For immediate release: June 4, 2008
Contact: Anne McMillin, APR
Office 775-682-9254
Mobile 702-292-4247
amcmillin@medicine.nevada.edu
School of Medicine promotes Jennifer Holcombe
to practice plan executive director
Decision will ensure smooth daily operations at Reno clinics
RENO, Nev.—University Health System, the clinical practice of the University of Nevada School of Medicine, recently promoted Jennifer Holcombe to executive director of practice plan operations north.
Holcombe brings 13 years of healthcare experience, including previous positions with University Health System where she began in the internal medicine clinic as the manager, moving to director of clinical services.
Holcombe’s new position provides direction for the all of the day-to-day operations of the University Health System practice plan and provides administrative and strategic direction including planning, monitoring and managing the overall operations. She will provide leadership, direction and administration of all aspects of clinical activities to ensure quality delivery of healthcare services and educational opportunities for residents and medical students. In this position, Holcombe, who has an M.B.A., is responsible for ensuring the physician offices operate in a financially sound, appropriate manner, and are adequately staffed. Additionally, she will provide leadership for the organization and provide strong management and financial skills to encourage and develop growth.
As the state’s only public medical school, the University of Nevada School of Medicine has been a leader in healthcare, medical education and research in Nevada since 1969. The School of Medicine includes 16 clinical departments including family medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, internal medicine, surgery, and psychiatry and behavioral sciences, and five nationally recognized departments in basic science including microbiology and biomedical engineering. The more than 185 doctors of University Health System, the school’s clinical practice, offer care in more than 40 medical specialties and subspecialties with eight physician offices in the Reno/Sparks area and seven in Las Vegas. The school is committed to a best practices approach to medicine and is dedicated to exceptional healthcare for Nevada now and in the future. For more information visit www.medicine.nevada.edu.