Gary Frank is an interventional pain physician currently working at Banner Medical Group in Arizona. He received his MD from Washington University-St. Louis and has over 30 years of experience in anesthesia, pain management, and hospital administration. Frank previously served as Chief Medical Officer for St. Vincent Hospital for 10 years, overseeing numerous clinical and administrative departments. He is board certified in anesthesiology and interventional pain management.

1. GARY DAVID FRANK, MD, MMM
902 W. Moon Valley Drive
Phoenix, AZ 85023
gary.frank@stvin.org
Cellular: (602) 448-3799
Personal
Place of Birth: Rochester, New York
Wife: Lisa
Children: 3 daughters, ages 26, 28, 30
Education
♦ Masters in Medical Management (MMM), Tulane University, School of Health
Systems Management. Graduation: May 1999
♦ Anesthesia Residency University of California at San Francisco, 1985
♦ MD, Washington University-St. Louis, 1981
♦ BA Chemistry, Northwestern University, 1977
♦ Board certified in Anesthesiology and Interventional Pain Management
Professional Organizations
♦ Phi Beta Kappa
♦ American Society of Anesthesiologists
♦ International Spine Intervention Society
♦ American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians
Management Training
♦ ACMPE/Kellogg Group Practice Governance Leadership Institute (1995)
♦ The American College of Physician Executives
Multiple Courses, Total of approximately 270 Hours
♦ JCAHO Education Program: Continuous Quality Improvement for Medical
Staff Leadership
♦ California Society of Anesthesiologists: Group Formation and Compensation
Concepts
♦ Health Care Round Table for Chief Medical Officers

2. ♦ Presentation at annual TSI user conference May, 1999. Topic: Use of TSI
Decision Support data in development of a business plan for a Hospitalist
program
♦ Numerous Health Care Advisory Board meetings
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Medical Director at Same Day Surgery Center in
Sun City West, Arizona 2007-present
Chief Medical Officer 1996-2006
♦ Reorganization of medical director structure
♦ Creation of Office of Clinical Practice Management
♦ Primary responsibility (current or past) for the following departments:
 Communications
 Decision Support
 Outpatient Employed Physician Clinics (Pediatrics, Family Practice,
General Surgery, Orthopedics, and Oncology)
 Case Management/Discharge Planning
 Residency Program
 Medical Staff Office
 Patient Safety program
 Organization-wide CQI Implementation
 Performance Improvement
 Strategic Planning - lead role in strategic planning cycle
 Medical Library
 Gift Shop
 Auxilians
 Cardiovascular Service Line
 Neurosurgery Service Line
 Surgical Services senior VP operational oversight (120 FTE’s,
$30,000,000 in gross revenue)
 Same Day Surgery operational oversight
 Risk Management
 Pharmacy
♦ Development of numerous inpatient clinical pathways (e.g., Total Hip
Replacement, Total Knee Replacement, Stroke, Pneumonia, Radical

3. Prostatectomy, Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy, Colectomy, MI protocols
including PCI …) with improved outcomes and decreased costs
♦ Initiation of 4 projects within the IHI 100,000 Lives campaign
♦ Clinical and financial analysis (including creation of business plan and
accountable business development leader) for programs such as Hospitalists,
Joint Venture Imaging Center with Radiology groupnew interventional
cardiology program, new cardiac surgery program (in progress), spine
program, wound care center,
♦ Leader of contract negotiations with hospital-based physicians (Radiology,
ER, Pathology)
♦ Physician recruitment and retention-over 30 contracts developed and
exectued
♦ Creation of incentive programs for hospital-based physician contracts
♦ Creation and leadership of data management team with responsibility for all
organization-wide data requests (clinical and financial)
♦ Participation in formation of PHO (Santa Fe Health Care)
♦ Participation in St. Vincent Hospital Board of Trustees meetings
♦ Participation in Santa Fe Health Care Board of Director meetings
♦ Implementation of Care Management Science, a clinical risk assessment and
information system software
♦ JCAHO leader for all medical staff functions
♦ Implementation of service line approach to management
♦ Responsible for 7-10% annual growth rates in surgical volumes
♦ Creation of organization-wide and department specific balanced scorecards
♦ Primary negotiator with vendors (exs. outsourced dialysis contract, orthopedic
implant vendors, pacemaker suppliers) resulting in annualized savings in
excess of $400,000 per year
♦ Creation of unique management agreements with physicians-service line
specific resulting in aligned incentives.
♦ Redesign of all med/surg beds, including development of specialty specific
floors.
♦ Development of a general surgery trauma program (including introduction of
“surgicalists”)
♦ Implementation of orthopedic hospitalist program
♦ Design and development of a 52,000 square foot new medical office building
on the hospital campus, including a new Ambulatory Surgery Center
♦ Creation of a JV new SDS partnership with local surgeons
♦ Oversight of significant improvement in JCAHO core measures
♦ Introduction and oversight of Technology Assessment process
♦ Creation of a new Spine Program in 2006 (budget of ~$400,000 per year)
Medical Director, Operating Room 1991-2001

