CEO, VA Heartland Healthcare Network, VISN 15
Department of Veterans Affairs
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Willliam P. Patterson, MD, MSS. Network Driector/CEO of the VA Heartland Network, a system of nine hospitals in Kansas, Missouri, and Southern Illinois serving over 275,000 enrollees. He previously served as Chief Medical Officer, VA Heartland Network and as Chief of Staff, Harry Truman VA Medical Center. Dr. Patterson graduated from the University of Oklahoma School of Medicine and is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Hematology, and Medical Oncology. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives. He is a retired Colonel, Medical Corps, from the Missouri Army National Guard and served deployments in Iraq (2004) and Afghanistan (2006). His current interest is in developing a High Reliability Organization with an emphasis on lessons learned from a regional perspective.
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