Dr. Lefkowits received his undergraduate degree, medical degree, and completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. He began his career in Emergency Medicine in 1980 and has practiced at Rose Medical Center since 1984. During his tenure at Rose, Dr. Lefkowits served as a member of the hospital Board of Trustees, President of the Medical staff, Chair of the Credentials Committee, and Chair of the Peer Review committee. He supported hospital and medical staff functions by chairing fair hearings, providing crisis management and press interactions, and developing and nurturing physician leadership programs. As Medical Director of the Emergency Department, Dr. Lefkowits oversaw a growth in volume from 30,000 annual visits to 45,000. He put in place state of the art Cardiac, Stroke and Trauma alert programs and helped the Rose ED lead the way in programs to enhance ED throughput and patient safety and satisfaction metrics. In 2008, Dr. Lefkowits was honored in 5280, The Denver Magazine, as the Top ED Doctor in Denver. Dr. Lefkowits is Board Certified in Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine and currently serves as the Immediate Past President of the Colorado Medical Board.

Dr. Bordelon attended the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, followed by a general surgery residency at the University of Utah School of Medicine. While in Salt Lake City, he completed a fellowship in minimally invasive surgery. Dr. Bordelon is certified by the American Board of Surgery and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, and the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, among other regional and national professional societies. He has practiced general and minimally invasive surgery in Colorado Springs since 1994, and has served as the Chief of Surgery, a member of the Medical Executive Committee, and the Citizenship Committee, among several other hospital medical staff functions. He has been named as a “Top Doctor” by his peers in Colorado Springs Style magazine. Dr. Bordelon was a member of the Colorado Medical Board for four years and served as the chair of one of the board’s inquiry panels during that time.

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.

Dr. Testa is a healthcare leader with extensive experience in emergency medicine. He serves as the Divisional Chief Medical Officer for Common Spirit Health in Southern California, overseeing 18 hospitals. Previously, he was Chief Physician Executive at Dignity Health for six hospitals and Chief Medical Officer at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center. Dr. Testa holds a medical degree from New York Medical College and completed his residency at LAC+USC Medical Center. He is board-certified in Emergency Medicine and has received several awards for his leadership.