Dr. Sowmya Viswanathan spoke to a sold-out room at Embarc Collective at July’s Indo-US Chamber meeting to discuss Baycare’s ongoing mission to improve the health of all in the Tampa area by providing high quality compassionate care. Dr. Viswanathan also discussed the expansion of BayCare’s graduate medical education programs to include a new surgery residency program. BayCare is committed to mentoring the next generation of doctors.
Sowmya Viswanathan, MD MHCM MBA FACP, is the Chief Physician Executive for BayCare Health System. BayCare is a powerful economic engine with an annual $10 billion economic impact in Florida and is one of the nation’s best-performing health care systems. BayCare is the largest not-for-profit health care system dedicated solely to the communities of West Central Florida, with primary service in Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas and Polk counties and is renowned for delivering the highest clinical excellence with extraordinary, compassionate care.
Dr. Sowmya Viswanathan is an Internal Medicine physician who spent most of her healthcare career in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Her prior experiences include clinical role as an Internal medicine physician at UMass Memorial Medical Center and Harvard University/ Partners Health Care. She has also held various leadership & management positions as the Quality Officer, Regional Chief, Physician-In-Chief, Chief ACO Officer and Group Chief Medical Officer at large health systems including Dartmouth Hitchcock, UMass and Tenet Health. In her current role, she has enterprise-wide responsibilities over BayCare clinical teams including the hospitals, ambulatory, employed medical group, provider networks, BayCare graduate medical education and research, value-based care delivery, population health services organization, health plan and digital health.
At BayCare, Dr. Viswanathan is responsible for ongoing strategy, engaging clinical leaders to ensure delivery of high quality and value-based care and optimize financial and operational performance. Responsibilities will include driving efficiencies across various service lines. She continued her clinical practice of medicine for over 20 years and has been an Instructor at Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Viswanathan completed her master’s in health care management (MHCM) from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA.
As the presentation concluded Dr. Viswanathan continued an open Q&A for over 20 minutes, allowing the audience to engage further. This insightful and informative presentation not only highlighted the excellent work BayCare is doing in our community but also the strides our community has taken to prioritize top quality medical care.
