Wikipedia

Jon L. Belsher

Jon L. Belsher is an American physician and executive.[1][2] He is the incumbent president and chief executive officer of UCI Medical Affiliates.[3][4] Belsher has also served as an advance representative for the White House during the Bush administration.[5] Previously, he was a chief medical officer of MedSpring.[6][7][8]

Jon L. Belsher
NationalityAmerican
Alma materMayo Clinic College of Medicine
OccupationPhysician
Known forSpecial Representative in White House

Early life

edit

He received his education from University of Texas Southwestern Medical School.[9] After completing his medical degree in 1998, Belsher completed his residency from Mayo Clinic College of Medicine.[10][11]

He was awarded the title of 'Chief Fellow' while doing fellowship at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine.[12]

Career

edit

Belsher has served as the chief of aerospace medicine for the Arizona Air National Guard’s 162nd Fighter Wing.[13] He has also served as a lieutenant colonel and during that time he was second-in-command of the largest Air National Guard Medical Group in the United States.[14]

He was part of the team which founded MedSpring Urgent Care in 2011.[15][12] Belsher as part of MedSpring facilitated shift towards affordable urgent care centers instead of hospital emergency rooms.[16][17][18] As a chief medical officer, he helped expand MedSpring in Illinois.[19][20]

Publications

edit
  • Belsher, Jon L.; Gay, Peter; Brinton, Margo; DellaValla, Joseph; Ridenour, Robert; Lanciotti, Robert; Perelygin, Andrey; Zaki, Sherif; Paddock, Christopher; Querec, Troy; Zhu, Tuofu; Pulendran, Bali; Eidex, Rachel B.; Hayes, Edward (5 December 2007). "Fatal multiorgan failure due to yellow fever vaccine-associated viscerotropic disease". Vaccine. 25 (50): 8480–8485. doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2007.08.061. PMC 7115366. PMID 18023511.
  • Khan, Hasrat; Belsher, Jon; Yilmaz, Murat; Afessa, Bekele; Winters, Jeffrey L.; Moore, S. Breanndan; Hubmayr, Rolf D.; Gajic, Ognjen (May 2007). "Fresh-Frozen Plasma and Platelet Transfusions Are Associated With Development of Acute Lung Injury in Critically Ill Medical Patients". Chest. 131 (5): 1308–1314. doi:10.1378/chest.06-3048. PMID 17400669.
  • Rehman, Ahmer; Iscimen, Remzi; Yilmaz, Murat; Khan, Hasrat; Belsher, Jon; Gomez, Javier Fernandez; Hanson, Andrew C.; Afessa, Bekele; Baron, Todd H.; Gajic, Ognjen (June 2009). "Prophylactic endotracheal intubation in critically ill patients undergoing endoscopy for upper GI hemorrhage". Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 69 (7): e55–e59. doi:10.1016/j.gie.2009.03.002. PMC 2737482. PMID 19481643.

References

edit
  1. ^ McNeill, Rachel (September 27, 2013). "Health care reform spurs urgent care centers". KPRC.
  2. ^ Dinges, Gary. "Work starts soon on 2nd Wheatsville location". Austin American-Statesman.
  3. ^ "Riley Fellows Archive". Diversity Leaders Initiative.
  4. ^ "Columbia Regional Business Report - November 23, 2020". Issuu. 23 November 2020.
  5. ^ Smith, Kelly (April 23, 2019). "UCI Medical Affiliates Completes New Executive Leadership Team".
  6. ^ Ura, Alexa (August 29, 2014). "Texas Hospitals Say They've Lost Insured Patients to Urgent Care". The New York Times.
  7. ^ "Austin urgent care clinic to enter Houston market". Bizjournals.com. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  8. ^ Fenner, James (October 12, 2013). "Early Vaccinations Recommended by CDC Amidst Shutdown Chaos".
  9. ^ "Dr. Jon L. Belsher MD". Health.usnews.com. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  10. ^ "Dr. Jon Belsher, MD – Columbia, SC | Pulmonology on Doximity". Doximity.
  11. ^ "Dr. Jon Belsher Critical Care Medicine. West Lake Hills TX". doctor.webmd.com.
  12. ^ a b "Boston Business Journal: People on the Move: PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION HEALTH CARE APRIL 6, 2017". Bizjournals.com. Archived from the original on 2017-04-10.
  13. ^ "Guam kicks off major training exercise". 162nd Wing.
  14. ^ "Vigilant Guard Guam 2010". www.162wing.ang.af.mil.
  15. ^ "Jon Belsher, MD". Modern Healthcare. June 3, 2019.
  16. ^ Ura, Alexa (August 29, 2014). "Texas Hospitals Say They've Lost Insured Patients to Urgent Care". The Texas Tribune.
  17. ^ "Patients are flocking to urgent care clinics. Now hospitals are, too". Crain's Chicago Business. May 12, 2017.
  18. ^ Russell, John (9 October 2015). "Why there are so many urgent care clinics everywhere". chicagotribune.com.
  19. ^ "Texas' MedSpring expands into second market: Illinois". Modern Healthcare. December 30, 2010.
  20. ^ "Chicago's First 'MedSpring' Opening in Lake View". Lake View, IL Patch. January 25, 2013.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jon_L._Belsher&oldid=1163373414"