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Joe is a physician and retired U.S. Army Colonel with 38 years of experience spanning federal, commercial, and nonprofit healthcare sectors. Trained as a pulmonary and critical care physician, Joe has cared for patients and led clinical teams in hospital, ambulatory, deployed, and civil affairs settings. He brings extensive leadership experience in quality and safety, healthcare operations, change management, managed care, and health plans—shaped by his work with the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Defense Health Agency (DHA), and state-level initiatives.
From 2020 to 2025, Joe served as an executive leader coach and High Reliability Organization (HRO) consultant with the VA. In this role, he supported VA Medical Centers in Charleston, Syracuse, Orlando, Salt Lake City, and North Chicago; the Veterans Integrated Services Networks (VISNs) of New England (VISN 1) and Desert-Pacific (VISN 22); and the VHA’s Office of the Chief Operating Officer.
Prior to that, Joe commanded and directed military treatment facilities in Fort Lee, Richmond, and the Pentagon. He was Army Medicine’s first HRO Director, training and coaching senior leaders and teams across regional commands and facilities. Joe partnered with the Joint Commission and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement to implement Oro® 2.0 and the HRO Collaboratives, helping advance the Military Health System's maturity. He also led DHA’s HRO Joint Task Force, developing a strategic roadmap, executive playbook, and public-facing quality dashboard, while managing over $50 million in contract partnerships to drive transformation toward a high-reliability, learning organization.
After retiring from the Army, Joe became Chief Medical Officer of a 180-bed nonprofit healthcare system in northern Virginia, where he oversaw clinical operations and safety across ambulatory and inpatient services during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Joe is passionate about high-reliability care, patient safety, leadership development, psychological safety, and civility. Outside of work, he enjoys traveling with his family, hiking with his dog, listening to music, collecting vinyl records, watching sci-fi, and cooking sous vide. He dreams of picking up his trombone and guitar again and playing in an awesome band.
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