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Executive Board

Rich Park, Chairman & CEO

Dr. Richard Park is the founder and former CEO of CityMD, a leading urgent care company that has treated over 4 million patients through its 120+ locations in New York and New Jersey. Under Richard's leadership, CityMD grew successfully from a single-site startup medical office in 2010 to almost $500mm of revenues in 2019 through de novo site openings and medical practice acquisitions. In addition, he is a board certified emergency medicine physician with deep healthcare operating experience and is a successful serial entrepreneur and investor who has worked with companies from conceptualization through execution and multiple exits. 

Prior to founding CityMD in 2010, Richard was an Attending Physician in the Emergency Department at Long Island Jewish Medical Center. As a physician educator he served as Associate Program Director and was voted Teaching Attending of the Year by the residents from 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006. He is a co-editor of McGraw Hill’s Intensive Review of Emergency Medicine.  Richard received a B.S. in economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an MD from Albert Einstein College of Medicine. 

Rich Park,
Chairman & CEO

Executive Leadership

Nedal Shami, President

Dr. Nedal Shami is the President of CareAbout. Prior to CareAbout, Nedal was a co-founder of CityMD. At CityMD, Nedal served as Chief Operating Officer followed by Chief Growth Officer and board member, where he led/was responsible for all aspects of growth inclusive of M&A, De Novo, Payer and Health System Strategies. Following CityMD, Nedal founded dntl bar, a dental focused platform with the goal of simplifying customer experience. Nedal completed his residency in Emergency Medicine at Long Island Jewish Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where he was Chief Resident. He is a board-certified Emergency Medicine Physician who practices at The Valley Hospital, an institution in Northern New Jersey, as well as St.- Luke's Roosevelt in NYC, an academic affiliate of the Columbia School of Medicine. Nedal serves on several boards, including Upstream, the nation's largest Physical Therapy provider, the NYU Entrepreneur Institute, and Small Door Veterinary.

Dr. Shami holds a B.S. in Biology from New York University and his MD from the UCD School of Medicine. 

Nedal Shami,
President

Will Nestor, COO & CAO

Will Nestor is the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Administrative Officer of CareAbout. Prior to joining CareAbout, Mr. Nestor served as the Chief Performance Officer and Corporate Counsel at Prospect Medical Holdings, Inc., where he helped turnaround, integrate, and operate hospitals, medical groups, and health systems across the country. Mr. Nestor was also the Senior Director of Operations at Mount Sinai Health System, where he served in various administrative, operational, and strategic leadership roles to grow and improve Mt. Sinai Health System’s size, profitability, and quality. In addition to his operational experience, Mr. Nestor was an Associate Attorney at Genova Burns and a Judicial Law Clerk for the State of New Jersey.

Mr. Nestor received his J.D.from Seton Hall University School of Law, where he focused on Health Care Law, Commercial Transactions, and International Law. Mr. Nestor received his M.B.A from Rutgers Business School, where he focused on Health Care Administration, Operations, and Finance. In addition, he holds credentials as a Certified Healthcare Compliance Professional from Seton Hall University of Law.

Will Nestor,
COO & CAO

Dr. David Shih, CMO

Dr. David Shih is the Chief Medical Officer of CareAbout. Prior to joining CareAbout, Dr. Shih was the co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of CityMD, where he also operated as their Executive Vice President of Strategy Health & Innovation. At CityMD, Dr. Shih was responsible for hiring the first 100 physicians, the creation of CityMD’s Academy training services and Aftercare Services medical staff training, and the creation of systems and processes to help CityMD scale and retain care-quality. Dr. Shih is the founder of Master Clinicians, and presently serves as the Chief Medical Officer of Rendr Care. Dr. Shih worked as an attending physician in Northwell Health’s emergency room at Huntington Hospital. He completed his residency training in Emergency Medicine at Long Island Jewish Medical Center.

Dr. Shih holds a B.S. in Biochemistry from Binghamton University. He holds his M.D from the New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine.

