Collaborative Leadership

William F. Carpenter III 

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Bill Carpenter is chairman and chief executive officer of LifePoint Health. He has served as CEO since 2006 and assumed the additional position of chairman of the board in 2010. He is a founding employee of the company, which was established in 1999, having previously served in various roles, including executive vice president, general counsel and corporate governance officer.

Bill is a member of the board of directors of the American Hospital Association and the Federation of American Hospitals (FAH). He is a past board chairman of the FAH and the Nashville Health Care Council, and currently serves on the boards of directors of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, NashvilleHealth, the Center for Medical Interoperability, United Way of Metropolitan Nashville, Avondale's Advisory Board and Nashville Public Radio. Additionally, he serves as co-chairman of Partnership 2020, the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce's economic development initiative. A recognized leader in the healthcare industry, he has appeared on Modern Healthcare magazine's annual "100 Most Influential People in Healthcare" list numerous times.

David M. Dill 

President and Chief Operating Officer

David Dill joined LifePoint Health as executive vice president and chief financial officer in 2007. He has served the company as chief operating officer since 2009 and was appointed president in 2011.

Previously, David was executive vice president of Fresenius Medical Care North America and chief executive officer in the East Division of Fresenius Medical Care Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA.

Prior to this, he served as executive vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer of Renal Care Group, Inc., a publicly traded dialysis services company. David is also a former director of Psychiatric Solutions, Inc., a behavioral health services company. He has served on various governing boards for the American Hospital Association and is currently a member of the board of trustees for the Murray State University Foundation.

Michael S. Coggin

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Mike Coggin serves as executive vice president and chief financial officer for LifePoint Health, providing the company corporate and healthcare finance leadership.

Previously, Mike served as senior vice president and chief accounting officer for LifePoint since December 2008. In that role, he was responsible for the company's external financial reporting, corporate accounting and consolidation functions, tax functions and internal control compliance requirements. Additionally, he has held certain responsibilities associated with the company's treasury and finance functions.

Prior to joining LifePoint, Mike was chief financial officer of Specialty Care Services Group. He also served in finance leadership positions for Renal Care Group, Inc., from April 2004 until its acquisition by Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA in March 2006. He began his professional career as an auditor with KPMG Peat Marwick.

John P. Bumpus

Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer

John Bumpus has served as executive vice president and chief administrative officer of LifePoint Health since 2008. In this role, John oversees human resources and talent development, employee and labor relations, compensation and benefits, capital and construction management, communications, administration and aviation. He previously served as senior vice president, human resources and administration.

Prior to joining LifePoint, John served as vice president, human resources for Province Healthcare Company. He also held various leadership positions during his tenure with The Kroger Company, including strategic planning and implementation specialist; manager, human resources; and various positions in operations for the Nashville Marketing Area.

Russell L. Holman, MD

Chief Medical Officer

Russell Holman, MD, joined LifePoint Health as chief medical officer in February 2013. As CMO, Dr. Holman oversees LifePoint's quality and patient safety programs, clinical effectiveness, care management, patient experience and engagement, physician leadership, clinical informatics and telemedicine.

Prior to joining LifePoint, Dr. Holman served as chief clinical officer of Cogent HMG, medical director of hospital services for HealthPartners Medical Group & Clinics in Bloomington, Minnesota and assistant director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program at the University of Minnesota.

In 1996, he founded one of the earliest hospitalist programs for Regions Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota. In 2000, he created one of the nation's first postgraduate Fellowship Programs in Hospital Medicine for HPMG&C. He co-authored and edited the textbook, Comprehensive Hospital Medicine, in 2007

Dr. Holman is a past president of the Society of Hospital Medicine, which in 2002 honored him with the Outstanding Service Award in Hospital Medicine and in 2011 appointed him one of only 10 Masters in Hospital Medicine in the United States.

Jennifer Peters

General Counsel & Corporate Secretary

In her role as general counsel at LifePoint Health, Jennifer Peters represents the company's interests in all legal matters impacting the organization; provides strategic legal guidance to the company's senior leadership and board of directors; oversees the company's corporate governance work, public filings and related securities work; and manages the business of the legal department, ensuring the delivery of consistent legal guidance across the organization and in each of the communities we serve.

