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Andrew C. Agwunobi M.D.

Chief Executive Officer, Providence, Inc.

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Dr. Andrew C. Agwunobi serves as Director in the Hospital Performance Improvement practice at Berkeley Research Group, LLC. Dr. Agwunobi is also a Member of Executive Board at Cressey & Company LP. He serves as Chief Executive of Providence Health Care at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center. He served as the Chief Executive Officer at Providence Health Care. Prior to joining Providence, Dr. Agwunobi served as Secretary of Florida's Agency for Health Care Administration, ... where he managed Florida's $16 billion Medicaid Program. Previously, he served as the Chief Operating Officer at St. Joseph Health Systems LLC. Dr. Agwunobi served as the President and Chief Executive Officer at The Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority(formerly Grady Health System) from June, 2003 to 2006. In June 2001, Dr. Agwunobi joined South Fulton Medical Center (SFMC) as the Chief Operating Officer and President. Tenet and the hospital's board appointed him as the hospital's President and Chief Executive Officer. He served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Grady Health System in Atlanta, and President and Chief Executive Officer of South Fulton Hospital in Atlanta. In 1997, Dr. Agwunobi was the chief of the main pediatric urgent-care department of Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates. Here, he also served as a primary-care instructor for Harvard medical students and ambulatory pediatric fellows. Dr. Agwunobi served as Urgent-Care Pediatrician at Quality of Life Health Services, Inc., and Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Inc. He serves as Director of Catholic Healthcare West. He serves as Director of Central Atlanta Progress, Inc., and Atlanta Regional Health Forum, Inc. Dr. Agwunobi serves on Georgia State University's College of Health and Human Sciences Board of Advisors, 191 Club Board of Governor's, The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation/Better Beginnings Advisory Council, the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Board of Advisors, the Georgia Hospital Association Board, the Georgia Alliance of Community Hospitals Board, the Emory University Board of Visitors, the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, Board of Directors, National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems Board of Directors, and Atlanta Fulton Family Connection Board of Directors. He served as Director of Wellcare Health Plans Inc., from July 7, 2006 to December 12, 2006. In the June 25, 2004 and June 24, 2005 special sections of The Atlanta Business Chronicle, Dr. Agwunobi was featured as one of the 'Most Influential Atlantans' shaping the Atlanta community. he was featured in Atlanta Magazine's 'Atlanta's Top 40 Most Influential People,' one of Georgia Trend magazine's 2005 '100 Most Influential Georgians,' featured in 'Who's Who in Black Atlanta,' and received the Trailblazer Award in May 2005 from The Atlanta Business League. QOLHS recognized his achievements by awarding him its annual 'Certificate of Excellence' award in 1997. In 1998 while at HVMA, Dr. Agwunobi was awarded the Roselyn Kolodny Award for leadership and later that year was awarded a 'Certificate of Service Excellence' for his role in the design, piloting and implementation of a patient 'easy access' initiative, which significantly reduced pediatric patient wait times at HVMA's 14 medical centers. In April 2003, he was awarded the coveted Tenet 'Chief Executive Officer Circle of Excellence Award' - the highest Chief Executive Officer recognition at Tenet. Dr. Agwunobi affiliations include the American College of Healthcare Executives, the Georgia Association of Healthcare Executives, Partners for International Development, the Hospital Executive Council, Leadership Georgia Class of 2005, 100 Black Men of Atlanta and the Rotary Club of Atlanta. He is on the Council of Teaching Hospitals and Health Systems for the Association of American Medical Colleges Assembly, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. In 2007, he was named one of the 50 Most Powerful Physician Executives by Modern Healthcare magazine. During his pediatric residency training, he earned a certificate for distinguished academic achievement, and in June 1995 was named pediatric 'resident of the year.' He also practiced as an urgent-care pediatrician at Palo Alto Medical Center. Dr. Agwunobi graduated as a pediatrician from Howard University Hospital in Washington, D.C. in 1995 and in 1999 he obtained an M.B.A. from Stanford Graduate School of Business. Dr. Agwunobi received a medical degree from the University of Jos in Nigeria.

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