Chief Medical Information Officer
On April 1, 2022, Dr. Schimmel was appointed Chief Medical Information Officer of the Company. Prior thereto and since April 2019, Dr. Schimmel was the Chief Medical Officer of Clinigence Holdings, Inc. He served as Chief Executive Officer of Clinigence Holdings, Inc. from July 2020 to February 2021. In 2013, he co-founded and served as Chief Medical Officer of QualMetrix, Inc., a healthcare analytics company headquartered in South Florida, until its’ merger with Clinigence LLC.
In 2008, , Dr. Schimmel has been the founding Chairman of Professional Bank, headquartered in South Florida and served on its board of directors until their acquisition in 2023. Previously, Dr. Schimmel was the managing partner of Allied Health Advisors, LLC, a boutique healthcare consulting company in Miami. Dr. Schimmel is a serial medical-related business entrepreneur, having been Co-founder and CEO of Allied Health Group, a national medical management company, and Florida Specialty Network. Allied Health Group and Florida Specialty Network managed approximately $500 million in provider payments on behalf of managed care organizations for approximately 3 million lives during his time as CEO. Allied Health Group was a licensed TPA in Florida and Texas and acted as a third-party intermediary in other areas of the country.
Previously, Dr. Schimmel was the Founding Chairman and served on the Board of Directors of Megabank and subsequently served on the Board of Directors of Executive National Bank in South Florida. Dr. Schimmel also practiced General and Vascular Surgery in the Miami community for 18 years. In addition to his lengthy medical career as a general and vascular surgeon, he held a management role with the South Florida Surgical Group and has consulted for physicians, hospitals, healthcare delivery systems, and Fortune 500 companies. He received his B.A. from Rutgers College, received his Doctor of Medicine degree from the New Jersey College of Medicine, and conducted his post-graduate training at the University of Miami.