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Administrative Fellowship Faculty
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Director, David Joseph Administrative Fellowship – Hospital Operations
Kelly Shak
Vice President, Ambulatory and Post-Acute Operations
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Kelly Shak, MSPT, MBA, FACHE, is Vice President, Ambulatory and Post-Acute Operations, for Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN). Shak is responsible for strategic, fiscal and operational leadership of a diverse set of hospital operations including Rehabilitation Services continuum of care. The rehabilitation division at LVHN includes acute and sub-acute inpatient rehabilitation services on five hospital campuses, a 52-bed skilled nursing facility and 53 outpatient rehabilitation centers providing more than 500,000 patient visits across nine counties.
Shak is also responsible for several other post-acute and ambulatory-based hospital departments, including cardiopulmonary rehabilitation services, Sleep Disorders Centers, occupational medicine, durable medical equipment services, hospital-based audiology services and the Post-Acute Care Collaborative. Within her scope, Shak is responsible for planning and optimizing access, experience and operations within the health network’s 21 community-based health centers.
She is committed to executing strategic growth plans, fostering integration between care teams, developing future operational leaders and improving the patient experience across the continuum of care. She joined LVHN as an outpatient physical therapist in 2002 and started her work with the administrative fellowship program in 2023.
Shak holds a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Physiology from West Virginia University, a Master of Science in Physical Therapy from Widener University and a Master of Business Administration from DeSales University. She is a fellow of the GE Healthcare Health Management Academy and the American College of Healthcare Executives. She is also a member of the American Physical Therapy Association and serves on several nonprofit community boards throughout the region.
Director, Lehigh Valley Physician Group Administrative Fellowship
Gregory Morgan
Vice President, Professional Services
Associate Chair, LVPG Compensation Committee
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Gregory Morgan is Vice President, Professional Services, for Lehigh Valley Physician Group (LVPG) and Associate Chair of the LVPG Compensation Committee.
In his role, Morgan leads strategic compensation planning and implementation, budgeting, benchmarking and management of employment agreements for LVHN’s expansive physician and clinician workforce. In addition, he oversees the integration of physician and clinician compensation plans and employment agreements for mergers and acquisitions.
He has more than 15 years of experience managing physician and clinician compensation plans and employment contracts within academic health care settings. Prior to joining LVHN in 2016, he worked at Thomas Jefferson University for 10 years and partnered with senior leadership to develop formulaic and standardized compensation plans for Jefferson’s Sidney Kimmel Medical College’s faculty and physicians.
Morgan holds a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from Gettysburg College and a Master of Public Administration from Rutgers University–Camden.
Steering Committee
Bob Begliomini, Senior Vice President of Operations, LVHN; President, LVH–Cedar Crest; President, Lehigh Region
Jim Miller, President, LVH–Muhlenberg; President, Northampton Region; Senior Vice President, Lehigh Valley Institute for Surgical Excellence; Senior Vice President, Perioperative Services
Allen Boxbaum, Senior Vice President, Lehigh Valley Heart and Vascular Institute
Kelly Shak, Vice President, Ambulatory and Post-Acute Operations; Director, Administrative Fellowship Program, Hospital Operations
Jodi Koch, Vice President, Patient Care Services, LVH–Cedar Crest
Dan Quay, Vice President, Business and Network Development, LVHN
Lindsay Altimare, Vice President, Operations, Lehigh Valley Reilly Children’s Hospital
Kirstin Reed, Internal Communications and Engagement Manager, LVHN
Gianna Melillo, Campus Operations Manager, LVH–Muhlenberg
Brooke Devers, Consumer Loyalty Program Coordinator
Jennifer Stephens, Chief Value and Ambulatory Care Officer, LVHN; Chief Medical Officer for Quality, Patient Safety and Value-Based Care, LVPG
Denise Kaplan, Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer, LVPG Operations
Joseph DeFulvio, Chief Medical Officer, Finance and Operations, LVPG; Chair, LVPG Board of Governors; Chair, LVPG Compensation Committee
Danielle Birkel, Vice President, Practice and Institute Operations, Lehigh Valley Heart and Vascular Institute
Greg Morgan, Administrator, LVPG Professional Services; Director, Administrative Fellowship Program, LVPG
Jonathan Davidson, Administrator, Department of Medicine, LVHN
Patrick Simonson, Regional Administrator, Schuylkill, Hazleton and Scranton, LVHN
Aaron Hitesman, Program Director, LVPG Vascular Surgery
Ashley Bubbenmoyer, Senior Project Manager, Performance Improvement, LVHN
Hannah McKinney, Manager, Strategic Transformation, LVPG