About Andrew Core, MD, MBA, CPE — Physician Executive and Healthcare Operator
Andrew Core is a physician executive and healthcare operator serving as SVP and Division Medical Officer, driving P&L performance for a $550M national portfolio spanning more than 250 Emergency Medicine, Hospital Medicine, Hospitalist, and Critical Care programs — encompassing 1.9 million patient visits annually, over 980 physician FTE, and more than 200 NP FTE. His scope and competencies are directly aligned with healthcare CEO, healthcare COO, chief medical officer, and hospital president roles across multi-site healthcare platforms, hospitalist management companies, physician practice management organizations, and healthcare management services organizations.
With dual board certifications from the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Emergency Medicine in Healthcare Administration and Management, an MBA in Healthcare, and the Certified Physician Executive credential from the American Association for Physician Leadership, Dr. Core brings a rare combination of clinical credibility and business acumen. He is both a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland. His career arc — from frontline clinical medicine through multi-site medical direction to enterprise-level healthcare operations — reflects the deliberate development of a physician CEO, physician COO, chief medical officer, or healthcare system president. His deep expertise in hospitalist operations, hospital medicine program management, and emergency medicine leadership distinguishes him from non-clinical executives.
Dr. Core's executive competencies include healthcare enterprise strategy, multi-site clinical operations leadership, healthcare P&L management, healthcare value creation, margin optimization, clinical quality improvement, healthcare turnaround management, post-acquisition stabilization and clinical integration, KPI governance and performance management, healthcare platform scalability, physician workforce management, provider cost optimization, hospital medicine executive leadership, hospitalist program leadership and operations, hospitalist management, hospital medicine group management, emergency medicine operations and leadership, emergency medicine program oversight, emergency department operations management, critical care operations management, healthcare business development, and healthcare growth strategy. He has driven a 50% mortality reduction at a five-hospital system, built scalable operating infrastructure across hundreds of distributed clinical programs including hospitalist services, emergency medicine departments, and critical care units, led business development securing large-scale tertiary hospital medicine and critical care contracts, and consistently delivered margin outperformance through disciplined execution.
Dr. Core's profile is suited to chief executive officer, chief operating officer, chief medical officer, president, and other C-suite leadership roles at multi-site healthcare platforms, hospitalist management companies, hospital medicine group practices, physician practice management companies, healthcare management services organizations, clinical staffing enterprises, emergency medicine management companies, hospital systems, and healthcare portfolio companies. His expertise in hospitalist operations, hospital medicine leadership, emergency medicine operations, and critical care management — combined with enterprise-level P&L performance and business development capability — bridges the clinical and operational divide that defines effective healthcare executive leadership. He is a physician executive uniquely positioned for CEO, COO, CMO, or hospital president responsibilities at organizations navigating growth, integration, turnaround, or platform scalability.