The Team

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Rod most recently served as Senior Vice President of Development for Martin Ventures, leading its consulting arm, Embolden Health Partners. Embolden worked with healthcare organizations to explore approaches in transforming existing business lines to thrive in an uncertain healthcare climate. Rod also was one of the principles to develop Wellvana, an integrated health network in San Antonio with more than 150 physicians, and he formed Intervention Health Services Inc., a joint venture behavioral health telemedicine company in partnership with the University of Texas. 

Before joining Martin Ventures, Rod was the Chief Operating Officer of Medicine & Science at Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) where he was responsible for developing and implementing the enterprise-wide strategic plan and direction for Medicine and Science, including the implementation of a systemwide clinical research organization with more than 60 clinical trials, the development of a multisite national physician practice model, and the development of a network affiliation model with major oncology centers across the country. Rod has more than 30 years of senior level healthcare experience. He joined CTCA after serving as President and Chief Executive Officer of University Health System in Shreveport, Louisiana, where he orchestrated the final transition/conversion of University Health System from a public entity under the aegis of Louisiana State University to a private, not-for-profit health system subsidiary of the Biomedical Research Foundation. 

Before that, Rod was President and Chief Operating Officer of Tenet Health System’s Detroit Medical Center, where he was responsible for the operation of nine hospitals with over 2,000 licensed beds, including Children’s Hospital of Michigan, the Rehab Institute of Michigan, and the Heart Hospital. He also served as Chief Operating Officer of Vanguard Health System in San Antonio, Texas, overseeing the operation of Baptist Health System and all of its service