About us

Wayne S. DeVeydt is a managing director at Bain Capital and has served as the Executive Chairman of the Board of Surgery Partners, Inc. since January 2020. He previously held the title of Chief Executive Officer and Director since January 2018. Mr. DeVeydt previously served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Anthem, Inc. for nearly a decade, overseeing the financial operations associated with the company’s over $82 billion in annual revenues. During his tenure at Anthem, he also held numerous other leadership roles, including Chief Strategy Officer, Chief Accounting Officer, and Chief of Staff to the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Prior to joining Anthem, Mr. DeVeydt was a partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, the multinational accounting and consulting firm, with a focus on the managed care and healthcare sector across the United States. Mr. DeVeydt currently serves on the Board of Directors of Centene Corporation and Zelis.

Eric Evans has served as Chief Executive Officer and Director of Surgery Partners, Inc. since January 2020. He previously held the title of Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer since April 2019. Mr. Evans has over 15 years of experience in a range of operating and strategic roles in healthcare services. Mr. Evans previously served as President of Hospital Operations for Tenet Healthcare. In his role, he was responsible for 68 acute care hospitals, 161 hospital-affiliated facilities, more than 2,200 employed providers and other related healthcare services and functions within the company. His early career at Tenet consisted of various positions, including CEO of Tenet's Texas Region and market leadership roles as well as Chief of Staff to the CEO. Mr. Evans also serves as Director for QuVa Pharma, the Nashville Health Care Council, the American Heart Association of Middle Tennessee, and the SPOON Foundation. He earned his MBA from Harvard Business School and his Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Management from Purdue University.

Dave Doherty was appointed Chief Financial Officer of Surgery Partners, Inc. in February 2022. Prior to this, Mr. Doherty was Surgery Partners’ Senior Vice President of Corporate Finance and Controller. Prior to joining Surgery Partners in 2018, Mr. Doherty held various senior financial management roles at Aetna Inc., including leading Aetna’s internal audit organization, planning and risk management, and serving as Aetna’s assistant controller. Mr. Doherty earned his CPA while working at Arthur Andersen, LLP.

Jennifer Baldock has served as Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative & Development Officer since February 2019. She had served as EVP and General Counsel of Surgery Partners since its acquisition of Symbion in 2014, serving as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer prior to that. She formerly served as Assistant General Counsel for both Ambulatory Services of America and Renal Care Group, and practiced law with Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis.

<p>Marissa Brittenham was appointed Chief Strategy Officer of Surgery Partners, Inc. in January 2022. Previously, Ms. Brittenham led Growth at Cityblock Health and Medicaid Partnerships at Evolent Health and was an Associate Partner at McKinsey &amp; Company. She received a bachelor’s degree in Ethics, Politics and Economics from Yale University and earned her JD/ MBA from University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and the Wharton School.</p>

Harry Bane has served as President of the American Group since September 2022. Prior to joining Surgery Partners, Harry served as president for Steward Health Care’s North Region, encompassing 14 acute care hospitals, a large multispecialty physician group, and an ACO with nearly 500,000 lives. Before his tenure at Steward, he led the system wide integration of value-based care at fourteen skilled nursing facilities, three adult day health centers and two assisted living facilities for a private, for-profit system. Harry is a graduate of Middlebury College, and earned his master’s from the Tuck School of Business and Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth.

Tony Taparo has served as Chief Growth Officer for Surgery Partners since August 2019 and as President of Surgery Partners’ Eastern Group since its acquisition of Symbion in 2014. He served as RVP for Symbion from 1999 to 2006 and previously served as COO of Columbia Physician Services.

Brad Owens has served as National Group President of Surgery Partners since December 2019. Mr. Owens has more than 25 years of healthcare experience. He previously held several positions at LifePoint Heath during his tenure, including Western Group Chief Operating Officer (COO), Vice President Clinical and Business Informatics, COO of the Continental Division and American Division Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to that, he worked at HCA Healthcare as CFO for three east coast hospitals.

Danielle Burkhalter has served as Chief Human Resources Officer since February 2023. Prior to this role, Mrs. Burkhalter was Surgery Partners’ Vice President of Talent leading talent initiatives across the Surgery Partners’ enterprise. Prior to joining Surgery Partners in 2018, Mrs. Burkhalter held various Human Resources roles at UnityPoint Health, one of the nation’s most integrated health systems with numerous clinics, hospitals and home care areas of service in metropolitan and rural communities throughout Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin. Danielle graduated from Simpson College and earned her master’s from The University of Alabama.

Varun Gadhok has served as Chief Information Officer of Surgery Partners since July 2021. Prior to joining Surgery Partners, Mr. Gadhok spent nine years at Tenet Healthcare where he progressively took on more responsibilities and most recently, served as Senior Director over IT Architecture and Corporate Portfolio. His early career consisted of IS leadership roles at Cerner Corporation and Dell Services. Mr. Gadhok earned his Executive MBA at The University of Texas at Dallas and an undergraduate degree in Management Information Systems from University of Iowa.

Roxanne Womack has served as Chief Compliance Officer of Surgery Partners since November 2018. Previously, Roxanne served as a Medical Center Compliance Officer for Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., and as the Privacy Officer for Ascension St. Vincent’s Health System in Birmingham, Ala. Roxanne also has extensive experience in health information management.