Amber Larson Email & Phone Number

Minneapolis, MN, US

• Responsibilities expanded to include operations leadership of Rheumatology, Adult Endocrinology, Pediatric Endocrinology, and Infectious Disease/Travel

• Direct a team of consultants who support and lead process and quality improvement efforts in all specialty services departments
• Teach and coach improvement methodology and tools to identified high potential operational leaders across the organization
• Increase visibility and successful application of improvement tools to clinician work, improving efficiency around and within clinical processes
• Partner with executive and department leadership to determine improvement strategy for the service line
• Collaborate with all service lines at Park Nicollet and HealthPartners to ensure improvement efforts leverage the integration of our multispecialty group practice

• Responsibilities expanded to include design and opening of new specialty center, housing 11 medical and surgical specialties in Maple Grove as a bridge plan to opening of a new facility in 2015
• Oversaw center performance and growth including direct reporting leadership of center’s onsite manager

• Responsibilities expanded to include additional family medicine practice with 6 clinicians and 20 support staff, with annual revenues of $3.0M
• During 2009 H1N1 influenza season, supervised the administration of over 4000 seasonal and H1N1 immunizations at both clinic sites

• Accountable for operations of a 16 clinician primary care practice with annual revenues of $7.5M
• Directly responsible for hiring and management of 40 support staff including nursing and clerical/reception staff
• Successfully recruited four clinicians, including two physicians and two physician assistants, to the practice
• Oversaw and championed implementation of improvement initiatives like depression care management DIAMOND project and medical home
• Partnered with local leaders in public health, schools, and other community resources to serve unmet health needs in children and adults

• Interim director of Heart and Vascular Center during opening of new facility in summer 2005, including responsibility for $20M capital budget
• Analyzed multiple data sources to create the first physician-specific cost per case reports at new joint venture TRIA Orthopaedic Center
• Responsible for research, project plan and implementation of Acute Injury Clinic concept at TRIA Orthopaedic Center

• Responsible for the hiring, training, and management of a staff of 30 part-time research assistants collecting patient data
• Ensured project protocol and staff were compliant with HIPAA regulations to meet April 14, 2003 deadline

Mha, Healthcare Administration

GPA: 3.75/4.0 Awarded Howard E. Johnson Scholarship and Graduate Assistantship by University of Minnesota Awarded Foster G. McGaw.

Ba, Hist, Phil & Soc Stud Of Sci/Med

GPA: 3.65/4.0 Dean’s List 1999-00, 2000-01, and 2001-02. Graduated in three years with honors.