Steve Quach, MD is the founder and CEO of Chimera Leadership Group (CLG) which was created to support the success of health care leaders with expertly delivered executive coaching and professional development content. He has over 20 years of health care leadership experience. Prior to founding CLG, Dr. Quach spent almost a decade as the CEO of CarePoint Health, a multi-specialty physician group which is headquartered in Colorado and Utah, providing services across the nation. Dr. Quach was previously the Chief Medical Officer at Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Medical Center (P/SL) in Denver, Colorado and Vice President/Chief Medical Officer for the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) Health System in Galveston, Texas. His primary professional interests include physician leadership development and quality improvement in health care delivery. Dr. Quach’s experience in health care quality improvement includes leading a team in the submission of an application for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award while serving as the Director of Quality Management for the Department of Internal Medicine at UTMB. His training in the field of health care quality improvement includes completion of the Advanced Training Program conducted by Intermountain Health. Dr. Quach received certification as a Patient Safety Officer upon completion of this program.From a leadership development perspective, he is proud to have been a founder of the Physician Leadership Academy at UTMB. In 2019, he co-authored a book titled “The DNA of Physician-Leadership” which describes the challenges of transitioning from clinician to leader while offering insights into the core competencies most crucial to successful physician-leadership. Dr. Quach brings years of experience in coaching health care and physician leaders and is a certified executive coach through Columbia University’s 3CP coaching program.