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Current Position

Medical Director CHI Creighton Bergan Mercy Cancer Center and Co-Director, Bone Marrow Transplantation Program, Omaha, Nebraska
Clinical Professor of Medicine and past member, executive committee, Creighton University School of Medicine
Founder, President & CEO, Midwest Independent Physicians Practice Association (MIPPA)
Founder & CEO, Midwest Independent Physicians LLC (MIP LLC)
Founder & Medical Director, Midwest Health Coalition (MHC), CMS-approved pan-Nebraska Accountable Care Organization
President, medical staff and Chair, medical executive committee, CHI Creighton Bergan Mercy Medical Center, 2004-2006
Past Chair, Network Cancer Program consisting of five constituent cancer centers

Research Activities

Co-Founder, Past-President and current Principal Investigator, Missouri Valley Cancer Consortium CCOP, which was funded by the NCI
Board of Directors, NCI-funded national cooperative group, ALLIANCE. Also served on the committees on audit, comparative effectiveness research, health disparities, cancer of the elderly and neuro-oncology
Executive Committee, Mayo Clinic-based North Central Cancer Treatment Group. Also served on bylaws, novel therapeutics and audit committees and co-chair of the health disparities committee
National Cancer Institute: Member, Head & Neck Cancer Steering Committee; Alternate Member, Breast Cancer Steering Committee and Member, Strategic Planning Core Group of the NCI CCOP program
Chairman of the Research Oversight Committee, Alegent Creighton Health System
Principal Investigator, Cancer Alliance of Nebraska: Spearheaded and created a Pan-Nebraska research network of oncologists to improve clinical trial access to non-metropolitan communities in Nebraska
Published over one hundred articles and abstracts in peer-reviewed journals and has written book chapters in Oncology
Editorial board, Journal of Oncology Practice

Healthcare Reform Leadership

Founding President and CEO of MIPPA which currently has over one thousand physicians and other providers. Chairman, Accountable Care Organization (ACO) and Healthcare Reform Committee
Member, ACO steering committee, UniNet PHO of Nebraska, 2011
Member, Brookings-Dartmouth ACO Learning Network, 2011
CEO, MIP LLC: launched in 2012, now grown to over 175 physician partners
CEO, MIPPA-Aetna Health Plan on Nebraska Health Insurance Exchange: successfully engineered in 2013, with Aetna and Methodist Health System, one of the nations first physician-led Health Plans on Health Insurance Exchanges under Affordable Care Act. Delivered a gain-share for physicians annually.
Medical Director, Midwest Health Coalition (MHC) Pan-Nebraska Medicare ACO: spearheaded the formation and approved by the CMS in 2013. Successfully doubled the size of the ACO in the second year and more than tripled in the third year.
MIPPA-AET TeleHealth Project: initiated through MIPPA, in order to address disparities in access to healthcare in rural communities of Nebraska and Western Iowa
Employer Direct Contracting & Bundled Payments: spearheaded through MIPPA, direct contracting and bundled payments for MIPPA physicans
Speaker and author on Accountable Care Organizations, Value-based healthcare and new healthcare delivery and payment reform
Spearheaded two commercial ACOs with Blue Cross and Cigna, with provision for gain-share for physicians.

Professional Qualifications & Training

Board certified in Internal Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, Medical Oncology, Hematology and Medical Management
FACP: Fellow, American College of Physicians
FRCP: Fellow, Royal College of Physicians of London, U.K. (Internal Medicine)
MBA: University of Tennessee School of Business PEMBA program
CPE (Certified Physician Executive): Certifying Commission of Medical Management
Medical Degree: Graduated with honors among the top ten in the centennial class at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ceylon, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Residency: Guildford Hospitals and St. Helen's Hospital, U.K.
Fellowship: Medical Oncology and Hematology, University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center, Madison, WI
Additional training in Hematology, Oncology and bone marrow transplantation at Royal Marsden Hospital and Institute of Cancer Research, London, U.K.

