FCVC Transformational Leadership Program Presenters

Keith Dickey joined Michigan Medicine in 2018 as Chief Strategy Officer, after serving as the interim Director for Strategic Planning and Business Development at Michigan Medicine since 2017.  

Keith has 30 years of experience providing strategic and financial advisory services to the healthcare industry and has advised a broad range of healthcare providers, including integrated delivery systems, academic medical centers, children’s hospitals, provider-sponsored managed care organizations, senior care facilities, and clinical laboratories. Keith’s areas of expertise include enterprise and service line strategies; AMC funds flow; strategic capital planning; valuations; and mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and clinical affiliations.

Prior to and during his Interim role at Michigan Medicine, Keith was a Director with The Chartis Group, a national healthcare management consulting firm, and co-leader for the firm’s partnerships and affiliations practice.  Keith has also worked as a healthcare investment banker, first at Shattuck Hammond Partners from 1996 until 2006, where he served as Chief Knowledge Officer and later Principal, and subsequently as a senior healthcare investment banker at the successor firms of Morgan Keegan & Company and then Raymond James and Associates following Morgan Keegan’s acquisition of Shattuck Hammond Partners in 2007 and its merger with Raymond James in 2012. From 1992 to 1996, Keith was a consultant at APM, Inc., a healthcare management consulting firm, where he focused on health system strategy and hospital operations re-engineering projects.

Keith holds a Ph.D. in Classical Archaeology from Bryn Mawr College and an A.B., magna cum laude, from Dartmouth College. He was a Fulbright scholar to Greece in 1987.

Scott A. Flanders, M.D. is currently Chief Clinical Strategy Officer for University of Michigan Health, where in partnership with the Chief Strategy Officer, he is responsible for developing and operationalizing Michigan Medicine’s growing statewide network. Dr. Flanders is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine at the University of Michigan, where he serves as Vice Chair for the Department of Internal Medicine.  He was the founding leader of Michigan’s Hospital Medicine Program, and from 2003-2017 grew the program from four faculty to over 100, while concurrently developing robust clinical, educational, quality and research programs within the section. Dr. Flanders was a founding member of the Board of Directors of the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) and is a Past-President of SHM. In 2013, Dr. Flanders was awarded the designation of Master in Hospital Medicine by the Society of Hospital Medicine.

Dr. Flanders’ research interests include hospitalists, hospital-acquired conditions and their prevention, dissemination of patient safety and quality improvement practices, and the diagnosis and treatment of lower respiratory infections. Dr. Flanders developed and leads the Michigan Hospital Medicine Safety (HMS) Consortium, focused on preventing adverse events in hospitalized patients. He has authored over 150 journal articles and book chapters and has edited two textbooks and a book series in the field of Hospital Medicine. 

Dr. Flanders received his Medical Degree from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and completed his residency and chief residency at the University of California, San Francisco.

Sonya Jacobs has been appointed as Special Advisor to the President, Sonya Jacob’s role is to advise the President and executive leadership of the university and to help lead the university’s efforts on cultural change regarding ethics, values and compliance. In this capacity, she will oversee the development of a University-wide statement of values and ethics through a process that includes robust community engagement inclusive of faculty, staff, students and other stakeholders across the three campuses. 

Sonya is also U-M’s first chief organizational learning officer, where she is responsible for creating curricula and strategies to build the capabilities of staff, faculty and leaders across the university. This includes the development of education, training, interventions and programs to further the university’s initiatives around creating an inclusive and equitable environment. Sonya also serves as the senior director of Faculty and Leadership Development responsible for supporting faculty in achieving their professional and career goals, the recruitment, on-boarding and retention of a diverse faculty, and leadership development for both faculty and staff. 

Sonya oversees strategic planning and implementation of organization-wide career and leadership development, as well as coaching and mentoring support. Her appointments allow her to spot opportunities to strengthen collaboration, identify available resources, and replicate best practices across all three campuses and Michigan Medicine. In addition, she holds a leadership role for the design and implementation of a new leadership development framework and succession planning process across the health system. 

Dr. Himanshu Patel is the Joe D. Morris Collegiate Professor of Cardiac Surgery. In August 2016, he became Head of the Section of Adult Cardiac Surgery. He serves as the Executive Director of the Cardiovascular Network of West Michigan.  He received his undergraduate degree at The Johns Hopkins University in 1988 and completed medical school at The Johns Hopkins University in 1993. His general surgery training was completed at University of Rochester School of Medicine, Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester New York, in 2000, and his Thoracic Surgery residency was completed at the University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 2002.  He then completed a fellowship in Thoracic Transplantation/Adult Cardiac Surgery and joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor of Surgery in 2003 at the University of Michigan. From 2004 to 2010, he was Chief of the Cardiothoracic Surgery Service at the Ann Arbor Veterans Health System. He also completed an Endovascular Surgery Fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic in 2005.

