Tom Vo, M.D., MBA
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Since 2010, Dr. Vo has served as the founder and executive officer of the Nutex Entities, which operates a network of micro-hospitals that provide comprehensive and high-quality 24/7 care throughout the United States. Although no longer practicing, Dr. Vo worked as an emergency medicine physician in Houston, Texas, for over twenty years. Between 2008 and 2011, Dr. Vo served as a founder and original partner at the free-standing emergency health company, Neighbors Emergency Center. Since then, Dr. Vo has been involved with the opening of over 40 FSEDs and Micro Hospitals. Dr. Vo holds a bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences from Kent State University and received his M.D. from Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine. In 2004, Dr. Vo also received his MBA from Rice University. The Company believes that Dr. Vo’s unique background in the emergency hospital field and proven management experience make him well qualified to serve as a director.
Warren Hosseinion, M.D.
President and Director
Dr. Hosseinion served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Clinigence Holdings, Inc. He was a Co-Founder of Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMEH) and served as a member of the Board of Directors of Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc. from July 2008 until March 2019. He also served as the Chief Executive Officer of Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc. from July 2008 to December 2017, and the Co-Chief Executive Officer of Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc. from December 2017 to March 2019. And in 2001, Dr. Hosseinion co-founded ApolloMed Hospitalists.
Dr. Hosseinion received his B.S. in Biology from the University of San Francisco and his M.S. in Physiology and Biophysics from the Georgetown University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. He earned his Medical Degree from the Georgetown University School of Medicine and completed his residency in internal medicine at the Los Angeles County-University of Southern California Medical Center.
Dr. Hosseinion’s qualifications to serve on our Board of Directors include his position as our current Chief Executive Officer. In addition, Dr. Hosseinion's experience as a physician, along with his background at Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc., brings our Board of Directors and our Company a depth of understanding of physician culture and the healthcare market, as well as a strong knowledge of the public markets.
Kelvin Spears, MD
Director
On February 28, 2024, the Board elected Dr. Kelvin Spears, as a member of the Board effective April 1, 2024. Dr. Spears completed his emergency medicine residency followed by a fellowship in Critical Care at Martin Luther King Jr., Charles Richard Drew University Health Sciences, in Los Angeles, California. Prior to his residency, he first earned his medical degree from Meharry Medical College. Prior to this, he received a B.S. in Chemistry from Dillard University.
Dr. Spears is board certified in Emergency Medicine by the American Board of Emergency Medicine and is a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians. Dr. Spears has been a practicing emergency medicine physician for over 32 years.
Since 2017, Dr. Spears has been a Physician Partner, Chief Medical Director, and ED Director at Alexandria Emergency Hospital in Alexandria, LA, a hospital affiliate of the Company. Dr. Spears also serves as the EMS Medical Director for Alexandria Fire Department, Pineville Fire Department, Cotile Fire Department, Central Louisiana Bureau EMS, Kisatchie Forest/US Forest Service and Rapides Parish School.
Additionally, from 2014 to 2017 he served as Emergency Department Director at Christus St. Frances Cabrini Hospital in Alexandria, LA. Contract Management Group SMD, Envision, Sound, servicing a 45,000 patient per year Emergency Department. Dr. Spears’ dedication to providing quality healthcare in the most efficient and effective methods, along with his extensive EMS background and wealth of experience, make him well-qualified to serve as a director.
Scott J. Saunders
Director
Mr. Saunders has served as a Director of the Company since April 2024.
He is head of health care advisory services and has been Managing Director of Farlie Turner Gilbert & Co., LLC, a boutique middle market investment bank based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, since 2006. Since 1992, Mr. Saunders has served as a financial and strategic advisor to middle market companies across a variety of industries, including companies primarily in the healthcare industry.
In addition, he has advised companies in the media and communications, business services, industrial, and consumer products industries. The majority of transactions consummated during this period have been corporate divestitures but have also included debt and equity private placements and buy-side advisory work.