David Shih,
 CMO

Claudia Honan, Esq. CLO

Claudia Honan, Esq. is the Chief Legal Officer of CareAbout. She has 30+ years’ experience as healthcare legal counsel. Prior to joining CareAbout, Ms. Honan served as the General Counsel of Health Plus Management, where she was responsible for all legal and compliance aspects of the Company and served as a key member of the C-Suite. Mrs. Honan was also the former General Counsel of CityMD, where she advised on a broad array of issues, including fraud and abuse, governance, corporate compliance, transactional arrangements, patient-related legal issues, and HIPAA compliance. In addition, Ms. Honan previously served as the Counsel of Rivkin Radler and was a Partner of Nixon Peabody. Ms. Honan has been named as a "Super Lawyer” for each of the past ten consecutive years. She has also been named to "Best Lawyers in America" for 2022. Ms. Honan presently serves on the Business Advisory Council of SUNY Geneseo’s John W. Jones School of Business. She also serves on its Social Impact Committee.

Ms. Honan graduated magna cum laude with a B.S. in Business from SUNY Geneseo’s John W. Jones School of Business. She holds a J.D. with distinction from Hofstra University School of Law.

Claudia Honan,
CLO

Munish Khaneja, CSO

Dr. Munish Khaneja is the Chief Strategy Officer of CareAbout. Prior to joining CareAbout, Dr. Khaneja served as the Chief Medical Officer of Altruista Health, Inc., where he oversaw clinical strategy and regulatory innovation across all products and services. Prior to Altruista, Dr. Khaneja served as Vice President of Clinical Effectiveness and Pharmacy at EmblemHealth, where he was also the Corporate Clinical Lead for Population Health and Value Based Purchasing. Dr. Khaneja has served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Affinity Health Plan and the Greater Hudson Valley Health Center. He was also a Hospitalist at Kings County Health Center in Brooklyn, New York. Dr. Khaneja presently maintains academic affiliation as an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at SUNY Downstate College of Medicine. He is a board member and advisor to numerous national organizations and corporations, and is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians.

Dr. Khaneja graduated Summa Cum Laude with a B.S. in Chemistry from Brooklyn College. He holds his M.D. from the SUNY Downstate College of Medicine. In addition, Dr. Khaneja holds his M.S. in Public Health from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. He is trained in Internal Medicine and General Pediatrics, is a board-certified internist, and is certified in Medical and Healthcare Informatics. 

Munish Khaneja,
CSO

Rob Cho, Chief Financial Officer and SVP of Finance

Rob Cho is the Chief Financial Officer and SVP of Finance at CareAbout. Prior to joining CareAbout, Mr. Cho served as the Senior Vice President of Finance and Accounting and Interim CFO at Commonwealth Care Alliance, where he oversaw all financial matters at the Medicare and Medicaid integrated payer and provider. Mr. Cho’s financial leadership experience also includes serving as the Medicaid Market CFO for Gateway Health, Finance Lead of Health Plan Operations at Highmark, and VP of FP&A at APS Healthcare. In addition to internally focused financial management, Mr. Cho has led M&A and capital raising projects with United Health and Universal American. Mr. Cho has also led healthcare M&A, strategy, and operations projects for Deloitte and PwC.

Mr. Cho holds an M.B.A. in Finance and Accounting from the Simon School of Business at the University of Rochester. He also holds a B.A. from Wesleyan University.

Rob Cho,
Chief Financial Officer and SVP of Finance

Leadership & Management

Scott Farnsworth, CMIO

Scott Farnsworth is the Chief Medical Information Officer at CareAbout. Prior to joining CareAbout, Mr. Farnsworth served as the Vice President of Clinical Systems & Solution Architecture at Kindred Healthcare, where he was responsible for the conceptualization, design, and development of enterprise-wide clinical solutions. Mr. Farnsworth was also the Vice President of Population Health Technology at Humana, and the CIO to their Managed Services Organization, Transcend MSO. In addition, Mr. Farnsworth worked as a nurse in hospital intensive care and critical care units, on MedSurg floors, in nursing homes, and home health/hospice settings.

Mr. Farnsworth holds a B.S. in Psychology and Mechanical Engineering from Brigham Young University. He also holds his M.S. in Integrative Health Science from Capital University of Integrative Medicine. In addition, he graduated from Platt College of Nursing and is a certified Project Management Professional from the Project Management Institute.