4. and 2006-
2007
Responsible, in collaboration with nurse manager, for:
♦ Annual Capital Budget
♦ Operating Room efficiency
♦ Oversight of data management using ORSOS
♦ Participation on Medical Director Council
♦ Annual review and determination of OR capacity and utilization numbers
♦ Education of OR staff about CQI tools
♦ Facilitation of CQI teams
♦ Reduction of canceled cases
♦ Reduction of unnecessary preoperative lab tests
♦ Improvement in on-time starts for surgical cases
♦ Case costing
♦ Surgical Services facility redesign
Anesthesia Education/Experience
♦ University of California, San Francisco. Residency 1983-1985
♦ St. Vincent Hospital 1985-2007
Interventional Pain and Pain Management Education/Experience
♦ Interventional Pain Management Course Naval Medical center San Diego
(Discography, Cryoanalgesia, Epidural Endoscopy, and IDET) 2/2/01-2/4/01
♦ 13th
Annual Pain and Its Management: An in-Depth Review of Basic
Mechanisms and Clinical Solutions 1/18/03-1/22/03
♦ Techniques in Pain Management Cadaveric Workshop-California Society of
Anesthesiologists 3/7/03-3/9/03
♦ Neuraxial and Peripheral Blockade in the Era of Thromboprophylaxis 1/26/04
♦ A Comprehensive Interventional Cadaver Workshop-ASIPP 11/6/04-11/7/04
♦ Fourth Annual Symposium on Current Concepts in Spinal Disorders-Cedars-
Sinai Medical Center 2/11/05-2/13/05
♦ ISIS Phase 2 Lumbar & Thoracic Workshop Using Cadavers 8/7/04-8/8/04
♦ ISIS Phase 3 Cervical workshop Using Cadavers 4/2/05-4/3/05
♦ Barrow Neurological Institute Radiofrequency Lesioning Workshop 3/12/05
♦ Electrical Neuromodulation of the Spine and Associated structures for the
Treatment of Pain-American Academy of Pain Medicine 2/22/06
♦ The New Neuropathic Landscape: Emerging Lessons from Experience and
Evidence-Dannemiller Foundation 2/25/06
♦ Physician Training workshop on Spinal Cord Stimulation-Cadaver Workshop
at Desert Pain Institute 5/20/06

5. ♦ Comprehensive Pain Medicine Board Review Course-ASIPP 8/5/06-8/9/06
♦ Board Certification American Board of Interventional Pain Physicians 2008
♦ Current Pain Management physician with Banner Medical Group
Publications/presentations
1. Clinical advisory Board Publication entitled, “Second Generation
Hospitalist Programs.” 2002. Listed as advisor to the publication.
2. Frank, GD, Gonzales, D. “Developing a Successful Hospitalist Program.”
The Physician Executive. November-December 2002, 28(6): 32-36.
3. Patient safety presentations with focus on medication errors-multiple
presentations 2000-present.
4. Numerous presentations on patient safety and Performance Improvement
(Attached to this application)
References (contact information available upon request)

6. ♦ Comprehensive Pain Medicine Board Review Course-ASIPP 8/5/06-8/9/06
♦ Board Certification American Board of Interventional Pain Physicians 2008
♦ Current Pain Management physician with Banner Medical Group
Publications/presentations
1. Clinical advisory Board Publication entitled, “Second Generation
Hospitalist Programs.” 2002. Listed as advisor to the publication.
2. Frank, GD, Gonzales, D. “Developing a Successful Hospitalist Program.”
The Physician Executive. November-December 2002, 28(6): 32-36.
3. Patient safety presentations with focus on medication errors-multiple
presentations 2000-present.
4. Numerous presentations on patient safety and Performance Improvement
(Attached to this application)
References (contact information available upon request)