Philip
joined Des Moines University in 2012, is the Clinic Executive Director and has
operational and strategic oversight of the university’s multispecialty clinic
and Wellness Center.
Prior
to joining DMU, he served as an administrative fellow, and later joined a
turnaround operation at a 340-bed tertiary hospital at Northwell Health in
metropolitan New York. While with Northwell, Philip developed service-lines
across the organization including a neurosciences institute, orthopedics
institute, pain management, and wound care clinics. Immediately prior to
joining DMU, Philip worked at MercyOne – Des Moines as the director of
Radiation Oncology and CyberKnife Center. The largest radiation oncology
practice in the state, Philip led a multidisciplinary staff of 45 physicists,
dosimterists, therapists and nurses, in a 6-physician practice.
Over
the years, he has been responsible for multiple construction projects including
renovations and new construction, state certificate of need applications,
multi-million-dollar equipment purchases, service-line development and
enhancements, EHR builds and conversions, contract negotiations, and physician
recruitment.
Philip
holds a BA from The University of Iowa with a double major in Gerontology and
Religion and a certificate in Aging Studies and received his MHA from The
University of Iowa.