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Berkeley Heights, NJ, United States, 01/14/2009 - Simon J. Samaha, MD, has been named the new President and CEO of Summit Medical Group, New Jersey's largest privately-held multi-specialty medical practice.
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Simon J. Samaha, M.D., is the new President and Chief Executive Officer of Summit Medical Group. An experienced executive leader, Dr Samaha possesses a wealth of strategic planning, operations, business development, information systems and fiscal expertise. Most recently, Dr. Samaha served as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer at Cooper University Hospital in Camden, NJ, where his responsibilities included oversight of the 375-member University Physicians Practice.
Dr. Samaha held successive positions of increasing responsibility at Cooper since 1993, where he completed his medical internship and then joined the Department of Internal Medicine. After serving for almost two years as Medical Information Officer, he assumed the role of Vice President and Chief Information Officer in 2001. Subsequently, he served as acting Chief Operating Officer and Chief Information Officer/VP of Information Technology. He was appointed to the position of Senior Vice President of Clinical Operations at Cooper in 2004, where he had direct oversight of most clinical departments, including Information Technology, Laboratory, Pharmacy, Radiology, and quality programs. In 2007, Cooper was named one of the "Most Wired" health care organizations in the country.
Dr Samaha received his MBA from the NYU Stern School of Business, his MS in Information Systems from Drexel University and was named as one of Modern Healthcare magazine's "2001 Up and Comers." He received his medical degree from Saint Joseph University in Lebanon, is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and practiced in Internal Medicine until 2004.
About Summit Medical Group
Summit Medical Group (summitmedicalgroup.com) is the largest independently operated, multi-specialty medical practice in New Jersey. Summit Medical Group pioneered information technology advances in healthcare with its early adoption of electronic health records and e-prescribing. With over 140 highly qualified physicians, it is one of the most unique healthcare models in the state. The Group has been named as one of the "Fifty Fastest Growing Companies" in the state by NJBiz Magazine and has a national award-winning customer service program. SMG treats over 55,000 patients per month at its main campus in Berkeley Heights, and area satellites in Berkeley Heights, Shorts Hills, Summit, Warren, and Westfield. Summit Medical Group plays a major role in the American Medical Group Association (AMGA) along with the Mayo Clinic, the Lahey Clinic and the Geisinger Clinic. As one of the premier multi-specialty groups on the East Coast, Summit Medical Group has provided exceptional primary and specialty care since 1929.
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