Why Being Health System Chief Value Officer is More Fun Than Being CMO

Physician NonClinical Careers with John Jurica

This week, Dr. Leelee Thames, the Chief Value Officer at Novant Health, is our guest. She is the third University of Tennessee physician executive MBA graduate to join us. During our interview, she will explain why she loves her job.

Leelee completed her medical degree at Texas A& M College of Medicine and her anesthesiology residency at the University of Oregon Health and Science University.

During her residency, she also completed an NIH-funded research fellowship in systematic and comparative effectiveness reviews for the development of evidence-based guidelines. She completed the UT PEMBA in 2015.

Dr. Thames’s career has progressed fairly rapidly. Over a relatively short time, she advanced from practicing anesthesiologist to medical director, chief medical officer, and VP for quality, to her current role as CVO. She explains what attracted her to those roles, and how she demonstrated her competence as she progressed.

Leelee obtained her executive MBA seven years ago. She explains why she decided to get the MBA and how it has helped advance her career.

After spending time with health plans, I was really intrigued with this opportunity to work for a health system and really focus on care transformation and moving the organization towards value-based care. - Dr. Leelee Thames

Then she describes what she does as CVO, and why she prefers working in a health system over other options. She closes by giving her advice for other physicians hoping to move into a health plan or health system leadership role.

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