Scott Farnsworth,
CMIO

Mohamed Humaidi, SVP Data & Analytics

Mohamed Humaidi is the Senior Vice President of Data & Analytics at CareAbout. Prior to CareAbout, Mr. Humaidi was the Vice President of Healthcare Data & Analytics at Franciscan Alliance, where he oversaw the Enterprise Data & Analytics strategies including but not limited to interoperability, governance, master data management, reporting and analytics enablement. Prior to Franciscan Alliance, Mr. Humaidi served as the Vice President of Accountable Care Analytics at Northwell Health, where he oversaw the establishment of the payor data warehouse, care management data & analytics activities for all VBCs and bundle payment programs related to population health management. Mr. Humaidi has also worked with large health plans such as HHC MetroPlus, Fidelis Care, Emblem Health, and Affinity Health Plan and built multiple end-to-end analytic solutions from data warehousing to data visualization. Mr. Humaidi helped integrated delivery systems and health plans to become data-driven decision organizations and enabled them to achieve their strategic goals.

Mr. Humaidi holds a B.S. in Information Systems and Mathematics from the College of Staten Island. He is also trained in Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.

Mohamed Humaidi,
SVP Data & Analytics

Kristie Bailey, Vice President of VBP Contracting and Strategy

Kristie Bailey is the Vice President of VBP Contracting and Strategy at CareAbout. Prior to CareAbout, Ms. Bailey was the Director of Population Health at Guidewell, Florida Blue Medicare, where she was successful in implementing strategy and operations focused on alternative care models & delivery, value-based contracting, provider engagement and contract performance, CMS Stars and HEDIS excellence, risk & coding accuracy, member/patient experience, and provider satisfaction. Ms. Bailey has also served as a Senior Consultant at Helgerson Solutions Group working with national payor and provider teams. At MVP Healthcare, Ms. Bailey built VBC programs with a focus on NYS Medicaid DSRIP and primary care practice optimization across all lines business. At CDPHP Ms. Bailey led teams responsible for field based primary care practice optimization, VBC contracting, and internal payer operationalization of VBC programs across multiple lines of business in a variety of leadership roles.

Ms. Bailey holds a B.S. in Business Management & Economics, with a concentration in Healthcare Administration from SUNY Empire State College.

Kristie Bailey,
Vice President of VBP Contracting and Strategy

Afraz Haque,VP Business Development

Afraz Haque is the Vice President of Business Development at CareAbout. Prior to CareAbout, Mr. Haque was the Senior Physician Account Executive at Quest Diagnostics, where he was responsible for the integration and day-to-day operations of commercial lab services for various medical groups, including CityMD, AFC Urgent Care, MD365, and Tia Clinic. Mr. Haque has also served in various business development roles at organizations including MasterClinicians and Rally.co. 

Mr. Haque holds a B.S. as a Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Sciences in Philadelphia. He also holds his Financial Planning and Services certification from Fordham University.

Afraz Haque,
VP Business
Development

Daniel Rothman,SVP Finance

Daniel Rothman is the Senior Vice President of Finance at CareAbout. Prior to CareAbout, Mr. Rothman was part of the founding team from CityMD, where he served as the Vice President of Corporate Strategy. Mr. Rothman serves as a board member to PeraHealth, Inc. as their co-founder and former Executive Vice President. At PeraHealth, Mr. Rothman helped commercialize the Rothman Index, a life-saving EMR application that identifies patient health trends and reduces mortality rates in hospitals by 30%. Mr. Rothman also helped build and commercialize Mymee, a health-coaching platform for autoimmune disease patients. He also founded Zeo, a smart alarm clock based on a technology he invented. Mr. Rothman is currently an angel investor through Mid-Atlantic Bio Angels and serves as the current Chief Financial Officer of Rendr Care. Mr. Rothman has also worked in and run a variety of research laboratories and has published on the underlying geometry of human cognitive maps.

Mr. Rothman holds a Sc.B. in Cognitive Neuroscience from Brown University. He holds his Healthcare Executive M.B.A. from the University of California, Irvine.

Daniel Rothman,
SVP Finance

Steven Kang, Technology Leader

Steven Kang is the Technology Leader at CareAbout. Prior to CareAbout, Mr. Kang was the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of CityMD, where he led design and implementation of key software integration and data analytics, leading to its ultimate sale to Warburg Pincus in 2017. Prior to CityMD, Mr. Kang was the founder and former CEO of Eryx Corp. Mr. Kang was also a Software Architect for Columbia Artists.
 
