Mark Jensen

Special Advisor

With over 30 years of experience in radiology and healthcare, Mark is an industry expert in strategic planning, finance, organizational development and physician practice management. He previously served as Chief Development Officer of US Radiology and prior to that as CEO for Charlotte Radiology, transforming the small-market physician group to a nationally renowned, 100-physician, multi-state practice—the founding practice of US Radiology Specialists. Mark also served on the board and shaped the vision for Strategic Radiology, a national consortium of 24 clinically advanced radiology groups serving more than 250 hospitals, 625 imaging centers and 40 states. Capitalizing on industry trends, he spun off an innovative medical billing firm called Medical Billing Experts, where he served as chairman of the board of directors, as well as interim president. Mark earned an accounting degree at the University of Alabama and an MBA from Miami University.

Diane Kazmierski

Executive Vice President,
Managed Care

With 30 years of healthcare experience, Diane brings expertise in managed care contracting, contract compliance, and decision support for hospitals, ancillary services, home health services and physician practices. She enjoyed a 23-year tenure with BayCare Health System, serving most recently as vice president of managed care before joining us at US Radiology Specialists. Diane has also served as president of the Florida Hospital Association of Managed Care Professionals. She’s a 2012 graduate of the American Hospital Association Health Care System Transformation and a 2013 faculty member. She earned her degree from Walsh College of Accountancy and Business Administration.

Wood Lovell

Chief Administrative Officer

As Chief Administrative Officer for US Radiology, Wood has senior leadership accountability for human resources, M&A integrations and compliance. He joined us in July 2018, with a unique background in HR, law and marketing. After law school, Wood completed a two-year federal judicial clerkship and then joined Troutman Sanders, a full-service international law firm with over 650 attorneys. He transitioned to McKesson as Chief Employment Counsel in 2007. In 2011, he stepped out of his legal role to build two enterprise-wide HR organizations as part of a McKesson HR transformation. Following the successful implementation and scaling of those organizations, he progressed through a variety of HR and marketing executive roles leading up to his tenure with US Radiology. Wood earned a bachelor’s degree from Duke University and his J.D. from the University of Georgia School of Law.

Clete Madden

President, Health Systems & OIS Business Development

Clete is the President of Health Systems and Outpatient Imaging Services Business Development for US Radiology. Previously he served as President of Touchstone Medical Imaging. Prior to joining Touchstone, he was the Chief Development Officer for Radiologix, Inc., a leading national provider of imaging services now operating as RadNet, Inc. Clete has over 25 years of healthcare leadership experience. He started his career at one of the Big Four accounting and consulting firms providing services to national health care clients before rising to Partner and National Healthcare Industry Director overseeing 150 healthcare partners.

Clete is a current board member and past chair of the Association for Quality Imaging, a national industry group that advocates for and supports the outpatient imaging industry. He is also a trustee and treasurer for MediSend International College of Biomedical Engineering Technology, a nonprofit organization that provides biomedical degree programs primarily to US veterans and students from developing countries. Clete holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting with high honors from the University of Texas at Austin. He is a member emeritus of the University of Texas Accounting Advisory Board.

Ken McNish

President, Physician Practice Management
& Chief Strategy Officer

Ken is a top performing business leader with 30 years’ experience in healthcare services. He joined US Radiology Specialists in 2018 as President of Physician Practices and Chief Strategy Officer. Previously Ken was President for the US Business and Global Commercial Development at Bio Products Laboratory (BPL), a global plasma protein therapeutics company. There he led the strategic vision and built a world-class leadership team that increased sales 1,400%, transforming a declining, unprofitable organization into a high growth business. Before BPL, Ken was Vice President and General Manager at Grifols (formerly Talecris), where he grew revenue over five years and built a high-performing specialty commercial organization. He also held progressive product management leadership positions over 10 years at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). He began his career with the Wilkerson Group as a healthcare consultant.