Mr. Saunders has been a guest lecturer at the University of Florida and Florida International University. In addition, he co-taught a class in management consulting to undergraduates and graduate students in the Management Department at the University of Miami. He is a frequent panelist at industry conferences on topics in healthcare M&A and financing. Throughout his career, he has developed relationships with key representatives of leading middle market private equity and private credit firms, as well as mezzanine capital firms, BDCs, and selected hedge funds.
Mr. Saunders received his B.A. degree from Wesleyan University and his MPPM degree from the Yale University School of Management. The Company believes that Mr. Saunders’s background and experience in healthcare advisory roles make him well qualified to serve as a director.
Cheryl Grenas, R.N., MSN
Director
Since March 2018, Ms. Grenas has served as the Chief Nursing Officer at Behavioral Hospital of Bellaire. From July 2017 to March 2018, she was a consultant to start-up and existing freestanding emergency departments in the Houston Metropolitan area. From August 2015 to July 2017, she was the Regional Facility Director at Neighbors (Free Standing Emergency Departments).
Cheryl served in the United States Navy for 20 years, achieved the rank of Lieutenant Commander, and is a veteran of two deployments in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (2005) and Operation Enduring Freedom (2011). She was awarded two Navy Commendation Medals and four Navy Achievement Medals during her service. The Company believes that Ms. Grenas’ background and experience in healthcare management roles make her well qualified to serve as a director.
Mike Reed
Director
Mr. Reed has been an independent consultant providing advisory services in the areas of emergency medicine, hospitalist medicine, hospital operations, risk-based payor contracts, value-based care, and physician practice operations and development since January of 2018.
From January 2019 to January 2020, Mr. Reed was Senior Vice President of Business Development and Strategic Partnerships of The Oncology Institute, a value-based oncology care company. From April 2018 to December 2018, Mr. Reed served as the Chief Executive Officer of Turtle Peak Customer Service, LLC, a Las Vegas, Nevada-based privately-held customer service company. Since August 2017, Mr. Reed has served as Senior Advisor to NueHealth, LLC, based in Leawood, Kansas, a privately-held developer and investor in lower-cost healthcare centers.
From July 2009 to October 2013, Mr. Reed was President and CEO of Team Health Hospital Medicine, a division of TeamHealth, a publicly-traded company that was acquired by Blackstone in 2017. In addition, from December 2001 to November 2004, he served as the Chief Operating Officer of Pinnacle Health System, a health care solutions company providing outpatient, inpatient, claims, billing, and medical management.
Mr. Reed holds a bachelor's degree in health services management from California State University and received his master's in public health from the University of California at Los Angeles. The Company believes that Mr. Reed's long-standing career as a professional healthcare executive within the emergency medicine system and value-based care make him well qualified to serve as a director.
Director
Mr. Jaumot has been the Director of Accounting and Auditing for the certified public accounting firm of Ahearn, Jasco & Company, P.A. since 1991, and is a shareholder in that firm. From 1979 to 1991, Mr. Jaumot was associated with Deloitte & Touche LLP. Mr. Jaumot is a certified public accountant in Florida and Ohio and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Since 2009, he has been a director of Bimini Capital Management, Inc. (OTC: BMNM), a publicly traded specialty finance company that invests in mortgage-backed securities, holds Orchid Island Capital, Inc. (NYSE:ORC) common stock and serves as the external manager of ORC, a specialty finance company which also invests in residential mortgage backed securities. In addition, Mr. Jaumont served on the Board of Directors of MasTec, Inc. (NYSE: MTZ), a North American infrastructure construction company, from September 2004 to May 2016, including as chairman of the audit committee from 2007 to 2016. From 2014 to 2015, he served on the board of directors and as the chairman of the audit committee of Vapor Corp. (OTC: VPCO), a publicly traded distributor and retailer of electronic cigarettes and vaporizer products.
As an accountant with approximately 45 years of experience, Mr. Jaumot provides our Board with significant accounting, financial reporting and tax expertise. His experience enhances the Board’s ability to identify and evaluate accounting and tax issues. Mr. Jaumot also has corporate governance experience from serving on other boards of publicly held companies, including as Audit Committee Chairman.
Mr. Jaumot earned his Bachelor of Science (cum laude) in accounting from Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Frank is Certified Public Accountant in Ohio (1981) and in Florida (1985).