Prior to her current role, she was senior vice president, chief operations counsel. Before joining LifePoint, Jennifer served as general counsel, secretary and chief compliance officer for Simplex Healthcare, and vice president and associate general counsel at Community Health Systems prior to that. She was also part of the administrative team at a York, Pennsylvania hospital for six years.

Jennifer earned her Juris Doctor degree with a concentration in health law from the University of Maryland School of Law, her master's degree in healthcare and finance management from the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health and her bachelor's degree from Buffalo State University.

Jeff Seraphine

Chief Development Officer

As chief development officer for LifePoint Health, Jeff Seraphine is responsible for the company's strategic growth and development department and the Strategic Resource Group. Prior to his current role, he served as president of LifePoint Health's Eastern Group, which included hospitals in the states of Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. Since 2009, Jeff's operational responsibilities also have included the integration of new acquisitions for LifePoint Health and Duke LifePoint. He is a founding employee of LifePoint Health and previously served as CEO of several of its hospitals in Kentucky, including Georgetown Community Hospital, Georgetown and Bluegrass Community Hospitals (Market CEO) and Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital.

Prior to joining LifePoint, he served in hospital administration roles with Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) in Florida. Jeff also serves on the board of directors for the Nashville chapter of March of Dimes.

Victor Giovanetti

President, Eastern Group

As president of LifePoint Health's Eastern Group, Victor Giovanetti is responsible for LifePoint's hospitals in Michigan, North Carolina, South Carolina, Pennsylvania and Virginia, including all Duke LifePoint Healthcare facilities. Victor joined LifePoint in 2013 as chief operating officer for the Eastern Group, before becoming Western Group president in 2015.

A fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, Victor has more than 30 years of management experience in operations, legal, financial, clinical and strategic aspects of healthcare administration. He joined LifePoint in 2013 from HCA Lewis-Gale Regional Health System in Roanoke, Virginia, where he was president. Previously, he was COO and CEO of Southern Hills Medical Center, a 120-bed hospital in Nashville, Tennessee, and in operations management for HCA's Mid-America Division. Earlier in his career, Victor served in various management roles with HCA, Symbion and other healthcare organizations in Georgia.

Robert Klein

President, Western Group

Robert Klein is president of LifePoint Health's Western Group, which includes hospitals in Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming. Prior to assuming his current position, he served as chief operating officer (COO) of LifePoint Health's Central Group since 2013.

Robert has more than 25 years of experience in healthcare administration. He joined LifePoint as a division president in 2005 and was responsible for overseeing the operations of 10 hospitals across several states. Prior to LifePoint, Robert served as CEO for three HCA hospitals in Tennessee, most recently Skyline Medical Center in Nashville. He also served in executive leadership positions at Baptist Medical Center in Birmingham, Alabama.

Robert earned his M.H.A. from Washington University in St. Louis and his B.A. in Biology from the University of Louisville. He currently serves on the board for the United Way of Sumner County and is a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.

Scott Raplee

President, Central Group

Scott Raplee is a founding employee of LifePoint Health who began his tenure as the company's National Division chief financial officer (CFO) in 1998. Since then, he has served LifePoint as operations CFO, senior vice president (SVP) and operations president and SVP and president of operations planning and support, before being appointed to president of the company's Central Group of hospitals in 2013. In his current role, Scott has direct financial and operations responsibility for hospitals in the Kentucky, Indiana, Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee markets.

Prior to joining LifePoint, Scott served in a number of financial leadership positions, including as a division CFO for Columbia/HCA and as CFO of Terre Haute Regional Hosptial.

Melissa Waddey

President, Ambulatory and Operations Services

As president, ambulatory and operations services for LifePoint Health, Melissa Waddey leads multiple departments that drive operations strategy, organic growth and integration of new facilities. She also oversees physician services for the company.