Ken earned an MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. He holds a Ph.D. in Psychology with a focus on Neuroscience from Yale University. He also earned a bachelor’s degree from Yale.

John Perkins

Chief Executive Officer

John has over 25 years of operating experience and a focus on growing and scaling high-quality healthcare companies. In 2018, he joined US Radiology Specialists as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO), and a member of the board of directors. Previously, John was CEO and board member for Bio Products Laboratory (BPL), a global plasma protein therapeutics company with over 3,000 employees across 45 countries. John led the team that transformed BPL resulting in a 400% increase in value. Prior to becoming CEO of BPL, John was an operating partner for Bain Capital, the financial sponsor that backed BPL. Previously, John was the Executive Vice President of Global Commercial Operations for Talecris Biotherapeutics where he led the team that increased sales from $800 million to $1.6 billion. John also played a significant role in Talecris’ Initial Public Offering (IPO), and was instrumental in increasing Talecris’ value 40 times to $4 billion.

Julie Szeker

General Counsel

Julie has more than 15 years of healthcare legal experience, both in-house and in law firm settings. She joined Charlotte Radiology as chief administrative officer and general counsel in 2013 and transitioned to general counsel for US Radiology in 2018. In addition to advising the board and senior leadership as general counsel, she has provided executive leadership over human resources, compliance, quality and risk, leading key restructurings that have positioned the organization for growth. Previously, Julie served as associate general counsel for Carolinas HealthCare System (now Atrium Health) and practiced in the Private Equity/M&A Group at Kennedy Covington (now K&L Gates). She earned a J.D. from the University of Michigan and was a Morehead-Cain scholar at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she studied political science and economics.

David Wagnon

Chief Financial Officer

Before joining US Radiology Specialists, David had a long tenure with McKesson, holding various finance management positions. He joined McKesson in 2007 as finance director for US Pharmaceutical. In 2010, he was promoted to the role of senior finance director and finance lead for US Pharma’s south region, based in Tampa, FL. He went on to serve as chief financial officer, first for McKesson Pharmacy Systems and Automation in Pittsburgh, PA, then for McKesson Specialty Health in The Woodlands, TX. Prior to his time with McKesson, David worked as a Big 4 consultant and as finance manager in the cable and consumer electronics industry. He earned his undergraduate degree from Southern Methodist University and his MBA from Washington University.

Gerry Lewis

Chief Information Officer

Prior to his current role with US Radiology, Gerry most recently served as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Ascension Health, the largest nonprofit health system in the U.S., where he successfully led Ascension’s IT transformation, the development and implementation of numerous patient and provider applications, and the buildout of the organization’s data exchange. Prior to Ascension, he managed large teams and technology implementations at Dell and Compaq and also served as an analyst with the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.

Wayne Orvis

Chief Operating Officer

In his current role as Chief Operating Officer, Wayne leads both US Radiology’s Outpatient Imaging Services business and the company’s Center of Excellence for outpatient operations, which allows partner companies to benefit from sharing best practices, key performance indicators, and collaborative problem-solving. Prior to his current role, he spent two decades at Walgreens, where he led a $4 billion region, and was responsible for leading an enterprise customer engagement initiative across nearly 10,000 stores that significantly improved customer ratings and employee experience, and successfully led several other significant enterprise initiatives, including the Rite Aid integration.

Robert O’Sullivan

Chief Development Officer

Robert brings more than two decades of financial and corporate development experience in the global healthcare market, with publicly held, private, and private equity-backed companies. He most recently served as Chief Development Officer for Axia Women’s Health, one of the largest women’s healthcare providers in the U.S. With Axia, he was responsible for the full spectrum of the company’s organic and inorganic growth initiatives and helped grow the business fourfold over a four-year period. Prior to his time at Axia, Robert served in a wide range of leadership roles in corporate development, investment banking, and finance. He is a graduate of both the University of Virginia Darden School of Business and Dublin City University in Dublin, Ireland.