC)
Medical Group and Ambulatory Services.
"We're thrilled to welcome Amar back to the DaVita HealthCare
Partners Village," said Jim Rechtin,
HealthCare Partners' California
market president. "He brings a wealth of knowledge and leadership
experience in driving growth and clinical innovation in health care
organizations, including a successful previous tenure with
DaVita Kidney Care leading the
corporate strategy team."
In his new role, Desai has oversight over group and independent
physician association operations in the South Bay, Long Beach and Orange County communities. He also oversees
national clinician recruitment efforts.
"I am delighted to be back. This is clearly a dynamic time in
health care and few organizations have redefined the platform for
delivering compassionate, highly coordinated care in the way
HealthCare Partners has," said Desai. "It is an incredible
privilege to join this team. I look forward to building the leading
medical group in America and making HealthCare Partners the
practice of choice for physicians."
Desai earned his bachelor's and medical degrees at Brown University and his master's degree in public
health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He
completed an internal medicine residency and nephrology fellowship
at the University of California San
Francisco.
Desai has held faculty appointments at the Stanford School of
Medicine and the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He currently serves as associate clinical
professor of medicine at Keck School of Medicine at USC.
About DaVita HealthCare Partners
DaVita HealthCare
Partners Inc., a Fortune 500® company, is the parent company of
DaVita Kidney Care and HealthCare
Partners. HealthCare Partners manages and operates medical groups
and affiliated physician networks in California, Nevada, New
Mexico, Florida,
Colorado and Washington in its pursuit to deliver
excellent-quality health care in a dignified and compassionate
manner. As of March 31, 2016
HealthCare Partners provided integrated care management for
approximately 790,000 patients. 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 March 31,
2016, DaVita Kidney Care
operated or provided administrative services at 2,278 outpatient
dialysis centers located in the United
States serving approximately 180,000 patients. The company
also operated 124 outpatient dialysis centers located in 10
countries outside the United
States. For more information, please visit
DaVitaHealthCarePartners.com.
DaVita and DaVita HealthCare Partners are trademarks or
registered trademarks of DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc.
Contact Information
Media:
David Tauchen
+1 (303) 876-2802
dtauchen@healthcarepartners.com
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