Since joining LifePoint in 2010, Melissa has served in several leadership roles, including senior vice president, operations strategy and integration; chief of staff to the chairman and chief executive officer; and vice president of the company's strategic resource group. Prior to LifePoint, she worked at Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) in a variety of hospital operational leadership roles for 11 years.

Melissa is actively involved in the Nashville Health Care Council and is a 2016 honoree of the Council's prestigious Fellows program. She also is former board chair of the Council's Leadership Health Care initiative. Additionally, Melissa is the founder and a former board member of the American College of Healthcare Executives' Middle Tennessee chapter and serves on various advisory boards for Nashville-area companies in the healthcare, finance and non-profit industries.

Pam Belcher

Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Talent Management

As senior vice president, HR and talent management, Pam Belcher is responsible for providing leadership in developing and executing human resources strategy and direction for the organization. She particularly focuses on developing and strengthening the areas of compensation and benefits, employee relations, succession planning and performance management. In her previous role at LifePoint, Pam served as vice president, organizational development and recruitment for seven years, where she led talent initiatives and recruitment for LifePoint's hospital executives and corporate associates.

Before joining LifePoint in 2006, she served as vice president of consulting and client development for Right Management Consultants in Brentwood, Tennessee.

David S. Critchlow

Senior Vice President, Government Relations

David Critchlow is senior vice president of government relations for LifePoint Health. He manages federal and state government relations and formulates legislative priorities across all of LifePoint's affiliated hospitals. He also coordinates government relations between LifePoint and the American Hospital Association and the Federation of American Hospitals in Washington, D.C. 

David has worked extensively in government and is adept at formulating strategies for positive policy in today's political environment. He was formerly with Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) for 14 years where he directed government relations. He also worked at Bailey Political Consulting and was a legislative assistant to U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch.

Shannon Fiser

Senior Vice President, Operations Finance

Shannon Fiser is senior vice president, operations finance. He oversees the operations support and planning team, which is responsible for supporting LifePoint facilities with all financial and accounting operations. Fiser previously served as chief financial officer (CFO) of the company's Western Group of hospitals, where he helped to guide strategic initiatives and drive financial operations for more than 20 LifePoint facilities.

Prior to joining LifePoint, Fiser served as senior vice president of Finance for Ardent Health in Nashville, Tennessee. In this role, he was responsible for the financial oversight of three regional health systems, as well as management of the company's corporate supply chain team, operations finance group and a business intelligence unit. Prior to Ardent, Fiser served in a number of financial leadership roles for healthcare companies, including Lattimore Black Morgan and Cain PC (LBMC), Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) and Symbion, Inc., all based in Middle Tennessee. 

Paul Hannah

Senior Vice President, Strategic Growth and Development

Paul Hannah joined LifePoint Health as vice president of development in January of 1999. He was promoted to senior vice president in 2005. As part of his development responsibilities, he oversees all merger and acquisition transactions, in-market transactions and network joint ventures. 

Prior to joining LifePoint, Paul spent more than 14 years in development and mergers and acquisitions positions with HCA, ImageAmerica, Inc. and Princeps Inc. Prior to his experience in healthcare acquisitions and development, he served as a management consultant with Arthur Andersen & Co. Paul holds an M.B.A. from the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University.

Reggie Hill

Senior Vice President, Chief Compliance and Policy Officer

As senior vice president, chief compliance and policy officer, Reggie Hill is responsible for managing the company's compliance program, including reviewing and evaluating policy and procedural issues and concerns across the organization. He also advises and recommends strategies pertaining to highly anticipated healthcare policy and reform issues. Additionally, he helps identify potential areas of compliance risk and develop and implement corrective action plans for resolution of issues. Reggie has served as chief compliance officer for LifePoint since 2013.

Prior to joining LifePoint Health, Reggie was an attorney at Nashville law firm Waller, Lansden, Dortch & Davis, LLP, where he practiced corporate, healthcare, and mergers and acquisitions law. During his more than 30-year tenure at Waller, he served in a variety of roles, including as associate, partner, co-chairman of the firm and head of the firm's business transaction practice. 

