Congratulations to our clients and friends featured in Orange Coast Magazine as “Orange County Physicians of Excellence”. The group is chosen by the Orange County Medical Association and includes 297 Orange County Doctors in 57 specialties, and recognizes physicians who are accomplished as well as compassionate. It is privilege to work with these talented physicians.

Diagnostic Radiology:

• David S. Karlin, M.D.
• Joon Kim, M.D.
• Dan Vu, M.D.

Interventional Radiology:

• Howard L. Dorne, M.D.
• Kurt L. Openshaw, M.D.
• Mahmood K Razavi, M.D.

Orthopedic Surgery:

• Eric W. Lee, M.D.

Otolaryngology – Head/Neck Surgery:

• Robert del Junco, M.D.
• Simon Madorsky, M.D.

Pediatric Radiology:

• Scott J. Rowen, M.D.

Surgery:

• Kim James Charney, M.D.
• Jay K. Harness, M.D.

Vascular Surgery:

• Jeffrey L. Ballard, M.D.
• D. Preston Flanigan, M.D.
• Timothy R. S. Harward, M.D.

Based on the feedback provided by our employees, MSM was honored by the Orange County Register as a 2011 Top Workplace! This year, the Orange County Register surveyed 18,500 of employees from 119 companies across Orange County.  Each employee response was used to help designate the companies. The questions asked for direct feedback from employees regarding company values and ethics, confidence in company direction, career training, benefits package, as well as work life balance. This year MSM placed 13^th out of 40 companies chosen in the small business category.

For the third year in a row, MSM has been given this Top Workplace honor. We are incredibly proud to be able to provide our employees with a place where they can have a sense of pride and ownership. The leadership at MSM believes that a company is only as strong as the people it employs and they are ever grateful for the hard work and effort our employees put into their workday.

In addition to the Top Workplaces honor, the Orange County Register also featured an article on our leader and chief Barry Haberman. Barry was interviewed by UCI MD/MBA candidate PK Fonsworth about his management style, his leadership influences and his career learning experiences. In addition to being printed in the Orange County Register Top Workplaces Supplement, the article is posted on the Orange County Register website.

Orange County Register Top Workplaces Supplement also includes a MSM ad space which features some our marvelous employees. We enjoyed interviewing them to hear about what they find unique about our workplace and what they love about their jobs.

This Top Workplace award indicates a promising future for MSM, our employees and clients alike and we look forward to another successful year together! Thanks to our employees for this honor!

It is my pleasure to announce the addition of Troy Simon to the MSM Executive team. Troy joins MSM with twenty years of valuable healthcare management experience ranging from; leadership in hospitals, integrated delivery systems, large multispecialty groups, ancillary services, and consulting. He will serve as MSM’s Chief Operations Officer. Troy will take the knowledge he has gained through his extensive experience to help our clients exceed expectations for their practices’ success. Troy has spent a large part of his career operating large multispecialty physician groups.

Troy’s has proven expertise in operating high complexity laboratories, imaging centers, physical therapy centers, as well as infusion centers. He has led integration negotiations with health systems, negotiated health system acquisitions of group practices, handled new practice acquisitions, initiated new practice development, managed large building and new site development projects, and most importantly, has demonstrated the ability to significantly improve the physician practices he is affiliated with. Troy focuses on increasing physician practice’s operational efficiencies, profitability, and recognition.

Prior to joining MSM, Troy was the Chief Executive Officer of a 65-physician multispecialty group in Colorado. One of Troy’s early accomplishments was the identification and implementation of approximately $1.4 million in annual cost reductions. Troy later led affiliation negotiations between the group and a prominent local health system. This resulted in a unanimous decision by the shareholders to affiliate with the system.

In 2009, while Troy was Chief Executive Officer of a multi-specialty group in Ohio, the group received the Better Performing Practice Award from the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA). The variables considered for the survey were profitability and cost management, productivity and staffing, and patient satisfaction. The MGMA surveyed 1,732 medical groups and selected 28 elite groups. Troy’s group was located in an area with one of the worst economies in the nation (17+% unemployment) and a payor mix that included over 54% Medicare and Medicaid. Despite those challenges, the group received top honors.

Troy has a strong educational background. He received his Bachelor’s Degree from the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado and his Master in Business Administration (MBA) with a concentration in Health Services Administration from Golden Gate University in San Francisco, California. Troy is a Certified Medical Practice Executive (CMPE) through the American College of Medical Practice Executives (ACMPE), a member of the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) where he was the former President of the Ohio MGMA, and a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE).

MSM is proud to have Troy join our executive team and look forward to the positive impact Troy will make for MSM and our clients.

Congratulations to Kim Charney, M.D. for appearing on the cover of Orange Coast Magazine!  He is featured as a “2011 Orange County Top Doctor”.  Dr. Charney is a general surgeon who also specializes in melanoma and sarcoma surgeries.  The Physicians of Excellence group is chosen by the Orange County Medical Association and includes 261 Orange County Doctors in 53 specialties.

MSM would also like to congratulate the following Physicians for being selected as “Orange County Physicians of Excellence.”

Cardiology

• Warren D. Johnston, M.D.
• Thomas Kim, M.D.

Otolaryngology

• Edward Lee, M.D.

Pediatric Radiology

• Scott Rowen, M.D.

Radiology

• Jane Cambray-Forker, D.O.
• Mark Masotto, M.D.

Breast Surgery

• Jay K. Harness, M.D.

Vascular and Interventional Radiology

• Howard Dorne, M.D.
• Kurt Openshaw, M.D.
• Jeffrey Ballard, M.D.
• D. Preston Flanigan, M.D.
• Timothy Harward, M.D.