April Man of the Month: Vice Adm. C. Forrest Faison III

Throughout the nation’s health care continuum, policymakers and clinicians are searching for ways to eliminate health disparities, improve cost-efficiencies, and achieve better patient outcomes. An organization making important strides in this area is the U.S. military, and a particular leader who warrants our attention is Disruptive Women in Health Care’s Man of the Month, Vice Adm. C. Forrest Faison III, Navy surgeon general and chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.
A pediatrician by training, Faison is experienced in providing high-quality, patient-centered care to large, geographically dispersed populations. As commander, Navy Medicine West and Naval Medical Center San Diego, he was responsible for a staff of 16,000 delivering medical care to 850,000 beneficiaries from the California cost to the Indian Ocean.
In 2006, he was the commanding officer of the U.S. Expeditionary Medical Facility in Kuwait, responsible for all Department of Defense health care delivery in Kuwait, Qatar and southern Iraq. In between those assignments, as commander of Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton, Faison oversaw disaster response and medical support during two major Southern California wildfires.
As the Navy’s surgeon general, Faison is currently charged with ensuring the health and readiness of every Sailor, Marine and their families worldwide.
With this level of experience, it would seem the Navy made a superb choice in entrusting Vice Adm. Faison with the transformation and improvement ...

Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - April 6, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Man of the Month Source Type: blogs