Saint Thomas Health is proud to announce Beth Van Gilder has joined the leadership team as Chief Operating Officer of Saint Thomas Medical Partners, effective immediately. As one of the region's largest medical groups with over 550 providers and 39 specialties, covering 32 counties with 99 locations, Saint Thomas Medical Partners is a physician-led medical group in Middle Tennessee and Southern Kentucky.

As Chief Operating Officer, Van Gilder joins the Saint Thomas Medical Partners senior leadership team to develop short and long-term strategic plans for practice operation, staffing, financial performance, and growth. She will be responsible for managing all hands-on day-to-day leadership and operational aspects of Saint Thomas Medical Partners, as well as ensuring compliance and strategizing organizational growth.

"Beth brings more than 15 years of experience in physician practice operations and value-based care across multiple states and organizations to her new leadership role," said Yvette Doran, President and CEO of Saint Thomas Medical Partners. "We are thrilled to have her expertise on our executive team, and I look forward to the contributions I know she'll continue to make to Saint Thomas Medical Partners."

Van Gilder joined Saint Thomas Medical Partners in early 2017 as the Executive Director of Care Delivery Operations, a role dedicated to supporting practice operations in the transition to value-based care. Prior to joining Saint Thomas Medical Partners, Van Gilder was the Vice President of Physician Services for Northwest Health System in Bentonville, Arkansas. She spent several years in revenue cycle management before making the transition to practice operations, working both in the independent physician practice setting and as part of a large health care delivery system.

Van Gilder lives in Thompson's Station with her husband, Schuyler, and their 11-year-old son. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, going to concerts and spending time with friends and family.

ABOUT SAINT THOMAS MEDICAL PARTNERS

Saint Thomas Medical Partners, a part of Ascension Medical Group, is a physician-led medical group providing primary care, specialty services, medical imaging, outpatient services, and community-based medical practices throughout Middle Tennessee and Southern Kentucky. One of the region's largest medical groups with 99 locations, 39 specialties, and 550 physicians and providers, Saint Thomas Medical Partners is part of Saint Thomas Health, one of the leading, integrated health care systems in Tennessee.

ABOUT SAINT THOMAS HEALTH

In Tennessee, Ascension's Saint Thomas Health operates nine hospitals in addition to a comprehensive network of affiliated joint ventures, medical practices, clinics and rehabilitation facilities that cover a 68-county area and employ more than 8,000 associates. Across the state, Saint Thomas Health provided more than $78 million in community benefit and care of persons living in poverty in fiscal year 2016. Serving Tennessee for 15 years, Ascension is a faith-based healthcare organization committed to delivering compassionate, personalized care to all, with special attention to persons living in poverty and those most vulnerable. Ascension is the largest non-profit health system in the U.S. and the world's largest Catholic health system, operating 2,500 sites of care - including 141 hospitals and more than 30 senior living facilities - in 24 states and the District of Columbia. Visit www.sthealth.com