I am proud to announce that in February 2015, Michael J. Schlosser, M.D., FAANS, joined HealthTrust as our first-ever chief medical officer (CMO). He is a board-certified neurosurgeon whose clinical practice focused primarily on complex spine surgery and surgical neuro-oncology.
A patients-first philosophy has been part of HealthTrust’s DNA since our inception. We’ve been fortunate to have had powerful input from a number of our physician members as well as several consulting physician specialists, lending both support and guidance to our clinical initiatives. Adding a full-time CMO is a continued investment in advancing a clinical agenda that supports our member providers and the outcomes so critical to their success.
I respect Mike immensely as a physician and am especially excited about the new level of expertise he will bring to clinical value analysis—increasingly a critical part of the way medical supplies and, in particular, physician preference items are selected and sourced.
Mike will be working closely with HealthTrust members to expand opportunities for physician engagement in purchasing decisions through his leadership of the HealthTrust Physician Steering Committee, as well as through service line strategies across member facilities. He will also be taking an active role in providing expert opinion on content for The Source magazine and the HealthTrust University Conference.
Prior to accepting the position of CMO for HealthTrust, he worked as medical director for Parallon Supply Chain Solutions, assisting in the development of evidence-based and physician-led approaches to hospital supply decisions. Mike previously served in leadership roles at TriStar Centennial Medical Center in Nashville, including chief of staff and chief of surgery.
After completing his neurosurgery residency and fellowship at Johns Hopkins University, Mike received his M.D. from the Yale University School of Medicine. He is currently pursuing an MBA at Vanderbilt’s Owen Graduate School of Business.
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