Greg Hostettler

Senior Vice President, Supply Chain Operations

In his role as senior vice president, supply chain operations, Greg Hostettler oversees supply chain operations, purchased services, GPO operations, capital equipment planning and shared services programs for LifePoint's hospitals nationwide. He has been a part of the LifePoint family since 1999. 

Previously, Greg held various corporate materials management and pharmacy positions with HCA, Galen and Humana. Greg's areas of expertise include supply chain optimization, contract negotiations and vendor and contract management. He received his B.B.A. from Indiana University and is an equity board member with HealthTrust and an alumni of the Scarlett Leadership Institute.

Christopher Rehm, MD

Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Informatics Officer

As senior vice president and chief medical informatics officer for LifePoint Health, Dr. Christopher Rehm is responsible for leading the deployment and adoption of clinical applications and technology solutions to enhance the quality, safety and efficiency of patient care across the company. Dr. Rehm works closely with both clinical leaders and technology partners to ensure the needs of patients, providers and staff are clearly articulated and incorporated into the company's strategic technology and informatics roadmap.

Prior to joining LifePoint Health, Dr. Rehm served as chief medical officer and vice president of business development for Aionex, Inc. in Goodlettsville, Tennessee. He also worked for Cogent Healthcare, where he had responsibility for day-to-day operational management of their Northeast Region, which included large academic and complex medical centers across the country.

Jason Ross

Senior Vice President, Revenue and Network Management

As senior vice president, revenue and network management, Jason Ross is responsible for the oversight and execution of LifePoint's revenue cycle processes, reimbursement strategies and population health initiatives. In the integration of these key business functions, Jason leads efforts to drive effective managed care reimbursement strategies across the organization, enable our local markets to maximize their clinical and financial potential and leverage best practices for revenue cycle strategies.

Prior to his current role, Jason served as vice president, population health. Jason's background includes a valuable blend of health plan, managed care and provider-based leadership experiences, giving him a deep understanding of the systemic drivers changing how health care is delivered and financed. Prior to joining LifePoint, he served as a senior leader with The Advisory Board Company. He earned his Master of Business Administration from the University of Texas in Austin, Texas, and his Bachelor of Arts in history at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.

Sean Tuley

Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer

Sean Tuley joined LifePoint Health as senior vice president of the company's Health Informatics and Technology and Services division in 2010 and was named Chief Information Officer in early 2012. In this role, Sean oversees the development and execution of LifePoint's health information technology strategies.

Before joining LifePoint, Sean was vice president of provider services for Emdeon Business Services. Prior to Emdeon, he served as vice president and chief operating officer of physician services for Perot Systems Corporation.

Sean earned his M.B.A. from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business and his undergraduate degree from The Citadel. He is a veteran of the United States Army, attaining the rank of captain before being honorably discharged in 1998. He is a member of the board of directors for the Tennessee Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) and serves on the advisory boards and committees of several organizations, including the Federation of American Hospitals HIT Task Force.

William F. Carpenter III

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Bill Carpenter is chairman and chief executive officer of LifePoint Health. He has served as CEO since 2006 and assumed the additional position of chairman of the board in 2010. He is a founding employee of the company, which was established in 1999, having previously served in various roles, including executive vice president, general counsel and corporate governance officer.

Bill is a member of the board of directors of the American Hospital Association and the Federation of American Hospitals (FAH). He is a past board chairman of the FAH and the Nashville Health Care Council, and currently serves on the boards of directors of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, NashvilleHealth, the Center for Medical Interoperability, United Way of Metropolitan Nashville, Avondale's Advisory Board and Nashville Public Radio. Additionally, he serves as co-chairman of Partnership 2020, the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce's economic development initiative. A recognized leader in the healthcare industry, he has appeared on Modern Healthcare magazine's annual "100 Most Influential People in Healthcare" list numerous times.

Kermit R. Crawford

Kermit R. Crawford has served as a director of our company since 2016. Mr. Crawford is the president and chief operating officer of Rite Aid Corporation. He has served on the board of councilors of the University of Southern California School of Pharmacy and is a board member of several non-profit organizations, including Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital and the Field Museum of Natural History. Mr. Crawford is a member of the board of directors of Allstate, the largest publicly-traded personal lines insurer in the U.S., where he serves on both the audit committee and the nominating and governance committee.

