"In a dynamic health care environment, Alteon is constantly innovating and
evolving to meet the needs of its providers, hospital partners, and the industry."Nadia Eltaki, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician
5 years with Alteon
Our Mission
Our Vision
Alteon Health will advance healthcare through patient-focused care, physician-led innovation, data-driven practices, and best-in-class healthcare partnerships.Our Core Values
- Collaboration
We are a community of professionals who play different roles in achieving common goals. We learn from one another, encourage open dialogue and use teamwork to enhance the experience of our patients, clinicians, support staff and hospitals.
- Compassion
It’s at the heart of healthcare and Alteon. Our clinicians and staff are driven by empathy and an innate drive to help others live the healthiest life possible.
- Excellence
We relentlessly pursue excellence by focusing on continual improvement in quality outcomes, safety, patient engagement, employee recruitment and retention, business processes and hospital operations. We believe exceeding the highest industry standards of care and operation ensure the best possible patient outcomes.
- Integrity
We embrace accountability, honesty, transparency and the responsibility we have to do what is right for our patients and stakeholders.
- Innovation
We believe in taking the next step to advance every aspect of healthcare. We encourage and facilitate continuing education, exploring emerging technologies and employing data-driven processes to improve efficiencies. We challenge each other to challenge the status quo if it leads to better outcomes for patients and partners.
- Loyalty
People are at the center of everything we do. We view our patients, colleagues and partners as family. We value our hospital partnerships and are invested in the communities they serve. We believe in providing resources, mentorship and support to empower those dedicated to our mission to help them realize their career aspirations.
Our Story
Today we deliver better outcomes by putting people at the center
At Alteon Health, we’re advancing positive outcomes for hospitals, physicians and patients—each and every day.
In 2017, we saw an opportunity to bring together the best in our industry to create an unrivaled network of partners and drive better outcomes for the people we serve.
To deliver on this opportunity, we brought together two leaders in our industry—Emergency Medicine Associates and Island Medical Management.
EMA, a physician-owned practice, has been a leader in emergency medical services since 1971, serving one million patients annually across Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia.
IMM, also a physician-owned organization providing services in emergency medicine and hospitalist medicine, has over 20 years of experience in medical management and touches two million patients each year through its 80+ programs.
With common values and complementary strengths, these two organizations are uniquely suited to come together as Alteon Health, a name that signals our commitment to setting a higher standard in healthcare, each and every day.
For hospitals, this means assembling a staff of the most engaged, loyal and highly performing physicians in the industry—enhancing their departments and enabling the highest quality service.
For physicians, this means creating an environment that promotes career development and ongoing clinical improvement. By leveraging leading data, we help physicians be their best, while the back-office and administrative support of the national organization allows them to concentrate on their patients.
Each day, we’re advancing towards better outcomes with a people-powered approach—and we’ve only just begun.
We began to chart a way to improve outcomes for hospitals and patients, while providing fullfilling careers our physicians can take pride in.
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For hospitals it means providing a staff of the most engaged, loyal and highly performing physicians in the industry—enhancing their departments and enabling the highest quality performance.
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For physicians it means using data to improve the ecosystem and simplify processes, so they can concentrate on their patients. Working with physicians, we co-create a career path that's focused on their needs.
We understand that running your operation is complex, and there’s no one-size-fits-all approach. That’s why we’re committed to developing and implementing custom solutions that are uniquely relevant and uniquely valuable for your organization.
We’re committed to lasting partnerships.
When we come together, we’re ready to
support your operation to make innovation
and achievement an everyday practice.
Our Stats
- 50Nearly 50 Years of Experience
- 10+Years of Average Hospital Relationship
- 125+Nationwide Practice Locations
- 3MPatients Served Annually
- 95%Annual Employee Retention Rate
- 1500+Clinical Providers Strong
Our Team
- Executive Team
- Regional Leadership
- Independent Directors
Our national team exemplifies our focus on quality, new thinking and patient experience. Every one of our leaders brings both personal passion and deep medical expertise. It’s this hybrid approach that defines our organization and helps us improve patients’ lives.
