Mr. Creem has spent over 30 years as a "C-level" executive of healthcare organizations and brings strong business ā€ˇevaluation and operational experience to the Company. From July 2017 to present, Mr. Creem has served as ā€ˇPresident of The Bridgewater Healthcare Group, which provides hospital and health network management services ā€ˇand performance consulting. From October 2015 to July 2017, Mr. Creem served as the CEO and CAO of Verity ā€ˇHealth System, a six-hospital system in California.
From October 2012 to October 2015, he served as the CFO and Board Member of ā€ˇApollo Medical Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMEH) ("ApolloMed"). Before ā€ˇApolloMed, he served as the CEO of the Keck Hospital of USC and USC Norris Cancer Center. Prior to his tenure ā€ˇat USC, he served as the CFO and Associate Vice Chancellor of UCLA Health Sciences, including UCLA Medical ā€ˇCenter, the Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, and UCLA Faculty Practice. And prior to UCLA, he served as CFO of ā€ˇBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a Harvard University teaching hospital, and CFO of Tufts University ā€ˇMedical Center.
Mr. Creem also worked for several years in a senior management position at the healthcare ā€ˇpractice group of PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he was responsible for numerous consulting engagements, ā€ˇfinancial statement audits, and financial feasibility studies. He has been a guest lecturer at USC, UCLA, and ā€ˇHarvard.
Mr. Creem holds a B.S. in Accounting and Business Administration from Boston University and a ā€ˇmaster's degree in Health Administration from Duke University. Mr. Creem's qualifications to serve on the Board ā€ˇof Directors include over 30 years of corporate experience working as a senior executive in the healthcare industry ā€ˇand prior service on private and public company boards.