Prior to joining Rite Aid Corporation, Mr. Crawford served for over 30 years with Walgreen Company, including as president of its pharmacy, health and wellness division, where he was responsible for all aspects of strategic, operational and profit and loss management of that division.

Richard H. Evans

Lead Director

Richard H. Evans has served as a director of our company since 2000 and has been our lead independent director since June 2015. Prior to becoming independent lead director, Mr. Evans served as the chair of our compensation committee.

Mr. Evans has been the chairman of Evans Holdings, LLC, a real estate investment and real estate services company, since April 1999. He currently serves as a member of the board of directors of Engage2Excel, Inc. and Tokyo Joe's, Inc., and as a member of the business advisory board of Gridiron Capital, LLC, a private equity fund.

Mr. Evans previously served in executive leadership positions with public and private companies, including Huizenga Holdings, Boca Resorts, Gaylord Entertainment, Paramount Communications, the Rockefeller Group, Marriott Corp. and the Walt Disney Company.

Michael P. Haley

Michael P. Haley has served as a director of our company since 2005 and as the chair of our audit and compliance committee since 2016. Mr. Haley is also a member of the board of directors of Stanley Furniture Company, a furniture manufacturer; American National Bankshares, Inc., a bank holding company; and Ply Gem Holdings, Inc., a producer of window, door and siding products for the residential construction industry. He served as an advisor to Fenway Partners, LLC, a private equity investment firm, from April 2006 to June 2015, and was a managing director of its affiliate, Fenway Resources, from 2008 to June 2015.

Mr. Haley's previous executive leadership experience includes service as executive chairman of Coach America, a transportation services operator, and as chairman, president and chief executive officer of MW Manufacturers, Inc., a subsidiary of Ply Gem Holdings, Inc. In addition, Mr. Haley previously served on the board of the Martinsville-Henry County United Way and as chairman of the board of trustees of Memorial Hospital of Martinsville and of the Martinsville-Henry County Economic Development Corporation.

Marguerite W. Kondracke

Marguerite W. Kondracke has served as a director of our company since 2007 and as the chair of our corporate governance and nominating committee since 2015. Ms. Kondracke is the co-founder, former chief executive officer and current board member of Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc., which provides childcare and other workplace services for employers and families.

Ms. Kondracke previously served as CEO of America's Promise Alliance, a not-for-profit children's advocacy organization, and the Brown Schools, a leading provider of behavioral services for adolescents. In addition, Ms. Kondracke has had an extensive public service career, including service as special assistant to U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander, as staff director of the Senate Subcommittee on Children and Families, Commissioner of Human Services for the State of Tennessee and various leadership positions with the Tennesee Department of Public Health.

John E. Maupin Jr.

John E. Maupin, Jr. has served as a director of our company since 1999 and as chair of our compensation committee since 2015. He is also a member of the NACD Compensation Committee Chair Advisory Council. Dr. Maupin served as president and chief executive officer of Morehouse School of Medicine from July 2006 until his retirement in June 2014. He currently serves as a director of HealthSouth Corporation, a post-acute healthcare management company; Regions Financial Corporation, a bank holding company; and as a director/trustee for the VALIC family of funds, a group retirement fund complex. He also serves on the board of America's Promise Alliance.

Dr. Maupin previously served as president and chief executive officer of Meharry Medical College and as Deputy Commissioner for Medical Services with the Baltimore City Health Department. In addition, Dr. Maupin has served on numerous health-related advisory councils and scientific panels, including the National Healthcare Workforce Commission, a national advisory resource to the U.S. Congress and President.

Jana R. Schreuder

Jana R. Schreuder has served as a director of our company since 2016. Ms. Schreuder currently serves as executive vice president and chief operating officer of Northern Trust Corporation, a financial holding company, a role she has held since September 2014. Prior to her appointment as COO, where she is primarily responsible for business operations and enabling Northern Trust's businesses to grow faster, more efficiently and more profitably, Ms. Schrueder served in various capacities with Northern Trust for over 30 years, including as president, wealth management; president, operations and technology; and head of corporate risk management. 

