George Mayzell, MD Director
Dr. George Mayzell is a physician executive who specializes in helping healthcare organizations transform their delivery of care through population health strategies, care management redesign, and physician leadership programs. His extensive career spans more than three decades in healthcare and includes direct experience with hospitals, health plans, integrated delivery systems, and clinical practice. He has worked in both the academic and non-profit environment.
An expert on innovative payment models at both the system and provider level, Dr. Mayzell collaborates with physicians and provider networks to build Accountable Care Organizations and financial risk models that improve quality care and effectively manage clinical variation (including cost per care and outcomes).
Dr. George Mayzell is a noted clinician, educator, author, consultant and speaker. He is board-certified in internal medicine and geriatrics and has a Master’s of Business Administration from Jacksonville University. He received his medical degree from Rutgers.
His diversified career includes working as a practicing physician, health plan medical director, and chief medical officer at both the hospital and system-level. He has also been CEO of a physician-hospital organization and the executive leader of a clinically integrated network. Prior to that he was the Senior Vice President/Chief Medical Officer and Chief Clinical Integration Officer for AMITA Health, an integrated health system serving communities in western and northwestern suburban Chicago. AMITA Health is a Joint Operating Company formed by Adventist Midwest Health and Alexian Brothers Health System, encompassing nine hospitals and an extensive physician provider network of more than 3,000 physicians.
Dr. Mayzell joined Adventist Midwest Health in January 2013, after serving as CEO of Health Choice (a PHO/CIN) and Senior Vice President of Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare in Memphis, Tenn. He previously served as senior medical director of managed care for University of Florida and Shands Hospital. He spent more than 10 years with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida, working as regional medical director for care and quality and corporate managing medical director for pharmacy and care. Additionally, he has more than 10 years of practice experience.
Dr. Mayzell has co-authored several books including “Leveraging Lean in Healthcare” “Physician Alignment”, “Population Health” as well as a recent book on “Resiliency in Healthcare; Preventing Healthcare Worker Burnout”.