Management Team

David Crane, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.

David Crane is also a Senior Advisor of Irving Place Capital, a mid-market private equity firm. Prior to joining Irving Place Capital in 2008, Mr. Crane served as Founder and CEO of NewHope Bariatrics, a healthcare facilities company that develops and operates ambulatory surgery centers that serve the needs of the morbidly obese. Previously, Mr. Crane spent 15 years as first COO and then CEO of MedCath Inc., a developer of physician joint ventured heart hospitals throughout the U.S. Prior to joining MedCath, he served as COO of MediVision Incorporated, a Bain Capital-backed start-up that build and managed physician partnered ambulatory surgical centers. From 1982 to 1985, he was a consultant and then a manager at Bain & Company. Mr. Crane holds a B.A from Yale College and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.

Bryan S. Fisher, President and Chief Operating Officer.

Bryan Fisher is a co-founder of NSH. Most recently, Mr. Fisher served as Chief Financial Officer for NSH from 1999 to 2011. Prior to NSH, Mr. Fisher served as Chief Financial Officer for National Surgery Centers (“NSC”) from 1996 to 1998, and was its controller from 1991 to 1998. He was instrumental in taking NSC public and raising additional capital through public equity offerings and private debt financings. Mr. Fisher is also a certified public accountant. Prior to joining NSC, he was an assistant controller for Medical Care International and an auditor with KPMG LLP.

David N.T. Watson, Chief Financial Officer.

Mr. Watson recently joined NSH from Community Education Centers, Inc., where he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to that, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Radiation Therapy Services, Inc., a leading developer and operator of radiation therapy centers and ancillary medical practices, and as Treasurer and VP-Finance of The GEO Group, Inc. (NYSE: GEO), a leading provider of outsourced government services. David has an MBA from Rutgers and a BA from the University of Virginia.

Dennis D. Solheim, Chief Development Officer.

Mr. Solheim is a co-founder of NSH. He also co-founded NSC and was responsible for all of its acquisition and development activity. His responsibilities included the development of NSC’s surgical hospital strategy that included the building of surgical hospitals and the conversion of surgery centers into surgical hospitals. Mr. Solheim has been in the healthcare business most of his professional career, initially as a practice manager and then in the development of surgery facilities with Medical Care International and NSC.

Donna Worsham, Senior Vice President – Operations.

Ms. Worsham joined NSH in 1999 with responsibility for hospital operations and the oversight of opening and licensing de novo facilities. Her expertise is working with local facility management to optimize operations, provide clinical oversight and partnership relations. Prior to joining NSH, Ms. Worsham was the Vice President of Operations for National Surgery Centers, which was acquired by HealthSouth, and was responsible for the management and operations of eleven multi-specialty and single-specialty surgery centers in California. Prior to this she was Project Manager – Development for Columbia HCA where she was responsible for surgery center and specialty hospital development including physician syndication, design, construction, equipment selection, licensure and accreditation. Ms. Worsham began her surgical experience as a surgical scrub and circulator for orthopedics, neurosurgery and other specialties and gained hospital management experience as the nurse manager for the hospital’s open-heart program. Donna is a California Registered Nurse and received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Northwestern State.

Scott B. Clark, Senior Vice President & General Counsel.

Before coming to NSH, Mr. Clark was Assistant General Counsel at Robert Bosch Corporation, a diversified multinational corporation with annual U.S. sales in excess of $6.0 billion. He held that position from 1996, specializing in the automotive sector. Previously, he was employed for eight years by Porsche Cars North America, Inc. as its General Counsel. Mr. Clark began his career as a Tax Consultant with Arthur Andersen & Co. and is a Certified Public Accountant. He is a graduate of the University of Utah College of Law and holds a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Utah.

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Mountain View Regional Hospital Opens Neurosurgery Clinic
Physician-owned Mountain View Regional Hospital in Casper, Wyo., is opening a clinic in Billings, Mont. Two neurosurgeons will lead development of the new Mountain View Clinic. Located in the Yellowstone Medical Center, partially owned by Billings-based St. Vincent Healthcare, the new clinic is meant to expand access to specialized care. The clinic will be open twice a month to start, and will adjust its hours as needed. More complicated surgery cases will be performed at Mountain View Regional Hospital. The hospital is also opening a new clinic in Scottsbluff, Neb., and has plans for an outreach clinic in Cheyenne, Wyo.

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Lafayette Surgical Earns Quality Award
Due in part to a one-year initiative, Lafayette Surgical Specialty Hospital (LSSH) has dramatically decreased the likelihood of surgical infections, which affect more than 500,000 Americans annually and can cause complications, prolong recovery, and increase the costs of care. LSSH has participated in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services-sponsored national surgical care improvement project (SCIP) project since opening in 2004 in collaboration with eQHealth Solutions, the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for Louisiana. Work began with a review of the hospital's surgical wound infection and SCIP compliance rates. From this review, a project focused on reducing infection though appropriate antibiotic selection began. The project occurred over a one-year period (January 2011-December 2011), with the goal of achieving a 99 percent compliance rate with appropriate antibiotic selection for orthopedic and neurosurgery c ases. LSSH reached the stated goal within only five months. The project team started by performing one-on-one reviews of appropriate antibiotics selections by physician for each specialty. Then, physicians reviewed their specific data and revised all physician order sets to include only the specific antibiotics recommended for each procedure. A few obstacles presented along the way: the selection of appropriate antibiotic when the patient presented an allergy, a recurring issue in which one physician consistently prescribed Vancomycin to patients, and a barrier in documentation requirements for physicians when using antibiotics other than those recommended by best practices. Throughout the project, obstacles were overcome through concurrent review of physician orders, literature research followed by physician education, and the use of one contact person for all communication about the process.

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NSH Co-Founder John Rex-Waller Named Vice Chairman of the Board - Friday, March 23, 2012
CHICAGO (March 21, 2012) – National Surgical Hospitals (NSH), an owner, operator and developer of surgical hospitals and surgery centers in partnership with local physicians, today announced that John G. Rex-Waller, co-founder and current Chief Executive Officer of NSH, has moved to Vice Chairman of the Company's Board of Directors. As part of this leadership transition, David Crane, Chairman of the Company's Board of Directors, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer effective March 20, 2012. read more ...

NSH Announces New President and Chief Financial Officer - Tuesday, August 09, 2011
CHICAGO, August 9, 2011—National Surgical Hospitals announced today that Bryan Fisher has been appointed President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company. read more ...

NSH TO PURCHASE MAJORITY INTEREST - Wednesday, January 05, 2011
NSH announced today that it has agreed to purchase a 56.9% interest in Lafayette Surgical Specialty Hospital, a specialty hospital located in Lafayette, Louisiana. read more ...

South Texas Surgical Hospital Opens In Corpus Christi - Tuesday, January 26, 2010
NSH announced the opening of its newest surgical hospital, South Texas Surgical Hospital located in Corpus Christi. The 63,000-square-foot surgical hospital, adjacent to the Company's Coastal Bend Surgery Center, is equipped with five operating rooms and 33 inpatient beds. read more ...

N.C. Specialty Hospital tops N.C. patient satisfaction list - Thursday, August 06, 2009

North Carolina Specialty Hospital received the highest patient satisfaction rating of all the hospitals in North Carolina in Consumer Reports' September issue. The issue is providing for the first time ratings for more than 3,400 hospitals across the country.