Dr. Steve Holtzclaw serves as Chief Executive Officer of Alteon Health. As an accomplished physician and veteran leader in the physician services industry, Dr. Holtzclaw has led the transformation of hundreds of emergency medicine, acute care, ambulatory care, and anesthesiology programs nationwide. Prior to joining Alteon, he served most recently as President of Hospital-Based services for TeamHealth. In this role Dr. Holtzclaw was responsible for leading the expansion and progress of healthy business relationships with hospital clients, financial solvency and revenue generation, clinician relations, and organizational development.
Dr. Holtzclaw has an extensive clinical background, beginning his career as an EMT/Paramedic at Helene Fuld Hospital in New Jersey from 1979-1990. He received undergraduate degrees in business administration and biology before attending medical school at the University of Maryland, where he graduated in 1990. He completed his emergency medicine residency training at Johns Hopkins University and pursued an Executive MBA at the University of Tennessee.
Dr. Holtzclaw was named Chairman of the Emergency Department at The Good Samaritan Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, in 2001. He has over 20 years of practice history at Johns Hopkins University, where he is currently responsible teaching medical students and residents at the bedside as a member of the emergency medicine program faculty. An esteemed mentor and colleague, Dr. Holtzclaw continues to practice clinically.
Dr. Holtzclaw has an extensive clinical background, beginning his career as an EMT/Paramedic at Helene Fuld Hospital in New Jersey from 1979-1990. He received undergraduate degrees in business administration and biology before attending medical school at the University of Maryland, where he graduated in 1990. He completed his emergency medicine residency training at Johns Hopkins University and pursued an Executive MBA at the University of Tennessee.
Dr. Holtzclaw was named Chairman of the Emergency Department at The Good Samaritan Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, in 2001. He has over 20 years of practice history at Johns Hopkins University, where he is currently responsible teaching medical students and residents at the bedside as a member of the emergency medicine program faculty. An esteemed mentor and colleague, Dr. Holtzclaw continues to practice clinically.
Amy Charley, JD, serves as Chief Legal & Administrative Officer of Alteon Health. Amy is a corporate attorney with twenty years of experience collaborating with leadership teams to create strategic, efficient, and cost-effective business solutions. Prior to joining Alteon, she served as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Office of Advanced Recovery Systems, a Fort Lauderdale-based integrated behavioral healthcare company, where she was responsible for overseeing the departments of legal, compliance, licensing, internal audit, and human resources for over four years. Previously, Amy spent almost ten years with Sheridan Healthcare (now Envision Healthcare), one of the nation’s largest providers of hospital-based physician services, serving first as Assistant General Counsel and later assuming the role of Deputy General Counsel.
Additional prior roles include serving as a Judicial Clerk for the United States Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, as a Senior Attorney of Burger King Corporation, and as an Associate of Holland & Knight, where she worked on multi-district litigation for large international clients.
Amy earned her BA at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado, and is a graduate of the University of Miami School of Law in Coral Gables, Florida. She is active in her local community and currently serves on the Board of Directors for Nicklaus Children’s Hospital and as Executive Officer of the Association of Corporate Counsel of South Florida.
Additional prior roles include serving as a Judicial Clerk for the United States Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, as a Senior Attorney of Burger King Corporation, and as an Associate of Holland & Knight, where she worked on multi-district litigation for large international clients.
Amy earned her BA at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado, and is a graduate of the University of Miami School of Law in Coral Gables, Florida. She is active in her local community and currently serves on the Board of Directors for Nicklaus Children’s Hospital and as Executive Officer of the Association of Corporate Counsel of South Florida.
Cary McNamara serves as Alteon Health’s Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Alteon, Mr. McNamara was the CFO of i2i Population Health, a leading population health management solution for federally qualified health centers, and Agilum Healthcare Intelligence, a software-as-a-service business intelligence solution. He was also the interim-CFO of EDO Interactive, a card-linked offer provider backed by Baird Capital & Vantage Point.
Previous to these positions, Mr. McNamara was an Associate at Court Square Capital and an analyst at Goldman, Sachs & Co. He received his B.A. summa cum laude from The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina.
Previous to these positions, Mr. McNamara was an Associate at Court Square Capital and an analyst at Goldman, Sachs & Co. He received his B.A. summa cum laude from The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina.
