Dr. Mark Schafer, chief medical officer for the MemorialCare Medical Foundation, will be promoted to CEO of the Fountain Valley, Calif.-based system upon the retirement of Patrick Kapsner on Jan. 1.
Covering Orange and Los Angeles counties, the not-for-profit MemorialCare system includes 2,000 employed and affiliated physicians operating within either the MemorialCare Medical Group or the Greater Newport Physicians Independent Practice Association.
Schafer, 49, has been MemorialCare's CMO since 2010. Previously, he was CMO for the Bristol Park Medical Group, which is now part of MemorialCare, and was a founder of the Ascender Software health information technology company. He serves on the California Association of Physician Groups board of directors and co-chairs its clinical leadership committee, according to a news release.
Kapsner, who was CEO of the Bristol Park Medical Group, is the former president of the Medical Group Management Association Western Section and is a U.S. Army veteran and was awarded the Bronze Star for service in Vietnam.
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