Dr. Viswanathan serves as chief physician executive for BayCare Health System, overseeing physician enterprise operations across a $6.8 billion system with 16 hospitals and more than 7,000 physicians. She is responsible for hospital and ambulatory clinical operations, quality and patient safety, physician alignment, value-based care performance and the growth of BayCare Medical Group, which expanded from 560 to 1,400 physicians under her leadership. Her work in value-based care contributed to $41 million in CMS savings and $30.8 million in network shared savings, with more than $250 million recognized under risk-based contracts over five years and more than 300,000 covered lives managed. 11 of 12 qualifying BayCare hospitals earned Leapfrog “A” grades for patient safety, while physician engagement and alignment scores reached the 75th and 79th percentiles, respectively. She expanded graduate medical education from 20 residency positions in 2022 to more than 500 Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education-approved spots, launching 16 new programs and positioning the system for continued growth. Dr. Viswanathan also advanced adoption of AI-enabled documentation, stroke detection and digital navigation tools to enhance efficiency and outcomes. In addition, she launched physician wellbeing initiatives that contributed to the system earning the American Medical Association’s bronze “Joy in Medicine” recognition.
