Steve Cobb

About Steve Cobb

Servant LeaderExpert in Healthcare Quality, Safety, RegulationEnergized by Crisis ManagementAccomplished in Critical TurnaroundsEffective in Crucial ConversationsI am honored to serve Banner Wyoming Medical Center as its Chief Medical Officer. Prior to this role, I served as the Denver Metro Group Chief Medical Officer at Centura Health. In that role, I am most proud of contributing to high functioning teams leading our management of the COVID pandemic and evacuating a hospital during a fire emergency. I also work as a coach with MEDI Leadership https://medileadership.org/ having been certified through the Hudson Institute of Coaching. https://hudsoninstitute.com/ I have experience leading in the following contexts-Execution of quality, safety, and service line development at the regional hospital group level -Execution of quality, safety, and service line development at the hospital level -Growing and developing governance for large integrated medical groups -Accreditation and remediation of Graduate Medical Education Programs -Developing Health Care Programs in an FQHC look-alike serving Native AmericansI have experience coaching in the following contexts-Individual Coaching -Team Coaching and Development -Cohort Coaching -Physician Leadership AcademyI Have served on numerous Boards, including-Chair, Quality Subcommittee, SCL Health Front Range -Member, Primary Physician Partners, a large IPA successfully managing upside and downside risk -Member, USPI/Centura Joint Venture -Member, Touchstone/SCL Health Joint Venture -Member, American Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors -Chair, Colorado Association of Family Medicine ResidenciesI\'ve also contributed in public health settings and disaster medicine. One of my favorite adventures recently was a medical mission in Peru with my son, who is now a 2nd year medical student at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.I am also enhancing my skill set by earning my MBA through Colorado State University (just past the halfway mark as of August 2023) and achieving executive coach certification through the Hudson Institute in Santa Barbara.

Experience

1. Vice President Clinical Operations, Physician Practice Services

   Community Health Systems

   Jul 2025 — Present · Franklin, TN, US

   Proud to join CHS at the enterprise level serving our amazing physician practices.

Education

• University of Oklahoma Health Campus

  Family Medicine Resident

  1994 — 1997

• University of Oklahoma

  Bachelor of Arts - BA, English Language and Literature/Letters

• University of Minnesota Medical School

  M.D., Medicine

  1990 — 1994

Skills

• Healthcare Economics
• Medicine
• Healthcare
• Fellow, American Academy of Family Physicians
• Health Economics
• Physician Relations
• Clinical Research
• Ehr
• Working with Physicians
• Managed Care
• Hospitals
• Healthcare Information Technology
• Healthcare Management
• Board Certified, American Board of Family Medicine
• Physicians
• Graduate, National Institute for Program Director Development
• Informatics
• Epic Systems
• Emr