FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 7, 2016--
MEDNAX, Inc. (NYSE:MD), today announced that Karl Wagner, President of
the Company’s Eastern Division, has indicated his intent to resign from
the company, in order to pursue personal opportunities. Mr. Wagner, who
joined MEDNAX in 1997 and previously served as the Company’s Treasurer,
Chief Financial Officer and President of MEDNAX’s American
Anesthesiology Division, will remain in his full-time position through
early 2017 and serve on a consulting basis through the first half of
2017.
“I want to thank Karl for all the contributions he has made to MEDNAX
over the last nineteen years,” said Roger J. Medel, M.D., Chief
Executive Officer of MEDNAX. “In the financial and operating roles he
has played, Karl has been an integral part of the growth, strategic
evolution, and success we have achieved as an organization.”
“After nineteen years at MEDNAX, I have decided that the time is right
to take a step back and determine the next opportunity to pursue,” said
Mr. Wagner. “I have the highest confidence in the ability of my
associates and friends at MEDNAX to execute on the strategy we have
undertaken. I also believe the Company’s focus on improving the care of
our patients while bringing solutions to our partners is exactly the
right plan. I will always take with me the wonderful stories of how we
have impacted an untold number of families both from the contributions
of the organization as a whole or the individual care provided by our
clinicians.”
Separately, David Clark, President of MEDNAX’s Western Division, has
been named President, MEDNAX Physician Services, which encompasses
leadership of the Company’s Clinical Services, Eastern and Western
Divisions. Mr. Clark joined MEDNAX in 2001 and served as Chief Operating
Officer of the Company’s Pediatrix Division from 2008 until 2015. He
served as Senior Vice President, Operations, from 2003 to 2008 and as
Vice President, Operations, South Central Region, from 2001 to 2003.
ABOUT MEDNAX
MEDNAX, Inc. is a national health solutions partner comprised of the
nation's leading providers of physician services. Physicians and
advanced practitioners practicing as part of MEDNAX are reshaping the
delivery of care within their specialties and subspecialties, using
evidence-based tools, continuous quality initiatives, clinical research
and telemedicine to enhance patient outcomes and provide high-quality,
cost-effective care. The Company was founded in 1979, and today, through
its affiliated professional corporations, MEDNAX provides services
through a network of more than 3,600 physicians in all 50 states and
Puerto Rico. In addition to its national physician network, MEDNAX
provides services to healthcare facilities and physicians in over 40
states through two complementary businesses, consisting of a revenue
cycle management company and a consulting services company. Additional
information is available at www.mednax.com.
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MEDNAX
Charles Lynch, 954-384-0175 x 5692
Vice President,
Strategy and Investor Relations
charles_lynch@mednax.com