Introducing the PLC‑Network Advisory Board
The Physician Leadership Career Network (PLC‑Network) is proud to introduce our newly unified Advisory Board, bringing together physician leaders and physician leadership recruitment experts into one collaborative group. By combining these two perspectives, the Advisory Board now reflects the full ecosystem of physician leadership: those who lead, those who aspire to lead, and those who help organizations identify and support strong clinical leadership.
This integrated board provides strategic guidance across the platform, helping us refine services, strengthen content, enhance functionality, and ensure PLC‑Network continues to deliver meaningful value to both physicians and healthcare organizations. Their insight helps shape everything from leadership resources and educational offerings to the overall experience of physicians exploring leadership roles and organizations seeking exceptional physician leaders.
We are honored to have such a distinguished group of leaders supporting and championing our mission to strengthen physician leadership across healthcare.
Thank you for being part of this work.
Kurt Scott
Founder and CEO
Tammy D. Hager, MBA, FABC, CRPR
Tammy D. Hager, MBA, FABC, CRPRTammy Hager has more than 25 years of healthcare experience and has worked in a variety of multi-specialty physician practices, hospital-based clinics/departments and health systems. She has a successful track record in practice operations and building operational and recruitment teams, processes, and technology.
Tammy earned an MBA from Liberty University with an emphasis in healthcare management. Additionally, she is a Fellow with the Advisory Board Company, a Fellow with the Association for Advancing Physician and Provider Recruitment, and certified by the American Academy of Medical Management.
Tammy, now serving as COO for Urology Locums, lead operations and clinician recruitment at Signify Health as the VP of Network Management; she was the Executive Director at Surgical Affiliates Management Group (SAMGI); the Executive Director for Mercy Health, based out of St. Louis, MO; and prior to that lead physician clinics and hospital operations as Executive Director for Carilion Clinic, based in Roanoke, VA. In addition, she served as Executive Director at PracticeLink, the largest physician and provider job board and magazine company.
Elsie Koh, MD EMHL
Elsie Koh, MD EMHL As the Chief Medical Officer of American Endovascular & Amputation Prevention, Dr. Koh spearheads a mission dedicated to preventing amputations through cutting-edge, minimally invasive, image-guided techniques for patients with critical limb ischemia. Beyond her clinical role, Dr. Koh serves as a leadership coach for physicians and is the visionary founder of the LEAD Physician® CME-based program. In this capacity, she guides physicians feeling unfulfilled and distracted in their current roles, imparting crucial business and leadership skills often overlooked in traditional training. Her goal is to assist them in clarifying their ambitions, developing effective strategies for the future, and forging a clear path toward the fulfilling careers they desire and are meant to have. Explore Dr. Elsie Koh’s insights on her website, www.LEADPhysician.org. Read Elsie’s full bio here
Mark S. Schnitzer, MD, CPHQ, CHCQM-PHYADV, FACS, FACHE
Dr. Mark Schnitzer is an experienced Surgeon, Educator, Physician Advisor, Medical Director, Consultant and Board Certified Executive Coach.
An interest in processes and mathematics led him to pursue an unlikely course of pre-medical study: electrical engineering. It was during his Ph.D. studies that he applied to medical school and completed his MSEE and MD concurrently. He completed his clinical training in neurological surgery and a fellowship in neurosciences critical care at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. His final year at Johns Hopkins was in the role of Assistant Chief of Service. Read Mark’s full bio here
Jason Junker, MA, CPRP
Jason Junker has been a member of AAPPR (formerly ASPR) since 2006. A native of Orlando, Florida, Jason Junker has been with AdventHealth since 2003, originally starting in the marketing department.
In 2006, he moved into physician recruitment and has been recruiting physicians in various specialties for the last 20 years. The majority of that time was spent in the Central Florida Division where as the Executive Director, he led a team that originally started with two recruiters and then grew over time to 13 team members who recruited over 300 providers per year across 15+ hospitals.
In 2024, he stepped into a new role as the Corporate Director for the Multi-State Division at AdventHealth, helping to support and grow local provider recruitment efforts across seven states and 25+ hospitals.
Shawn M. Kessler
Shawn M. KesslerAs one of five agency partners, Mr. Kessler helps lead the recruitment marketing team at Aloysius Butler & Clark (AB&C), one of the largest full-service agencies in the mid-Atlantic and one of Adweek’s 50 “Top Shops” in America. An agency that is obsessive about results and combines research, creativity and technology to move people to action.
Over his 20 years of advertising and marketing experience, Shawn has helped his clients achieve the highest levels of marketing excellence. He is a recipient of the Association of American Medical Colleges’ Award of Distinction and has won numerous advertising awards for his campaign work. Read Shawn’s full bio here
Carrie Moore, DBA, CPRP
Carrie Moore, DBA, CPRPCarrie Moore, DBA is the Executive Recruiter for Dartmouth Health in Lebanon, New Hampshire. Prior to this role, she worked for other academic health systems including Geisinger and Tower Health. Dr. Moore’s career began in academia, working for the small women’s college where she received her bachelor’s degree. With a lifelong love of education, she has completed both an MBA and a doctorate in Healthcare Management. Carrie is an accomplished speaker who is passionate about topics such as employee retention, job satisfaction, and the meaning of work.
Allison McCarthy, MBA
Allison McCarthy brings you the best of her 30-year career, leading physicians, practice administrators, and physician relations/recruitment directors. Actively listening and then asking powerful questions, Allison partners with clients to support critical skills such as presence, influence, collaboration, delegation, and others to advance as leaders. She provides the support and space needed for honesty and transparency that encourages self-awareness and that leads to strategies for change.
Dr. Katie Cole D.O.
Dr. Katie Cole D.O. Affectionately called “The Healer’s Healer,” Dr. Katie Cole is an award-winning psychiatrist and consultant. Her innovative approach blends positive psychology, strength-based assessments, personal and professional development, and lessons learned from her own experience with burnout.
Dr. Cole’s passion for physician and organizational wellbeing and resiliency is fueled by her struggle with feeling burned out in her career. This process led her to identify unique solutions for burnout and find her true passion in medicine: helping healers to heal themselves and the healthcare systems that
foster burnout. Read Katie’s full bio here
