Medical Director Training Program

At SCA we are committed to outstanding patient care and clinical outcomes which is reflected in our first value – Clinical Quality. As part of our relentless pursuit for continuous improvement, SCA developed tools and resources to enhance the skills of our facility Medical Directors through the guidance of
SCA’s Medical Executive Board (MEB).

Curriculum Tracks

Our streamlined Medical Director training covers various topics via two tracks:

Leadership
Development

  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Having Difficult Conversations
  • Influencing without Authority
  • Building and Maintaining Trust (optional)
  • Adaptive Leadership Practice Guide (optional)
Roles and
Responsibilities
  • Intro to SCA & Basic Regulatory Requirements
  • Compliance Knowledge
  • Best Practices in Communications

Begin the Medical Director Training Program

If you are an SCA Medical Director and would like to start your training process, click below to let us know

SCA Medical Executive Board

Physicians selected for the MEB have a commitment to making SCA the partner of choice for surgical care and making our facilities the safest place to have surgery in America.

Physician leaders are nominated to serve on the enterprise MEB by SCA’s Executive Leadership and represent a range of specialties.

MEB Mission

“To endorse clinical quality efforts in SCA centers and serve as a strategic partner in executing the quality agenda through the Clinical Team, Medical Directors and local Medical Executive Committees”

2021-22 MEB MEMBERS

We have assembled a phenomenal group of enterprise physician leaders to advise on and endorse our Clinical Quality efforts across the SCA enterprise.

James O’Leary, MD
Midlands Ortho Surgery Ctr
ORTHO-TOTAL JOINT
Frank Dellacono, MD
River Valley ASC
ENT
Paul Chen, MD
Surgery Center of Encinitas
OPHTH
Jeff Hessing, MD
Treasure Valley Hospital
ORTHO-GEN
Hyuk Chung, MD
Hawthorn Surgery Ctr
ANESTHESIA
John Kitchens, MD
Lexington Surgery Ctr
OPHTH
Brian Larkin, MD
Mile High Surgery Center
ORTHO-TOTAL JOINT
Joan O’Shea, MD
Surgical Ctr of South Jersey
NEURO-SPINE
Mark Rasmussen, MD
University ASC
ANESTHESIA
Wang Teng, MD
Surgical Ctr of Saddleback
GEN-VASCULAR
Harold Berenzweig, MD
Texas Health Resources
GASTROENTEROLOGY
Dan Murrey MD
CMO and President of Optum Specialty Practices, SCA