His clinical interests include the field of adult cardiac surgery with emphasis on aortic valve disease, including both open and percutaneous approaches, thoracic aortic disease, including aortic aneurysms, and thoracic aortic endovascular surgery. His research interests revolve around outcomes of open and endovascular thoracic aortic procedures, conventional and catheter-based aortic valve surgery, and development of catheter based endovascular devices.  In addition, he collaborates extensively with bioengineers and radiologists at the Frankel Cardiovascular Center to evaluate the impact of catheter-based therapy on cardiac function and aortic and cerebrovascular blood flow hemodynamics. He is a member of all major cardiac and vascular surgical societies.

Dr. Runge was born in Austin, Texas, and graduated from Vanderbilt University with a BA in General Biology and a PhD in Molecular Biology. He received his medical degree from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and trained in internal medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He was a cardiology fellow and junior faculty member at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Runge’s next position was at Emory University, where he directed the Cardiology Fellowship Training Program. He then moved to the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, where he was Chief of Cardiology and Director of the Sealy Center for Molecular Cardiology. He joined the University of North Carolina (UNC) from 2000 – 2014, where he served as Charles Addison and Elizabeth Ann Sanders Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Chair of the Department of Medicine, President of UNC Physicians and Vice Dean for Clinical Affairs.

Dr. Runge is currently executive vice president for medical affairs and dean of the Medical School at the University of Michigan and CEO of Michigan Medicine. Dr. Runge is board-certified in internal medicine and cardiovascular diseases and has spoken and published widely on topics in clinical cardiology and vascular medicine.

At the University of Michigan, Dr. Runge began serving as the executive vice president for medical affairs in March 2015 and, in January 2016, he was also appointed as the dean of the Medical School.  He is the first person to serve in this combined position created by the Regents for the purpose of strengthening the integration between the Medical School and health care delivery in our hospitals and health centers.

During his tenure in these leadership roles, Dr. Runge has implemented transformative change and positioned Michigan Medicine and the Medical School for continued success. Notable achievements during this period include: a significant expansion of Michigan Medicine’s clinical network in the state, through an affiliation with Metro Health and joint ventures with Trinity Health and Sparrow Health System; launch of the Precision Health Initiative, a major research collaboration with several other U-M schools and colleges; oversight of the conclusion of the Victors for Michigan campaign which raised $1.5 billion dollars for institutional strategic priorities; and the development and implementation of Michigan Medicine’s first strategic plan for diversity, equity and inclusion in support of the broader university-wide DEI initiative.

Under Dr. Runge’s leadership, the University of Michigan Health’s adult hospitals were ranked best in Michigan and 17th in the nation by U.S. News & World Report “Best Hospitals” rankings for 2022-2023. This prestigious honor measures excellence in patient care. The organization had three medical specialties ranked in the nation’s top 10, five medical specialties ranked in the nation’s top 20 and nine medical specialties ranked as the top program in the state.

Current  and new initiatives under Dr. Runge’s leadership include construction of the The D. Dan and Betty Kahn Health Care Pavilion, a 12 story and 264 private inpatient room Neuroscience Hospital; working to reduce faculty and staff burnout; executive rounding to help promote employee engagement and retention; establishment of the Heart Brain Institute and Global Health; oversight and development of the Anti-Racism Oversight Committee to help achieve an anti-racist culture; improved access and patient experience through the M2C2 Capacity Center; and the establishment of the Care at Home initiative which focuses on providing safe, hospital-level care to patients in their own home.

Dr. Runge has been a physician-scientist for his entire career, combining basic and translational research with the care of patients with cardiovascular diseases and education. He is the author of over 200 publications in the field and holds five patents for novel approaches in health care.

Paul Sturgis, MSHROD, SPHR, is a member of the Michigan Medicine leadership team functioning as its Senior Director of Human Resources Strategy and Organizational Effectiveness. He has over 25 years of progressive HR experience leading change, implementing process improvement, and providing expertise in people management.

In his current role, Paul provides leadership and oversight for talent acquisition, employment, new hire orientation, employee engagement and recognition, and training and organizational development initiatives.

He has also previously held executive and leadership roles in a variety of industries and organizations including Tenet Healthcare, Detroit Medical Center, Sparrow Health System, Detroit Public Schools and DTE Energy. Paul is also a board Trustee Emeritus with the Michigan School of Psychology.

Paul possesses a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology and Master of Science degree in Human Resources and Organizational Development from Eastern Michigan University. He has also completed the University of Michigan/ Ross School of Business Advanced Human Resources Executive Program.

Jeremy has served as the Frankel CVC Senior Financial Manager since June 2011. Prior to that, he began his Michigan Medicine career in April 2005 as a financial analyst in the UMHS Finance Department. He received his Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) from Western Michigan University, majoring in accounting with a minor in economics. He lives with his wife, Dawn, and children, Brady and Briana, in Saline, Michigan.