Ms. Schrueder also serves as a board member for Entrust Datacard, a privately held identification and data security technology company, as well as several Chicago-area education and arts organizations.

Reed V. Tuckson, MD

Reed V. Tuckson, MD, has served as a director of our company since 2014 and currently serves as the chair of our quality committee. Dr. Tuckson is the managing director of Tuckson Health Connections, LLC, a private health and medical care consulting business that brings people and ideas together to promote optimal health outcomes. From December 2006 to March 2014, Dr. Tuckson served as the executive vice president and chief of medical affairs of UnitedHealth Group.

Dr. Tuckson serves on the board of directors of CTI BioPharma Corp., a biopharmaceutical company. In addition, he currently serves on the board of directors of the American Telemedicine Association, Howard University, the Alliance for Health Reform and the Arnold P. Gold Foundation, and on several committees for the National Institutes for Health and the National Academy of Medicine.

Russell L. Holman, MD

Chief Medical Officer

Russell Holman, MD, joined LifePoint Health as chief medical officer in February 2013. As CMO, Dr. Holman oversees LifePoint's quality and patient safety programs, clinical effectiveness, care management, patient experience and engagement, physician leadership, clinical informatics and telemedicine.

Prior to joining LifePoint, Dr. Holman served as chief clinical officer of Cogent HMG, medical director of hospital services for HealthPartners Medical Group & Clinics in Bloomington, Minnesota and assistant director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program at the University of Minnesota.

In 1996, he founded one of the earliest hospitalist programs for Regions Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota. In 2000, he created one of the nation's first postgraduate Fellowship Programs in Hospital Medicine for HPMG&C. He co-authored and edited the textbook, Comprehensive Hospital Medicine, in 2007

Dr. Holman is a past president of the Society of Hospital Medicine, which in 2002 honored him with the Outstanding Service Award in Hospital Medicine and in 2011 appointed him one of only 10 Masters in Hospital Medicine in the United States.

John Andazola, MD, FAAFP

John Andazola, MD, FAAFP, is program director for the Southern New Mexico Family Medicine Residency Program in Las Cruces, New Mexico. He received his M.D. from the University of New Mexico School Of Medicine in 1997. During his post-graduate work, he completed a Family Medicine residency at the Southern New Mexico Family Medicine Residency Program, a fellowship in Advanced Hospital Training for Family Physicians (AHTFP) in Phoenix and a Faculty Development Fellowship at the University of Arizona. After completing his fellowships in 2003, Dr. Andazola joined the AHTFP faculty, where he served until 2009.

Dr. Andazola has been involved in academic medicine his entire career and has presented at numerous local, state and national conferences. He has authored several textbook chapters in a leading Family Medicine procedural textbook, as well as several publications. He is an active member of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, the Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors and the American Academy of Family Medicine, and he sits on several hospital and state committees. His major interests include medical education, integrated behavioral health and border health. He is an inaugural member of LifePoint’s National Physician Advisory Board.

Michael Alan Caplan, MD

Michael Alan Caplan, MD, is an inaugural member of LifePoint’s National Physician Advisory Board. Dr. Caplan practices at Piedmont Internal Medicine in Danville, Virginia, where he has served since 1986. He has more than 20 years of teaching and speaking experience and currently is an instructor for the Virginia Commonwealth of Osteopathic Medicine Residency Program at Sovah Health Danville. Dr. Caplan also serves as medical director of Gateway Health Alliance and is a member of the Medical Directors Leadership Committee for Sentara Healthcare. He has been a board member for LifePoint’s Danville Regional Medical Center for the past 14 years and has served in positions at the hospital including chairman of the Department of Medicine, chief of staff and director of the Intensive Care and Coronary Care Units.