Michael Hite, RN, MBA, MHA, serves as Chief Revenue Officer of Alteon Health. In this capacity, Mr. Hite provides executive oversight and leadership to Alteon’s revenue cycle management – including billing, coding, provider enrollment, and clinical documentation – as well as the practice’s managed care programs, IT initiatives, and strategic growth in technology and partnerships.
Prior to joining Alteon Health, Mr. Hite worked in executive positions at UnitedHealth Group (UHG) and the Advisory Board Company. Additionally, he held previous Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer roles for large, for-profit hospital management organizations, where he led strategic, operational, and physician partnership initiatives. Mr. Hite remains clinically active as a registered nurse and paramedic, continuing nearly 20 years of clinical experience as an emergency department and critical care transport nurse.
Mr. Hite earned his Bachelor of Arts from Boston University, and both his Master of Healthcare Administration and Master of Business Administration from the University of Maryland. He maintains specialty certifications in emergency nursing (CEN), flight nursing (CFRN), and health care quality (CPHQ), and remains actively engaged in his local community, serving in academic roles at The George Washington University, and volunteering with Montgomery County Fire Rescue.
Prior to joining Alteon Health, Mr. Hite worked in executive positions at UnitedHealth Group (UHG) and the Advisory Board Company. Additionally, he held previous Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer roles for large, for-profit hospital management organizations, where he led strategic, operational, and physician partnership initiatives. Mr. Hite remains clinically active as a registered nurse and paramedic, continuing nearly 20 years of clinical experience as an emergency department and critical care transport nurse.
Mr. Hite earned his Bachelor of Arts from Boston University, and both his Master of Healthcare Administration and Master of Business Administration from the University of Maryland. He maintains specialty certifications in emergency nursing (CEN), flight nursing (CFRN), and health care quality (CPHQ), and remains actively engaged in his local community, serving in academic roles at The George Washington University, and volunteering with Montgomery County Fire Rescue.
We understand that each organization’s needs and goals are unique. Each of our regional leaders has a special connection to their community and customizes our best-in-class approach for their partners, physicians, and ultimately their patients.
Vincent Morra has over 26 years of healthcare experience. He served as CEO of NES Healthcare Group for over 10 years, and currently serves as President of the Midwest Region for Alteon. Mr. Morra’s leadership and industry experience have propelled him to lead multiple initiatives in business development, customer retention, and mergers/acquisitions in Emergency Medicine. In addition Mr. Morra serves on multiple community boards.
Board Certified by the American Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine, Robert T. Moosally earned his doctoral degree from Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2000. Dr. Moosally has extensive operational and clinical leadership experience. Under his direction, an independent emergency medicine residency program was established and approved by the American Osteopathic Association at St. Joseph Health Center in Warren, Ohio, where he served as the Emergency Medicine Residency Program Director for three years. In addition to his professional accomplishments, Dr. Moosally’s peers and colleagues have bestowed upon him several acknowledgements and awards of recognition including Outstanding Specialty Preceptor of the Year, as voted by Ohio University Medical Students, and Outstanding Physician Partner, as voted by the nursing staff at St. Joseph Health Center.
Dr. Brown attended the George Washington University School of Medicine and completed residency training at The George Washington University Medical Center. He is Board Certified in Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine. Dr. Brown has been on the faculties in the Departments of Emergency Medicine at The George Washington University Medical Center and Georgetown University Hospital. While chairing the Department of Emergency Medicine at Washington Adventist Hospital in Takoma Park Maryland, Dr. Brown opened the first Chest Pain Center in the Washington Metropolitan Area. Since 2000 Dr. Brown has been the Chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Inova Alexandria Hospital. An expert in applying Lean process improvement strategies to improve Emergency Department operations, Dr. Brown has been supervising the application of those strategies across the EMA platform. Dr. Brown has been the Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President of Emergency Medicine Associates since 2007 and has been instrumental in the organic growth of the organization.
Dr. Dan Ferrara is President of Alteon Health’s Northeast Region. He previously served as founder, President, and Chairman of the Board of Island Medical Management (IMM).
