Physician Leadership

Board of Managers

ACN is distinctive in that it is led by physicians who give their time and expertise to improve healthcare. The board brings together doctors from the two owner health systems alongside independent doctors who run their own practices. This recognizes the interdependence of these groups. Doctors need hospitals to care for their patients and hospitals need doctors to refer their patients for hospital-based services. By working together, they are better able to coordinate care at interactions throughout the network and meet the other requirements of value-based medicine.

The ACN Board of Managers is composed of physicians representing all regions of the Valley with a combination of primary care physicians and specialists, healthcare administrators representing Dignity Health Arizona and Abrazo Community Health Network, and one Medicare beneficiary that is a patient of an ACN provider under NGACO.

Jonathan Hackenyos, DO

Ocotillo Internal Medicine (Board Chair)

Gary Addis

Medicare Beneficiary

Islam Abujubara, MD

Integrated Medical Services

Robert Babyar, MD

Adelante Healthcare

Bruce Bethancourt, MD

CMO, Dignity Health Medical Group

Natasha Bhuyan, MD

One Medical Group

Linda Brown, MD

Abrazo Medical Group / West Olive Family Medicine Center (Immediate Past Chair)

Rama Devineni, MD

Chandler Primary Care

Joel Edelstein, DO

Integrated Medical Services

William Ellert, MD

CMO, Abrazo Community Health Network

Sunita Gupta, MD

East Valley Family Practice

Linda Hunt, President/CEO

Dignity Health Arizona

Pankaj Jain, MD

Arizona Urology

Kevin Lopez, MD

District Medical Group/MIHS

Frank Molinaro, CEO

Abrazo Community Health Network

Michael Newcomb, MD

ASAP Health Solutions

Kenneth Paige, DO

Sun Lakes Family Physicians

Chris Pruitt, MD

Sound Physicians

Dana Seltzer, MD

AZ Sports Clinic (Quality & Performance Management Committee Chair)

Monte Swarup, MD

Arizona OBGYN Affiliates, PC (Vice-Chair)

Kevin Theodorou, MD

Internal Medicine of the Valley

Edward Tokatlian, MD

Associated Internists of Ahwatukee (Finance & Payer Contracting Committee Chair)

Todd Ricotta

Arizona Care Network (Secretary)

ACN RS Board

Conley Cervantes

Assistant Vice President, Integrated Care Networks
Tenet Healthcare

William Ellert, MD

Chief Medical Officer
Abrazo Health

Keith Frey, MD, MBA

Chief Physician Executive
Dignity Health

Linda Hunt, RN, MS

Senior Vice President of Operations, Arizona
Dignity Health

Bruce Swartz

Senior Vice President, Physician Integration
Dignity Health

Doug Watson

Chief Financial Officer, Arizona Service Area
Dignity Health

Rick Watson

Assistant Vice President Finance, Accountable Care Organizations
Tenet Healthcare

Specialist Advisory Council

Islam Abujubara, MD

Neurology

Integrated Medical Services

Troy Anderson, MD

Neurology

Phoenix Neurology & Sleep

Faisal Bahadur, MD

Cardiology

Lifetime Heart and Vascular

Kevin Bigelow, MD

Urology

Ironwood Physicians

Shary Borhan, MD

OB/GYN

Adelante Healthcare

Richard Chamberlain, MD

General Surgery

Abrazo Medical Group

Fred Cucher, MD

Cardiology

Phoenix Heart

Anjaly Curley, MD

Radiology

SimonMed

Sharem Danesh, MD

Ophthalmology

Arizona Retinal Institute

Ananya Das, MD

Gastroenterology

Arizona Digestive Health Centers

Betty Davis, MD

Dermatology

Regency Skin Institute

Ralph Drosten, MD

Radiology

Dignity Health Medical Grouo

Theresa Frouge, MD

Radiology

Valley Radiologists (SDI)

Michael Hayyeri, MD

Urology

Arizona Urological Surgeons

Tony Hedley, MD

Orthopedics

Abrazo Orthopedics

Patrick Hogan, MD

Pain Medicine

AZ Pain Doctors

Pankaj Jain, MD

Urology

Arizona Urology

Sunil Jain, MD

Pain Medicine

Sunil Jain, MD

Sujith Kalmadi, MD

Oncology

Ironwood Physicians

Mark Leber, MD

Orthopedics

OrthoArizona

Paul Lynch, MD

Pain Medicine

Arizona Pain Specialists

Pradeep Mehra, MD

Nephrology

Southwest Kidney Institute

Nirav Mehta, MD

Cardiology

Cardiovascular Consultants

George Myo, MD

Orthopedics

Arizona State Orthopedics

Govardhanan Nagaiah, MD

Oncology

Arizona Oncology

Sushil Pandy, MD

Colon and Rectal Surgery

West Valley Colon and Rectal Surgery

Huy Phan, MD

Cardiology

Valley Heart Rhythm Specialists

Omar Syed, MD

Pain Medicine

Valley Pain Consultants

Michael Rollins, MD

General Surgery

Southwest Valley Surgical Associates

Mandeep Sahani, MD

Nephrology

Desert Kidney Associates

Reza Salehi-Rad, MD

Nephrology

AKDHC

Panos Savvides, MD

Oncology

University of Arizona Cancer Center

Ramin Schadlu, MD

Ophthalmology

Arizona Retina and Vitreous Consultants

Sam Smith, MD

Dermatology

Smith Dermatology

Monte Swarup, MD

OB/GYN

AOA New Horizons

Mia Van Eken, MD

OB/GYN

Valley Women for Women

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Jonathan Hackenyos, DO

Gary Addis

Islam Abujubara, MD

Robert Babyar, MD

Bruce Bethancourt, MD

Natasha Bhuyan, MD

Linda Brown, MD

Rama Devineni, MD

Joel Edelstein, DO

William Ellert, MD

Sunita Gupta, MD

Linda Hunt, President/CEO

Pankaj Jain, MD

Kevin Lopez, MD

Frank Molinaro, CEO

Michael Newcomb, MD

Kenneth Paige, DO

Chris Pruitt, MD

Dana Seltzer, MD

Monte Swarup, MD

Kevin Theodorou, MD

Edward Tokatlian, MD

Todd Ricotta

ACN RS Board

Conley Cervantes

William Ellert, MD

Keith Frey, MD, MBA

Linda Hunt, RN, MS

Bruce Swartz

Doug Watson

Rick Watson

Specialist Advisory Council

Islam Abujubara, MD

Neurology

Troy Anderson, MD

Neurology

Faisal Bahadur, MD

Cardiology

Kevin Bigelow, MD

Urology

Shary Borhan, MD

OB/GYN

Richard Chamberlain, MD

General Surgery

Fred Cucher, MD

Cardiology

Anjaly Curley, MD

Radiology

Sharem Danesh, MD

Ophthalmology

Ananya Das, MD

Gastroenterology

Betty Davis, MD

Dermatology

Ralph Drosten, MD

Radiology

Theresa Frouge, MD

Radiology

Michael Hayyeri, MD

Urology

Tony Hedley, MD

Orthopedics

Patrick Hogan, MD

Pain Medicine

Pankaj Jain, MD

Urology

Sunil Jain, MD

Pain Medicine

Sujith Kalmadi, MD

Oncology

Mark Leber, MD

Orthopedics

Paul Lynch, MD

Pain Medicine

Pradeep Mehra, MD

Nephrology

Nirav Mehta, MD

Cardiology

George Myo, MD