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 will serve as a Director of the Company for a term commencing on April 11, 2024, and expiring at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company in 2025 and until his successor is duly elected and qualifies.
Mr. Saunders 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, he 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 Miami 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.
Mitchell Creem
Director
Mr. Creem has spent over 30 years as a "C-level" executive of healthcare organizations and brings strong business evaluation and operational experience to the Company. From July 2017 to present, Mr. Creem has served as President of The Bridgewater Healthcare Group, which provides hospital and health network management services and performance consulting. From October 2015 to July 2017, Mr. Creem served as the CEO and CAO of Verity Health System, a six-hospital system in California.
From October 2012 to October 2015, he served as the CFO and Board Member of Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMEH) ("ApolloMed"). Before ApolloMed, he served as the CEO of the Keck Hospital of USC and USC Norris Cancer Center. Prior to his tenure at USC, he served as the CFO and Associate Vice Chancellor of UCLA Health Sciences, including UCLA Medical Center, the Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, and UCLA Faculty Practice. And prior to UCLA, he served as CFO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a Harvard University teaching hospital, and CFO of Tufts University Medical Center.
Mr. Creem also worked for several years in a senior management position at the healthcare practice group of PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he was responsible for numerous consulting engagements, financial statement audits, and financial feasibility studies. He has been a guest lecturer at USC, UCLA, and Harvard.
Mr. Creem holds a B.S. in Accounting and Business Administration from Boston University and a master's degree in Health Administration from Duke University. Mr. Creem's qualifications to serve on our Board of Directors include over 30 years of corporate experience working as a senior executive in the healthcare industry and prior service on private and public company boards.