Health Care District's CEO Presents to Leadership Palm Beach County's Focus Participants

Darcy J. Davis, Chief Executive Officer of the Health Care District of Palm Beach County, presented an overview of the public health care system to this year’s Leadership Focus participants in West Palm Beach on January 18, 2018.  Also presenting to the 40-member class was Marc Schlosser, MD, with the Health Care District’s C. L. Brumback Primary Care Clinics. Dr. Schlosser explained the neurobiology of addiction and discussed the Brumback Clinics’ successful Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) Program for patients with substance abuse disorders.  The pilot program was launched by the Federally Qualified Health Centers in 2017 to address the county’s opioid crisis.  Leadership Focus is a two-and-a-half day program offered by Leadership Palm Beach County that helps executives and professionals broaden their understanding of the community. Karen Harris, Vice President of Field Operations with the Health Care District, a former Leadership Focus participant, introduced Darcy and Dr. Schlosser at the event.  Also participating in this year’s class:  Belma Andrić, MD, MPH, Health Care District Chief Medical Officer; Valerie Shahriari, Esq., Health Care District General Counsel; Shelly Ann Lau, Administrator of the Health Care District’s skilled nursing facility, the Edward J. Healey Rehabilitation and Nursing Center; and Teretha Smith, the Healey Center’s Risk Manager.