Roger Ray

Physician Executive, Sept-Oct, 2005

Roger Ray, MD, MBA, FACPE, CPE, is the chief quality officer at BayCare Health System in Clearwater, Fla. His responsibilities include leading BayCare's quality programs and its Six Sigma methodology. Ray also will oversee the development of BayCare's electronic health record. Previously, Ray served as chief medical officer for Morton Plant Mease Health Care in Clearwater. Before that, he was executive vice president and chief medical officer for the AnMed Health System in Anderson, S.C. He also served as an elected medical staff leader for eight years at Anderson Area Medical Center and as president of the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners. Ray earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia, his medical degree from West Virginia University School of Medicine and his master's in business administration from the University of Colorado. He completed his neurology residency at the Medical College of Georgia. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and the American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine.

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