Stephen Ondra

Stephen L. Ondra, MD
Chief Strategy Officer at Amida Health Solutions
Assumed office
September 2016
Personal details
Born Stephen L. Ondra
(1957-03-23)March 23, 1957
Alma mater Illinois Wesleyan University
Rush Medical College
Website

Stephen L. Ondra, MD (born March 23, 1957) is the Chief Strategy Officer at Amida Health Solutions.[1] Dr. Ondra brings an extensive history of health system leadership in both the public and private sectors and is a decorated Army veteran having received the Bronze Star and Army Commendation Medal for extraordinary service.

Early career

Before joining Amida Technology in September 2016, Dr. Ondra was the Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC) where he led medical policies, medical management, pharmacy, quality improvement, healthcare analytics, and performance measurement programs.[2]

Prior to HCSC, Dr. Ondra was Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Northwestern Memorial Hospital.[3] He also served as the interim Chair for the Department of Neurological Surgery at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.[4] He continues to be an adjunct Professor of Neurological Surgery at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.[5]

Prior to returning to Northwestern, Dr. Ondra was a member of President Barack Obama’s Administration.[6] He was appointed as Senior Health Policy Advisor for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on May 10, 2009. In 2010, he was assigned to the Executive Office of the President, where he served until February 2012.[7] At the White House, Dr. Ondra served in the Office of Science and Technology Policy, as the health information technology co-Chair of the National Science and Technology Council.[8] At the White House, Dr. Ondra also served on the Implementation Deputies Group for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.[9]

Prior to his appointment to the Administration by President Obama, Dr. Ondra was a Professor of Neurological Surgery at Northwestern University,[10] and he chaired the Medical Device and Technology Committee at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.[11] Dr. Ondra has also worked with the Department of Defense as the Chairman of the Defense Spinal Cord Board and Spinal Column Injury Program, and the Defense Spine Blast Injury Program.[12] In partnership with other faculty at Northwestern, he pioneered new surgical procedures and the use of available motion analysis technology to assess treatment of spinal surgery patients.[13]

Committees and board appointments

~ The Guiding Committee of the Health Care Payment Learning Action Network [14]

~ Board of Trustees, Louis W. Sullivan Institute for Healthcare Transformation [15]

~ America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) Core Quality Measurement Task Force[16]

~ Health Care Transformation Task Force [17]

~ Board of Directors, TriWest Healthcare Alliance

~ Adjunct Senior Fellow, Center for a New American Security [18]

~ Board of Trustees, Illinois Wesleyan University[19]

Education

Dr. Ondra began his post-secondary education at the U.S. Military Academy,[20] but he was injured in a training accident. Dr. Ondra graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University.[21] Recovering from injuries, he re-entered military service in the Army [22] and completed his doctorate at Rush Medical College.[23] During his residency at Walter Reed Army Medical Center,[24] he specialized in spine surgery and reconstruction in both neurosurgery and orthopedics.

Military career

Dr. Ondra is a veteran of the Operations Desert Storm and Desert Shield, and he was awarded a Bronze Star Medal and the Army Commendation Medal for extraordinary service and heroism as a military doctor. Dr. Ondra served on the Veterans Affairs group in the Obama-Biden Presidential Transition Team; he provided advice to the Obama-Biden Campaign on Health Policy and Veteran’s Policy.[25]

Personal life

Dr. Ondra has three daughters, Stephanie, Katherine and Marissa.

References

  1. ↑ PR Newswire. "Former White House Tech Advisor Dr. Stephen Ondra Joins DC Amida Technology Solutions".
  2. ↑ Bruce Japsen. "Obama Advisor Ondra Hired As Top Doc at Blue Cross Plan".
  3. ↑ NMH. "Neurosurgeon and professor of neurological surgery assumes top medical executive spot". Retrieved 2011-01-04.
  4. ↑ FSM Office of the Dean. "FSM Neurosurgery Interim Chair Announcement". Retrieved 2011-01-04.
  5. ↑ http://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/sites/neurosurgery/faculty/profile.html?xid=13011
  6. ↑ http://www.va.gov/opa/bios/docs/ondra.pdf
  7. ↑ https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/assets/egov_docs/health-information-technology-guidance.pdf
  8. ↑ https://www.healthit.gov/FACAS/health-it-policy-committee/hitpc-previous-workgroups/presidents-council-advisors-science-and
  9. ↑ http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/healthlaw/doclaw_brochure_2013.authcheckdam.pdf
  10. ↑ http://news.feinberg.northwestern.edu/2012/08/stephen_ondra/
  11. ↑ http://www.va.gov/opa/bios/docs/ondra.pdf
  12. ↑ http://www.va.gov/opa/bios/docs/ondra.pdf
  13. ↑ Northwestern Memorial Hospital. "Dr. Stephen Ondra and Dr. Aruna Ganju use high-tech motion lab in search for best treatments for back pain". www.nmh.org. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
  14. ↑ http://innovation.cms.gov/initiatives/Health-Care-Payment-Learning-and-Action-Network/
  15. ↑ http://www.sullivaninstitute.org/who-we-are/
  16. ↑ http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2015/06/23/the-core-quality-measures-collaborative-a-rationale-and-framework-for-public-private-quality-measure-alignment/
  17. ↑ http://www.hcttf.org/resouces-tools/
  18. ↑ http://www.cnas.org/OndraStephen
  19. ↑ https://www.iwu.edu/president/trustees.html
  20. ↑ http://www.va.gov/opa/bios/docs/ondra.pdf
  21. ↑ https://www.iwu.edu/aboutiwu/profiles/ondra.html
  22. ↑ http://www.va.gov/opa/bios/docs/ondra.pdf
  23. ↑ https://www.rush.edu/news/press-releases/dr-stephen-l-ondra-named-rush-medical-colleges-2009-distinguished-alumnus
  24. ↑ http://www.va.gov/opa/bios/docs/ondra.pdf
  25. ↑ http://www.va.gov/opa/bios/docs/ondra.pdf

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