Leadership in Healthcare and Organized Medicine

Member, and later Vice-Chair, Federal Council on Graduate Medical Education (COGME): appointed by the U. S. Secretary of Health & Human Services, Hon. Kathleen Sebelius, 2010. COGME makes recommendations to the Senate and House Committees on national healthcare manpower
Chair, COGME: appointed by Hon. Sylvia Burwell, U.S. Secretary of HHS, 2014
Board Member, AMA Foundation, 2015
Vice Chair 2014 & Chair 2015, AMA Council on Long Range Planning and Development (CLRPD)
Delegate, AMA HOD: represents the American Society of Hematology with a membership of over 15,000
Past Chair, AMA-IMG Section, which consists of over 36,000 AMA members representing nearly one seventh of the total AMA membership
Alternate Delegate, AMA-IMG Section
Alternate representative of the AMA to the Commission to End Health Care Disparities
Member, AMA-Organized Medical Staff Section representative CHI Creighton Bergan Mercy Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Member, Board of Councilors, Nebraska Medical Foundation; Member, Legislative Committee.
Board member, Metro Omaha Medical Society; Chair, Public Relations Committee; Co-Chair, Government Relations & Legislative committee
Committee on Practice, American Society of Hematology
Bylaws Committee, American Society Clinical Oncology
Member, Board of Nebraska Medical Foundation
Past member, Oncology Drug Advisory Panel of American Hospital Formulary Service, which is one of the CMS accepted compendia for oncology pharmaceuticals (completed term)

Honors, Awards & Professional Societies

Excellence in Medicine Award for Leadership, American Medical Association Foundation, 2006
Distinguished Service to Medicine Award, Nebraska Medical Association, 2012
25 year Distinguished Service Award, Creighton University School of Medicine, 2009
Candlelight Award, Alegent Bergan Mercy Medical Center, 2007
Honored for emergency medical care and humanitarian efforts through the Sri Lanka Relief Fund co-founded for tsunami victims, 2005
Spirit of Mission Award, Alegent Health System, 2005
Outstanding and Exceptional Accomplishment Award from the Sri Lanka Foundation of the U.S., 2004
Member, American Medical Association
Member, Nebraska Medical Association
Member, American Society of Hematology
Member, American Society of Clinical Oncology
Member, American College of Physician Executives
Fellow, American College of Physicians
Fellow, American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Fellow, Royal College of Physicians of London, U. K.
Fellow, International Society of Biological Therapy
Listed in Best Doctors of America
Listed in Marquis' Who's Who in the World, Who’s Who in the USA, Who's Who in Science and Technology and in Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare

DR. GAMINI SOORI, MD, MBA, FACP, FRCP, CPE

Executive Biographical Summary

Medical Director CHI Creighton Bergan Mercy Cancer Center and Co-Director, Bone Marrow Transplantation Program, Omaha, Nebraska

Clinical Professor of Medicine and past member, executive committee, Creighton University School of Medicine

Founder, President & CEO, Midwest Independent Physicians Practice Association (MIPPA)

Founder & CEO, Midwest Independent Physicians LLC (MIP LLC)

Founder & Medical Director, Midwest Health Coalition (MHC), CMS-approved pan-Nebraska Accountable Care Organization

President, medical staff and Chair, medical executive committee, CHI Creighton Bergan Mercy Medical Center, 2004-2006

Past Chair, Network Cancer Program consisting of five constituent cancer centers

Co-Founder, Past-President and current Principal Investigator, Missouri Valley Cancer Consortium CCOP, which was funded by the NCI

Board of Directors, NCI-funded national cooperative group, ALLIANCE. Also served on the committees on audit, comparative effectiveness research, health disparities, cancer of the elderly and neuro-oncology

Executive Committee, Mayo Clinic-based North Central Cancer Treatment Group. Also served on bylaws, novel therapeutics and audit committees and co-chair of the health disparities committee

National Cancer Institute: Member, Head & Neck Cancer Steering Committee; Alternate Member, Breast Cancer Steering Committee and Member, Strategic Planning Core Group of the NCI CCOP program

Chairman of the Research Oversight Committee, Alegent Creighton Health System

Principal Investigator, Cancer Alliance of Nebraska: Spearheaded and created a Pan-Nebraska research network of oncologists to improve clinical trial access to non-metropolitan communities in Nebraska

Published over one hundred articles and abstracts in peer-reviewed journals and has written book chapters in Oncology

Editorial board, Journal of Oncology Practice

Founding President and CEO of MIPPA which currently has over one thousand physicians and other providers. Chairman, Accountable Care Organization (ACO) and Healthcare Reform Committee

Member, ACO steering committee, UniNet PHO of Nebraska, 2011

Member, Brookings-Dartmouth ACO Learning Network, 2011

CEO, MIP LLC: launched in 2012, now grown to over 175 physician partners

CEO, MIPPA-Aetna Health Plan on Nebraska Health Insurance Exchange: successfully engineered in 2013, with Aetna and Methodist Health System, one of the nations first physician-led Health Plans on Health Insurance Exchanges under Affordable Care Act. Delivered a gain-share for physicians annually.