Prior to founding IMM, Dr. Ferrara was Chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine at South Nassau Communities Hospital, New Island Hospital, and Massapequa General Hospital.
Dr. Ferrara is board certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine and a fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians. He graduated from the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine and earned a bachelor’s in biology from Allegheny College.
Prior to founding IMM, Dr. Ferrara was Chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine at South Nassau Communities Hospital, New Island Hospital, and Massapequa General Hospital.
Dr. Ferrara is board certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine and a fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians. He graduated from the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine and earned a bachelor’s in biology from Allegheny College.
Dr. Schamban formerly served as the Chief Medical Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Pegasus Emergency Group from 2008 – 2014 until its merger with Island medical in 2014. He spearheaded the growth of Pegasus from a single rural hospital in Alabama into a national emergency medicine organization. Dr. Schamban is a Diplomate of Middlebury University, class of 1991, and earned his doctorate in Medicine at the Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1995. He completed a residency in Emergency Medicine at the University of Connecticut Integrated Program in 1998 and continued on to complete a fellowship in Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Harvard University, Boston Children’s Hospital in 2000. Dr. Schamban is boarded in Emergency Medicine and Pediatric Emergency Medicine and has over 15 years of experience in leadership and medicine.
Dr. Aguirre is a board-certified physician with 11 years of experience in hospital medicine. He is a Senior Fellow with the Society of Hospital Medicine. He founded Aguirre Healthcare in 2007, and grew the organization to include over 150 providers throughout four states prior to merging with Island Medical Management (IMM) in 2016. In addition to hospital medicine, the practice provides Medical Director oversight to more than 20 skilled nursing facilities and long term acute care centers (LTACs). Dr. Aguirre strongly believes in providing clinical excellence to all patients throughout the continuum of care.
Lisa was one of the original members of the Aguirre Healthcare team. A Nevada licensed clinical nurse specialist, the combination of her years of experience in direct patient care along with her educational training in healthcare administration and medical billing, she is truly a valuable asset to this company’s team. Managing all operational and financial aspects, she works tirelessly to ensure an efficient and effective revenue cycle for the Hospital Medicine business, including oversight of billing, charge and cash posting, follow-up, collections, payer analysis, credit balance resolution, and quality control.
Every day we continue to grow our network, enabling better outcomes in more places. We draw from the most talented and strategic minds to help us chart our course and engage where we need to be.
Dr. Cooper is a nationally recognized healthcare entrepreneur who has used his medical training and business acumen to found several leading healthcare companies, including Spectrum Emergency Care, a national emergency physician company (acquired by Laidlaw, now a part of EmCare), Correctional Medical Services (Corizon), the largest correctional facility healthcare company in the U.S., MobileX USA, the largest provider of X-Ray/EKG to nursing homes (acquired by Integrated Health Services) (now TridentUSA), and Vericare, the largest provider of mental health services to patients in long term care facilities. He has also served on the boards of TridentUSA Health Services (acquired by Formation Capital) and Elements Behavioral Health, both Frazier portfolio companies. He is Chairman of Hanger, Inc., and served on the board of IPC, the Hospitalist Group, Kindred, Inc., and Community Health Systems, Inc. He is an adjunct professor at The Columbia Business School, where he taught courses on entrepreneurship for four years and continues to lecture at several MBA programs on healthcare entrepreneurship.
Dr. Chris Krubert has led the transformation of over 125 emergency departments nationwide as both an active clinician and Medical Director. His experience has allowed him to become an innovator in the areas of patient flow, physician compensation incentive programs, customer service and patient satisfaction, financial management, and clinical strategies. He was CEO of ApolloMD from 2005-2013, and has consulted for many of the top medical systems in the U.S., lecturing on the topic of healthcare quality around the world. He currently teaches the Business of Healthcare course at Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Dr. Krubert was an Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year recipient for healthcare in 2010 and sits as a Board Director for 4 leading healthcare companies, providing him the insights of being able to deliver high quality, compassionate care in complex settings and to do so in a cost-effective and efficient manner. Dr. Krubert received his MD from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, trained in emergency medicine at the University of Chicago Hospitals, and attained his MBA from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business.
