TeamHealth recognized 13 individuals for excellence in physician leadership in emergency medicine, hospital medicine, anesthesia and urgent care.
The 2013 emergency medicine honorees are:
• Chris Atkins, MD — Medical director of the emergency department at Piedmont Mountainside Hospital in Jasper, Ga.
• Alberto M. de la Rivaherrera, MD — Medical director of the emergency department at Naples (Fla.) Community Hospital in Naples, Fla.
• David Douglas, MD — Medical director of the emergency department at Baptist Health Corbin (Ky.)
• Scott Grupas, DO — Medical director of the emergency department at Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital in Newport, Ore.
• Deric Jones, MD — Medical director of the emergency department at DCH Regional Medical Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
• Matt Ledges, MD — Medical director of the emergency department at Banner Health North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley, Colo.
• Marcus Romanello, MD — Medical director of the emergency department at Fort Hamilton Hospital in Hamilton, Ohio.
• Chad Ross, DO — Medical director of the emergency department at Ponca City (Okla.) Medical Center in Ponca City.
• Rene Saunders, MD — Medical director of the emergency department at Southern Tennessee Medical Center in Winchester, Tenn.
• Rick Stephani, MD — Medical director of the emergency department at Alexian Brothers Medical Center in Elk Grove Village, Ill.
The 2013 Hospital Medicine honoree is:
• Xavier Perez, MD — Sutter Solano Medical Center in Vallejo, Calif.
The 2013 Anesthesia honoree is:
• Scott McBride, MD — Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center in Portland, Ore.
The 2013 Urgent Care honoree is:
• Joseph Chow, MD — Medical director at Western New York Immediate Care in Buffalo, N.Y.
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