Medical Director, Midwest Health Coalition (MHC) Pan-Nebraska Medicare ACO: spearheaded the formation and approved by the CMS in 2013. Successfully doubled the size of the ACO in the second year and more than tripled in the third year.

MIPPA-AET TeleHealth Project: initiated through MIPPA, in order to address disparities in access to healthcare in rural communities of Nebraska and Western Iowa

Employer Direct Contracting & Bundled Payments: spearheaded through MIPPA, direct contracting and bundled payments for MIPPA physicans

Speaker and author on Accountable Care Organizations, Value-based healthcare and new healthcare delivery and payment reform

Spearheaded two commercial ACOs with Blue Cross and Cigna, with provision for gain-share for physicians.

Board certified in Internal Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, Medical Oncology, Hematology and Medical Management

FACP: Fellow, American College of Physicians

FRCP: Fellow, Royal College of Physicians of London, U.K. (Internal Medicine)

MBA: University of Tennessee School of Business PEMBA program

CPE (Certified Physician Executive): Certifying Commission of Medical Management

Medical Degree: Graduated with honors among the top ten in the centennial class at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ceylon, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Residency: Guildford Hospitals and St. Helen's Hospital, U.K.

Fellowship: Medical Oncology and Hematology, University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center, Madison, WI

Additional training in Hematology, Oncology and bone marrow transplantation at Royal Marsden Hospital and Institute of Cancer Research, London, U.K.

Member, and later Vice-Chair, Federal Council on Graduate Medical Education (COGME): appointed by the U. S. Secretary of Health & Human Services, Hon. Kathleen Sebelius, 2010. COGME makes recommendations to the Senate and House Committees on national healthcare manpower

Chair, COGME: appointed by Hon. Sylvia Burwell, U.S. Secretary of HHS, 2014

Board Member, AMA Foundation, 2015

Vice Chair 2014 & Chair 2015, AMA Council on Long Range Planning and Development (CLRPD)

Delegate, AMA HOD: represents the American Society of Hematology with a membership of over 15,000

Past Chair, AMA-IMG Section, which consists of over 36,000 AMA members representing nearly one seventh of the total AMA membership

Alternate Delegate, AMA-IMG Section

Alternate representative of the AMA to the Commission to End Health Care Disparities

Member, AMA-Organized Medical Staff Section representative CHI Creighton Bergan Mercy Medical Center, Omaha, NE

Member, Board of Councilors, Nebraska Medical Foundation; Member, Legislative Committee.

Board member, Metro Omaha Medical Society; Chair, Public Relations Committee; Co-Chair, Government Relations & Legislative committee

Committee on Practice, American Society of Hematology

Bylaws Committee, American Society Clinical Oncology

Member, Board of Nebraska Medical Foundation

Past member, Oncology Drug Advisory Panel of American Hospital Formulary Service, which is one of the CMS accepted compendia for oncology pharmaceuticals (completed term)

Excellence in Medicine Award for Leadership, American Medical Association Foundation, 2006

Distinguished Service to Medicine Award, Nebraska Medical Association, 2012

25 year Distinguished Service Award, Creighton University School of Medicine, 2009

Candlelight Award, Alegent Bergan Mercy Medical Center, 2007

Honored for emergency medical care and humanitarian efforts through the Sri Lanka Relief Fund co-founded for tsunami victims, 2005

Spirit of Mission Award, Alegent Health System, 2005

Outstanding and Exceptional Accomplishment Award from the Sri Lanka Foundation of the U.S., 2004

Member, American Medical Association

Member, Nebraska Medical Association

Member, American Society of Hematology

Member, American Society of Clinical Oncology

Member, American College of Physician Executives

Fellow, American College of Physicians

Fellow, American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation

Fellow, Royal College of Physicians of London, U. K.

Fellow, International Society of Biological Therapy

Listed in Best Doctors of America

Listed in Marquis' Who's Who in the World, Who’s Who in the USA, Who's Who in Science and Technology and in Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare