CONCORD — Karim Nazer, MD will assume the role of Chief Medical Officer at NorthEast Medical Center effective April 16, 2007. An accomplished physician with 12 years of clinical experience and ten years in healthcare administration, Dr. Nazer will join NEMC from his previous role as Vice President of Strategic Management & Direction at Danbury Health Systems, Inc. in Danbury, Connecticut.
Karim’s hiring represents the culmination of a year-long effort that came as a recommendation from the medical staff leadership during their medical retreat. The search committee was comprised of 11 physician leaders from NEMC’s Medical Staff and additional members from administration.
In his new, multi-faceted role, he will be responsible for ensuring that quality and clinical effectiveness programs are being implemented and functioning effectively, fostering enhanced communications between the administration and the medical staff, informing administration and physician leaders of industry and national trends, helping medical leaders understand the various roles of the medical system, supporting the recruitment function for hospital and network physicians, and serving as a member of the New Technology Committee.
“After a thorough search and interview process to locate a highly-qualified candidate, we are most pleased to announce the addition of Dr. Nazer to our senior administrative staff at NEMC,” said Laurence C. Hinsdale, CEO/President. “His proven leadership, innovation and academic excellence combined with years of well-established clinical and management experience were major factors in making him our final choice for this new position.”
After graduating Magna Cum Laude from medical school in the Dominican Republic, Dr. Nazer went on to complete his residency in Internal Medicine at Yale University’s Danbury Hospital. He also holds a combined Infectious Diseases Fellowship and a Master’s Degree in Public Health from the University of Illinois Michael Reese Medical Center in Chicago with a further External Residency in Occupational and Environmental Health at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He also holds an MBA with an emphasis in General Management from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Dr. Nazer also holds certification in Lean Six Sigma training from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.
His professional affiliations include being a Certified Physician Executive by the American College of Physician Executives; a Fellow in the American College of Physicians; a Member of the American Society for Quality; as well as being a Member of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
Relocating to the region from their current home in Connecticut, Dr. Nazer is married to Dr. Tiziana Paniagua, an Internist and Family Practice physician. They have three children.