William Obremskey, MD, MPH, MMHC, professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, has been named executive medical director of Vanderbilt Supply Chain Services for Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Obremskey, who also serves as the Orthopaedic Trauma Research and Fellowship director, assumed this new role on Jan. 1.
As the executive medical director of VUMC Supply Chain, Obremskey will provide medical leadership facilitating faculty, clinical and leadership interactions with the Supply Chain to assure patient-centered practices and effective and efficient delivery of patient care.
“I am so excited and appreciative that Bill has joined our team in an even more formal way,” said Teresa Dail, RN, CMRP, chief supply chain officer for VUMC. “The supply chain at VUMC is a complex organization that literally impacts all areas of operations. Having the support to work collaboratively with Bill as we continue to evolve our supply chain to better serve our patients and support our clinical and research colleagues will have a profound impact.”
In addition, the Supply Chain at VUMC has three for-profit LLCs – Vanderbilt Health Supply Chain Solutions, Vanderbilt Health Purchasing Collaborative, and Carefluent Connect. Obremskey will serve as medical director for each.
Obremskey will continue to co-chair the Medical Economic and Outcomes Committee (MEOC) with Dail and review global impact implications of supply chain disruptions to VUMC. The MEOC is a clinician-driven process that standardizes and utilizes evidence-based, clinically sound, financially responsible methodologies for introduction or consolidation of new supplies, devices and technology within VUMC.
Obremskey received his Doctor of Medicine from Duke University, his Master of Public Health from University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, and his Master of Management in Health Care from Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management. He completed residency at the University of Washington Medical Center and fellowship at the AO Research Institute in Davos. He joined VUMC in 2002.
“Teresa Dail, myself and several others started engaging clinicians in Vanderbilt’s process of acquiring new surgical products 15 years ago,” Obremskey said. “That process has increased in scope to include bundles of care and working with new companies that provide medical equipment directly to patients (Carefluent) and supply other medical centers, ambulatory surgery centers, and physicians’ offices in 48 states as a purchasing collaborative (Vanderbilt Health Purchasing Collaborative).
“With the substantial growth in the Vanderbilt Health system, the scale of what we do has also expanded greatly. I look forward to broadening my role in providing physician leadership and perspective to these business ventures. My vision is that if Vanderbilt does the ‘business of medicine’ better, we will have more resources for education, research and programmatic support.”