ALHAMBRA, Calif., Sept. 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Apollo
Medical Holdings, Inc. ("ApolloMed" or the "Company") (NASDAQ:
AMEH), an integrated population health management company, today
announced the appointment of Matthew Mazdyasni to its Board of
Directors and Brandon Sim as its
Interim Chief Technology Officer.
Mr. Mazdyasni currently provides consulting and advisory
services to various companies (including the Company) and
previously served as Executive Vice-President, Chief Administrative
and Chief Financial Officer of HealthCare Partners Holding, LLC
until February 2014. As a member of the senior executive
team, Mr. Mazdyasni significantly contributed to HealthCare
Partners' success, which led to its acquisition by DaVita, Inc. in
November 2012 for approximately
$4.4 billion. Prior to joining
HealthCare Partners in 1982, he worked for national and local
public accounting firms.
Mr. Mazdyasni was an active board member of several trade
associations including American Physician Group ("APG"), previously
called CAPG, where he was a member of the Board of Directors and
the Executive Committee of CAPG until 2014. He became the CAPG
Chairman of its Board of Directors in 2004. Since retiring in
February 2014, Mr. Mazdyasni
continued as a board member of the APG Foundation.
Mr. Mazdyasni has also distinguished himself as a mentor in
health administration leadership. He was a preceptor to the
University of Southern California's
Master of Health Administration program for more than 25 years and
was named Preceptor of the Year for 2000-2001. Mr. Mazdyasni is a
current member of the Health Advisory Board of USC Sol Price School of Public Policy.
Mr. Mazdyasni holds a Master of Science in Accounting from the
University of Kentucky.
"We are honored to welcome Mr. Mazdyasni to our Board of
Directors," stated Thomas Lam, M.D.,
M.P.H., Chief Executive Officer of ApolloMed. "Leveraging his
years of experience of national managed care leadership in the
healthcare industry, Mr. Mazdyasni will provide key guidance to our
company as we progress to the next level in the execution of our
growth strategy."
Additionally, ApolloMed has also appointed Brandon Sim as Interim Chief Technology Officer.
In this role, Mr. Sim will be responsible for overseeing all
technology aspects of the Company, including information
technology, data management, software engineering, and electronic
data interchange functions.
Prior to joining ApolloMed, Mr. Sim served as Quantitative
Researcher at Citadel Securities since 2015. From 2012 to 2014, Mr.
Sim served as Chief Technology Officer at Theratech, a medical
device company focused on developing a low-cost, simple-to-use
patch for automated drug delivery.
Mr. Sim received his Master of Science in Computer Science and
Engineering and Bachelor of Arts in Statistics and Physics, Magna
Cum Laude with High Honors, from Harvard
University.
"We are excited to have Brandon join our team," stated
Thomas Lam, M.D., M.P.H., Chief
Executive Officer of ApolloMed. "We are delighted to have
such a talented individual continue the enhancement of our
technology capabilities."
About Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc.
ApolloMed is a leading physician-centric integrated population
health management company, which, together with its subsidiaries,
including a Next Generation Accountable Care Organization
("NGACO"), and its affiliated IPAs and management services
organizations ("MSOs"), are working to provide coordinated,
outcomes-based high-quality medical care for patients, particularly
senior patients and patients with multiple chronic conditions, in a
cost-effective manner. ApolloMed focuses on addressing the
healthcare needs of its patients by leveraging its integrated
health management and healthcare delivery platform that includes
Network Medical Management, Inc. (an MSO), Apollo Medical
Management, Inc. (an MSO), ApolloMed Hospitalists, APA ACO,
Inc. (the Company's NGACO), APC (an IPA) and Apollo Care Connect,
Inc. (the Company's Digital Population Health Management
Platform). For more information, please
visit www.apollomed.net.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Asher Dewhurst
(443) 213-0500
asher.dewhurst@westwicke.com
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