Dr. Caplan earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Maryland in Baltimore and conducted research in immunology at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore before earning his medical doctorate from the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He completed his internship and residency at the University of Alabama-Birmingham. Dr. Caplan is a member of the American Medical Association, the Association of American Physicians & Surgeons, the American Society of Internal Medicine, Virginia Medical Society and the National Lipid Association.

William G. Cloud, MD

William G. Cloud, MD is a general surgeon at Fauquier Health in Warrenton, Virginia, and a member of Fauquier Health General Surgery since 2012.

Dr. Cloud has more than 30 years in practice and in surgical resident instruction. He currently serves as a director of Fauquier Health’s University of Virginia Surgical Residency Program, and participates on the University of Virginia’s Assessment Committee for the Department of Medical Education, as well as the hospital’s Graduate Medical Education and Cancer Service Line committees. 

Dr. Cloud joined LifePoint’s Fauquier Health from private practice with Charlotte Surgical Group and a solo practice in Morganton, North Carolina. He served for 18 years on the teaching faculty for surgical residents at Carolinas Medical Center, as well as the Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine. 

Dr. Cloud earned his undergraduate degree from Davidson College and his medical degree from the University of Virginia. He completed a fellowship and residency at the University of Virginia, and obtained a Master of Academic Medicine degree from Keck Medical School at the University of Southern California. 

He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, and a member of the Muller-Jones Postgraduate Surgical Society, the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract and the Association for Surgical Education.

Jonathan Barry Dixon, MD

Jonathan Barry Dixon, MD, is a family practitioner who has practiced at LifePoint’s Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital in Somerset, Kentucky, since 1991. Prior to that, Dr. Dixon was a resident physician at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Edgewood, Kentucky.

Dr. Dixon is a member of the Kentucky Academy of Family Physicians, the Kentucky Medical Association, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American Medical Association and the County Medical Society. He currently is president of Lake Cumberland Medical Associates in Somerset, and he is a past chief of staff at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital. Dr. Dixon also is company physician for General Electric in Somerset and the founder of Bethesda Clinic for indigent patients in Somerset. He is a board member for the Hal Rogers Boys and Girls Club.

Dr. Dixon earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Kentucky in Lexington and his medical doctorate from the University of Louisville School of Medicine. He is an inaugural member of LifePoint’s National Physician Advisory Board.

William Hunter Housman, MD

William Hunter Housman, MD, has been a hospitalist with MESA Medical Group in Lexington, Kentucky since 2010. At MESA, Dr. Housman serves as director of education, which includes recruitment, new provider orientation and quality assurance. He previously was medical director of the practice. Prior to MESA, Dr. Housman was a hospitalist with Kentucky Inpatient Medicine Associates in Paris, Kentucky, and also served as chief of staff.

Dr. Housman received his M.D. from the University of Kentucky College of Medicine and completed a Categorical Internal Medicine Residency at the University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center in Lexington. He is a member of the American Medical Association, the American College of Physicians, the Society of Hospital Medicine and the Kentucky Medical Association. Dr. Housman is an inaugural member of LifePoint’s National Physician Advisory Board.

Michael A. (Tony) Kelly, MD, FACEP

Michael A. (Tony) Kelly, MD, FACEP, is a healthcare executive and emergency medicine physician with 30 years of experience in medical setting management and clinical excellence solutions.

Since 2002, Dr. Kelly has served as regional medical director for TeamHealth Atlantic, where he is responsible for physician and midlevel emergency medicine management and staffing of healthcare facilities in West Virginia and Virginia. Prior to this, Dr. Kelly was president and CEO of Kelly Medical Corporation, Medical Services, Inc. and Health Care Alliance, Inc., which was acquired by TeamHealth in 2002. He has served as chief of staff at Raleigh General Hospital and chairman of Emergency Services at a number of client hospitals during his three decades of service.

Dr. Kelly earned his medical doctorate from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, is certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine, and is a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians. He is a member of the American Medical Association, the American College of Emergency Medicine and the West Virginia State Medical Association, and is past-president of the West Virginia Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians. He is an inaugural member of LifePoint’s National Physician Advisory Board.