Mr. Kang holds a B.S. from New York University in Computer Science. He also holds his M.S. in Computer Science from New York University.
Steven Kang,
Technology Leader

Kristi Reismann,Director of Revenue Cycle Management

Kristi Reismann is the Director of Revenue Cycle Management at CareAbout. Prior to CareAbout, Ms. Reismann served as the Revenue Cycle Director at Rendr Care Physicians, where she was responsible for building centralized revenue cycle operations through standardization and process improvement while ensuring the seamless transition of new mergers and acquisitions. Prior to Rendr, Ms. Reisman was the Revenue Cycle Director at CityMD and Premier Care, where she established a centralized revenue cycle after CityMD’s merger with Premier Care in 2014. Ms. Reismann led the organization through two successful EMR transitions by mitigating risk and maximizing revenue through healthcare compliance coding.

Ms. Reismann is currently pursuing her M.S. in Healthcare Administration from Columbia University and holds a B.S. in Hotel Management from the Estonian College of Hotel and Tourism Management. Ms. Reismann also holds credentials as a Certified Professional Medical Auditor, Certified Evaluation and Management Coder, and Certified Professional Coder from American Academy Holdings, LLC.

Kristi Reismann,
Director of Revenue
Cycle Management

Daniel Rothman,SVP Finance

Daniel Rothman is the Senior Vice President of Finance at CareAbout. Prior to CareAbout, Mr. Rothman was part of the founding team from CityMD, where he served as the Vice President of Corporate Strategy. Mr. Rothman serves as a board member to PeraHealth, Inc. as their co-founder and former Executive Vice President. At PeraHealth, Mr. Rothman helped commercialize the Rothman Index, a life-saving EMR application that identifies patient health trends and reduces mortality rates in hospitals by 30%. Mr. Rothman also helped build and commercialize Mymee, a health-coaching platform for autoimmune disease patients. He also founded Zeo, a smart alarm clock based on a technology he invented. Mr. Rothman is currently an angel investor through Mid-Atlantic Bio Angels and serves as the current Chief Financial Officer of Rendr Care. Mr. Rothman has also worked in and run a variety of research laboratories and has published on the underlying geometry of human cognitive maps.

Mr. Rothman holds a Sc.B. in Cognitive Neuroscience from Brown University. He holds his Healthcare Executive M.B.A. from the University of California, Irvine.

Daniel Rothman,
SVP Finance

Steven Kang, Technology Leader

Steven Kang is the Technology Leader at CareAbout. Prior to CareAbout, Mr. Kang was the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of CityMD, where he led design and implementation of key software integration and data analytics, leading to its ultimate sale to Warburg Pincus in 2017. Prior to CityMD, Mr. Kang was the founder and former CEO of Eryx Corp. Mr. Kang was also a Software Architect for Columbia Artists.
 
Mr. Kang holds a B.S. from New York University in Computer Science. He also holds his M.S. in Computer Science from New York University.
Steven Kang,
Technology Leader

Afraz Haque,VP Business Development

Afraz Haque is the Vice President of Business Development at CareAbout. Prior to CareAbout, Mr. Haque was the Senior Physician Account Executive at Quest Diagnostics, where he was responsible for the integration and day-to-day operations of commercial lab services for various medical groups, including CityMD, AFC Urgent Care, MD365, and Tia Clinic. Mr. Haque has also served in various business development roles at organizations including MasterClinicians and Rally.co. 

Mr. Haque holds a B.S. as a Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Sciences in Philadelphia. He also holds his Financial Planning and Services certification from Fordham University.

Afraz Haque,
VP Business
Development

Kristi Reismann,Director of Revenue Cycle Management

Kristi Reismann is the Director of Revenue Cycle Management at CareAbout. Prior to CareAbout, Ms. Reismann served as the Revenue Cycle Director at Rendr Care Physicians, where she was responsible for building centralized revenue cycle operations through standardization and process improvement while ensuring the seamless transition of new mergers and acquisitions. Prior to Rendr, Ms. Reisman was the Revenue Cycle Director at CityMD and Premier Care, where she established a centralized revenue cycle after CityMD’s merger with Premier Care in 2014. Ms. Reismann led the organization through two successful EMR transitions by mitigating risk and maximizing revenue through healthcare compliance coding.

Ms. Reismann is currently pursuing her M.S. in Healthcare Administration from Columbia University and holds a B.S. in Hotel Management from the Estonian College of Hotel and Tourism Management. Ms. Reismann also holds credentials as a Certified Professional Medical Auditor, Certified Evaluation and Management Coder, and Certified Professional Coder from American Academy Holdings, LLC.

Kristi Reismann,
Director of Revenue
Cycle Management

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