RHN SENIOR
LEADERSHIP TEAM
RHN’s
Senior Leadership Team consists of a Chief Executive Officer,
Chief Financial Officer, Chief Medical Officer, Chief Operations
Officer, Director of Clinical Information Systems, and a Lab
Director.
RHN’s
Senior Leadership Team is well versed in industry fundamentals,
educated in the evolution of the health care services industry, and
share a
common vision for RHN’s continued growth.
Rick
Love
Chief Executive
Officer
Mr. Love has 17 years of diverse healthcare administration and physician
practice management experience with a
background in financial operations, business development, physician
partnerships and strategic planning, for both non-profit and
proprietary healthcare entities, including hospitals and
outpatient clinics. He
is experienced in start-ups and
turnarounds, with multi-location responsibility.
Mr.
Love holds a BBA in Economics from
West Texas State University, an MPA with a
concentration in Health Care Administration from
Texas Tech University, and an MBA in Strategic Leadership from Amberton
University in Dallas, TX.
Derek
Martin
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Martin has 18 years experience
in the area of accounting, auditing
and financial management for both public and private entities. His background includes
extensive knowledge
in management, reporting and compliance at the state, federal and
international
level for multiple domestic and foreign investment vehicles. He is experienced in the
management of
auditing, tax compliance and preparation, general business operations
and human
resources.
Mr. Martin holds
a BBA in Accounting from Texas Tech University
and an MBA in Strategic Leadership at Amberton University.
Michael
Hemphill
Chief Operations Officer
Prior to joining the RHN Team in
January 2004, Mr. Hemphill worked for University
Medical
Center
in Lubbock
and Baylor Health Care System in Dallas. Mr. Hemphill’s expertise
is in capital
project management, capital and operational budgeting, financial
analysis and
forecasting.
Mr.
Hemphill holds a BS in Psychology from Texas
Tech University,
and an MPA with a concentration in Health Care Administration also from
Texas
Tech University.
Sidney
Ontail, MD
Chief
Medical Officer
Dr.
Ontai is Board
Certified in Family Medicine as well as Hospice and Palliative
Care. He received an AB in History and Science magna
cum laude from Harvard
College
and an MD from University of Hawaii
where he was
inducted into the AΩA Medical Honor Society. He obtained an
MBA from the UCLA Anderson School,
and was Associate
Program Director at the Family Medicine Residency in UC Irvine/San
Bernardino
for 7 years, and then Vice Chair for the Family Medicine Residency at
USC for 3
years. He has run a solo Family Practice in Plainview
with several satellite telemedicine
clinics for 10 years, and has been awarded over $3 million in grants
from
private industry, the National Library of Medicine, the USDA, and the
National
Cancer Institute for research in computerized medicine and
telemedicine. He
received the Texas Rural Health Association’s Marion Zetzman
Award in
2004 for work “above and beyond” on behalf or rural Texas,
and the Texas Society of Health System Pharmacists’ Innovative
Collaborative
Practice Award in 2009 for helping open Texas’
first telepharmacy in Turkey,
TX.
Cynthia
Wetzel, RNC
Chief
Nursing Officer
Ms.
Wetzel has 18 years of experience as
a Registered Nurse and successful performance in the medical/healthcare
field,
emphasizing management, and census development, including Director of
Admissions and Director of Clinical Liaisons in acute care and
rehabilitation
environments. She has a strong expertise in recruiting
physicians across
all specialties and maintaining excellent business relationships,
demonstrating
leadership skills with a high capacity to influence, persuade, and
negotiate
effectively. Her clinical experience includes Critical Care,
NICU, PICU,
and L&D. She holds a NCC specialty certification as a
Certified
Inpatient Obstetric Registered Nurse.
