DENVER, Jan. 5, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- DaVita Inc. (NYSE:
DVA), a leading independent medical group and leading provider of
kidney care services in the United
States, announced today that Joel
Ackerman will join the company in February 2017 and will become its chief financial
officer effective March 1, 2017.
Ackerman, 51, is chief executive officer and a board member at
Champions Oncology, a company engaged in the development of
advanced technology solutions and services to personalize the
development and use of oncology drugs, and has been in that role
since 2010. Prior to Champions Oncology, Ackerman was at
Warburg Pincus from 1993 to 2008, a leading private equity firm,
where he was a partner and headed up the healthcare services
group.
Ackerman has served on the board of directors of Kindred
Healthcare since 2008, and served on the board of directors of
Coventry Health Care. He is also chair of the One Acre Fund,
a not-for-profit microfinance organization serving more than
400,000 subsistence farmers in Africa.
"Joel has experience in a wide variety of health care service
segments and stages of companies," said Kent Thiry, chairman and chief executive officer
of DaVita. "We believe his strategic, financial, and health
care industry experience will serve him well as a member of our
senior leadership team."
Ackerman earned a bachelor's degree from Columbia University, where he graduated summa cum
laude, and a master's degree in Physics from Harvard University.
Jim Hilger, who has served as the
company's interim chief financial officer since 2015, will continue
in his role as chief accounting officer, a position he has held
since 2010.
About DaVita Inc.
DaVita Inc., a Fortune 500® company,
is the parent company of DaVita Kidney
Care and HealthCare Partners, a DaVita Medical Group.
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
September 30, 2016, DaVita Kidney Care operated or provided
administrative services at 2,318 outpatient dialysis centers
located in the United States
serving approximately 186,000 patients. The company also operated
139 outpatient dialysis centers located in 11 countries outside
the United States. 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 September 30, 2016
HealthCare Partners provided integrated care management for
approximately 750,000 patients. For more information, please visit
DaVita.com/about.
Contact Information
Investors:
Jim Gustafson
(310) 536-2585
jim.gustafson@davita.com
Contact Information
Media:
Skip Thurman
(303) 876-6610
skip.thurman@davita.com
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SOURCE DaVita Inc.