Jeff Bahr

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ABOUT JEFF BAHR

As President of the Medical Group for the Midwest Region of Advocate Health, Dr. Bahr is responsible for leading the combined 3800 physicians and advanced practice clinicians of Advocate Health Care in Illinois and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin. Having previously overseen the integration of the two large employed medical groups within Advocate Aurora Health, he currently oversees medical group operations, clinical service lines, workforce planning, clinician recruitment, clinical quality and programming, as well as patient access. He has also been accountable for academic programs and the Advocate Aurora Research Institute. He joined Aurora Health Care in 2002 and previously served as Vice President-Primary Care, leading Aurora Health Care’s Primary Care Service Line. In that role, he was responsible for leading initiatives in clinical quality, patient experience, growth, care redesign, and workforce planning for internal medicine, family medicine, pediatrics, and urgent care. He assisted in developing and implementing tactics within the Primary Care Redesign initiative that fostered growth and efficiency in the practices of over 900 primary care physicians and advanced practice clinicians. He is a director on the board of the Wisconsin Hospital Association and chairs the board of Open Arms Free Clinic in Elkhorn, Wisconsin. Dr. Bahr is board certified in general internal medicine and maintains a primary care practice. Prior to establishing his practice in 2002, he served as Chief Resident and Instructor of Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee where he completed his internship and residency. Dr. Bahr earned his medical degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin and received his bachelor’s degree from Marquette University. He was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha in 2001 and is a fellow of the American College of Physicians.