Life Care names top doctors
Dr. Jonathan Evans has been appointed corporate medical director for Life Care Centers of America, the Cleveland, Tenn.-based nursing home chain.
Evans succeeds Dr. Kenneth Scott, who advances to chief medical officer.
Scott will continue to lead Life Care Physician Services, while Evans will direct the programs, policies and personnel of the clinical services department of Life Care and its support of all facilities.
“These appointments are a natural progression in the development of our on-site physicians’ initiative, as well as the continuing emphasis on quality clinical services for Life Care,” said Forrest L. Preston, Life Care chairman, who made the appointments. “Dr. Scott has done an exceptional job of recruiting, hiring and overseeing the work of about 50 doctors to date in our centers, and their contributions are exceeding our expectations.”
Evans has provided counsel and instruction for Life Care’s on-site physician initiative since its inception in 2009. A graduate of the Mayo Medical School, Evans completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in geriatric medicine at Mayo Clinic. He was a staff physician and associate professor of medicine at Mayo Clinic before leaving to pursue a master’s in public health degree at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. He is a former chief of geriatric and palliative medicine at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.