Surgical Care Affiliates
 
 
 

SCA Leadership

Officers

Andrew P. Hayek

President and Chief Executive Officer

Andrew serves as President and Chief Executive Officer, and a member of the Board of Directors of Surgical Care Affiliates (“SCA”). Prior to SCA, Andrew served as the President of a division of DaVita Inc (a $6 billion publicly traded renal dialysis company) and as the President and Chief Operating Officer of Alliance Healthcare Services Inc (a $500 million publicly traded diagnostic imaging and radiation therapy company). Andrew worked previously for Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (a global private equity firm) and the Boston Consulting Group (a leading strategy and operations consulting firm). Andrew serves on the Board of Directors of Senior Home Care, a home healthcare company, and earned a Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude (highest honors) from Yale University.

 

Joseph T. Clark

Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer

SCA named Joe its chief development officer in June 2008, after his service as SCA's chief operating officer since July 2007. Joe was president of HealthSouth’s Surgery Center Division from March 2005 to July 2007. Prior to joining HealthSouth, Joe served as president and chief executive officer of HealthMark Partners, Inc., an owner, operator and developer of ambulatory surgery centers and specialty hospitals. From March 1988 to August 1999, he held various senior management roles, including chief executive officer of Response Oncology, a provider of cancer services. Joe also has 10 years of experience with two proprietary hospital chains, Humana and American Medical International.

 

Richard L. Sharff (Rich)

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

SCA named Rich its general counsel in July 2007. He worked with the SCA transition team as a partner with Birmingham-based law firm Bradley Arant Rose and White, LLP. At Bradley Arant, Rich concentrated his practice on representing clients in the healthcare industry. While he has experience with a wide variety of matters, his focus has been on healthcare clients' needs in the regulatory and litigation areas. He has provided advice to clients on numerous regulatory matters, such as the Stark Law, fraud and abuse issues, and compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). He has extensive experience drafting and negotiating contracts, particularly between healthcare facilities and physicians.

 

Michael A. Rucker

Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

SCA named Michael executive vice president and chief operating officer in May of 2009. He joined SCA as the senior vice president of operations in September of 2008. Before joining SCA, Michael served as vice president of operations of DaVita Inc., the nation’s leading independent provider of kidney dialysis services. His 13+ years in kidney care afforded him the opportunity to enjoy numerous roles of increasing responsibility in both physician practice management and dialysis services. Prior to DaVita, Michael served as an associate in the healthcare group of the Chicago office of Houlihan, Lokey, Howard and Zukin, a specialty investment banking firm. He also has worked in public accounting as a CPA. Michael earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Miami University and an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania.

 

Board of Directors

  • Leonard D. Schaeffer - Chairman
  • Thomas C. Geiser
  • Andrew P. Hayek
  • Curtis Lane
  • Sharad Mansukani, M.D.
  • Todd B. Sisitsky
 
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