Dr. Gregg A. Pane brings more than 20 years of executive level public health experience to the District government. He joins the District from Detroit, Michigan's Henry Ford Health System (HFHS), where he has served as System Vice President for Clinical Quality and Safety and Medical Director for Public Policy Initiatives for the past two years.

The HFHS is a $2.5 billion integrated medical system with five major hospitals and numerous clinics, a 500,000-member HMO, and 800 doctors. Dr. Pane managed 35 direct staff members responsible for quality, safety and accreditation and serves as vice president at 900-bed Henry Ford Hospital. At HFHS Pane established innovative initiatives in health literacy and consumer quality and served as a co-director of the Chronic Disease Initiative.

Prior to joining the HFHS, Pane served as the Chief Policy and Planning Officer for the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) from 1996-2003. He helped transform the VHA into a coordinated outpatient-based system and managed more than 100 employees responsible for strategic planning, policy, performance management, and external affairs. He also served as the Acting Chief of VHA Emergency Management during his tenure at VHA, representing the VHA on National Security Council disaster and anti-terrorism planning.

Dr. Pane's wide-ranging medical professional experience includes two years as the Vice President of Quality Management and Chief Medical Officer for Unisys Health Information Management and two years as Medical Director of the Louisiana Medicaid Program. He also was an Associate Adjunct Professor and Residency Program Director at the University of California - Irvine Division of Emergency Medicine for several years.

Dr. Pane received a BS from the University of Michigan at Flint, Michigan, an MD from the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and an MPA in health services administration from the University of San Francisco College of Professional Studies in San Francisco, California. He is a Certified Physician Executive (CPE), a Fellow in the American College of Physician Executives (FACPE), and a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians (FACEP). He is widely published and has served on numerous health care commissions.