Linda Venner, MD, is our associate chief medical officer (ACMO) for Acute Care, Specialty and Rob Ferguson, MD, is our new ACMO for Acute Care, Hospitals.
As ACMO for Acute Care, Specialty, a role that Linda has supported over the last year in an interim capacity, Linda will continue to support the talented physician leaders within employed specialties as they lead extraordinary physician and APP teams. She looks forward to advancing a culture of health and wellness, joy, purpose, and cross-collaboration. Linda is building relationships and accountability of leadership to structure and staff teams for success as they drive best-in-class performance.
As ACMO for Acute Care, Hospitals, Rob will work with ED/trauma, surgical operations, and anesthesia directors to implement best practices and improved experiences for caregivers and patients. Also, he’ll serve hospital medical directors in the Canyons Region to address physician and APP experience and patient outcomes. He has a particular focus on collaboration with affiliate providers and practices.
Linda most recently served as senior medical director, Med/Surg Operations from 2018 to 2021, where she led the development and operationalization of system initiatives within medical surgical operations across all affinity group hospitals (trauma, community, rural, and virtual). From 2011 to 2018, Linda co-led the hospital Salt Lake Valley group at Intermountain Medical Center, Alta View Hospital, and LDS Hospital. She also was a telehospitalist lead from 2016 to 2018. Linda is currently a member of the Castell Accountable Care Board and Quality Committee, as well as the Utah Chapter president of the Society of Hospital Medicine.
As ACMO for Acute Care, Hospitals, Rob will work with ED/trauma, surgical operations, and anesthesia directors to implement best practices and improved experiences for caregivers and patients. Also, he’ll serve hospital medical directors in the Canyons Region to address physician and APP experience and patient outcomes. He has a particular focus on collaboration with affiliate providers and practices.
Linda most recently served as senior medical director, Med/Surg Operations from 2018 to 2021, where she led the development and operationalization of system initiatives within medical surgical operations across all affinity group hospitals (trauma, community, rural, and virtual). From 2011 to 2018, Linda co-led the hospital Salt Lake Valley group at Intermountain Medical Center, Alta View Hospital, and LDS Hospital. She also was a telehospitalist lead from 2016 to 2018. Linda is currently a member of the Castell Accountable Care Board and Quality Committee, as well as the Utah Chapter president of the Society of Hospital Medicine.
Linda graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Arizona State University, attended medical school at the University of Colorado, and completed her residency of internal medicine at the University of Utah.
Rob joined Intermountain in July 2008. He most recently served as senior medical director of Surgical Operations for legacy Intermountain, and prior to that, as Intermountain Medical Center’s chair of the division of plastic surgery and chair of the department of surgery. These roles were key in establishing and creating surgical operations structure and coordinating surgical care across legacy Intermountain.
Rob graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University, went to medical school at the University of Virginia, and completed his plastic surgery residency of six years at the University of Kentucky. He completed a Visiting Fellowship in Microsurgery from Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Taipei, Taiwan, and a Microsurgery Reconstruction Fellowship at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston Texas.
Linda and Rob will report to Robert Hoesch. Linda began in her new role on October 16, and Rob started on October 30. Special thanks to Mike Pirozzi, MD, who’s been serving as the interim senior medical director (SMD) for Medical Surgical Operations. That position will be posted and the new SMD will report under the Acute Care, Specialty ACMO. Meanwhile, Rob is leading the search for a new senior director of Surgical Operations. Please welcome these physician leaders to their new roles for the Canyons Region.
Rob joined Intermountain in July 2008. He most recently served as senior medical director of Surgical Operations for legacy Intermountain, and prior to that, as Intermountain Medical Center’s chair of the division of plastic surgery and chair of the department of surgery. These roles were key in establishing and creating surgical operations structure and coordinating surgical care across legacy Intermountain.
Rob graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University, went to medical school at the University of Virginia, and completed his plastic surgery residency of six years at the University of Kentucky. He completed a Visiting Fellowship in Microsurgery from Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Taipei, Taiwan, and a Microsurgery Reconstruction Fellowship at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston Texas.
Linda and Rob will report to Robert Hoesch. Linda began in her new role on October 16, and Rob started on October 30. Special thanks to Mike Pirozzi, MD, who’s been serving as the interim senior medical director (SMD) for Medical Surgical Operations. That position will be posted and the new SMD will report under the Acute Care, Specialty ACMO. Meanwhile, Rob is leading the search for a new senior director of Surgical Operations. Please welcome these physician leaders to their new roles for the Canyons Region.