Hi, I’m
William Starks
Uvalde
Summary
Providing Exceptional Operational Leadership, Healthcare Education, and Top-Rated Patient Care. Successful history of developing initiatives to boost service quality and standards of care. Instrumental in ensuring operational responsibilities align with mission and vision of organization. Capable of acting as change agent to create cultural adjustments and improve overall work environment.
Competent [Desired Position] with extensive experience in leading medical teams and developing patient care protocols. Successfully managed multidisciplinary teams to improve patient outcomes and streamline clinical operations. Demonstrated strategic planning and leadership skills in high-pressure environments.
Overview
6
years of professional experience
1
Certificate
Work History
El Paso State - Supported Living Center
Medical Director
01.2020
Job overview
- Directed team of up to 8 nurses, 3 primary care providers (NP/physician), 3 dental staff members, and 3 psychiatric staff members; performed all management duties for dental, psychiatric, and neuropsychiatric health centers
- Provided quality long-term care, cultivated collaborative work environments, promoted open-door management policy, and championed professional development initiatives for staff members
- Ensured employees expectations and responsibilities aligned with clinic's strategic vision and mission
- Transformed communication/collaboration between consultants, neurological service, pharmacy, and psychiatry teams; eliminated communication gaps and ensured ongoing partnership throughout units
- Achieved 70% improvement in QC/compliance after implementing peer-review process for documentation
- Consistently ranked top performer during weekly/monthly quality control checks and reviews due to operational enhancements resulting in exceptional quality of clinical care
Landmark Recovery
Regional Medical Director
07.2022 - 01.2024
Job overview
- The RMD provides recommendations on assessing, diagnosing, and treating individuals with mental disorders
- RMDs are responsible for examining, evaluating, and diagnosing drug abuse disorders in patients acquiring treatment for substances such as alcohol, benzodiazepines, and opiates, including buprenorphine therapy
- The position directs the management, investigation, and identification of acute and chronic medical diseases
- Psychiatric diagnoses, medical conditions, social difficulties, and substance use disorders (opioids, benzodiazepines, alcohol, or stimulants, for illustration) addictions can all be treated with medicines prescribed by RMDs
- An RMD provides psychotherapy services to the patients at this facility
- RMDs are the medical professionals accountable for developing biopsychosocial prescriptions and therapy
- Adhering to the most advanced standards of care, RMDs effectively perform their duties
- As part of their education, psychiatric nurse practitioners are guided in therapy by regional medical directors, with the opportunity to work on complicated and advanced/consolidated addictive and psychiatric cases alongside the RMDs in a corroborative association
- RMDs engage in daily patient management, collaborating with a care group that includes therapists, psychologists, patient care advocates, psychiatrists, and other consultants, such as obstetricians
- RMDs are accountable for the most advanced and current standards of evidence-based benchmarks of patient care of patients in general medicine, psychology, the biopsychosocial model, psychiatry, and cognitive-behavioral therapy
Elite Starks Family Medicine
President | CEO | Medical Director
01.2018 - 01.2020
Job overview
- Spearheaded day-to-day operations, provided oversight and direction to ensure consistency, safety, and quality of patient care; continuously identified innovative integration initiatives to benefit employee health/well-being
- Led team of providers/staff, implemented/executed quality control measures, and fostered positive relationships with hospitals/consultants
- Maintained awareness of advances in medicine, computerized diagnostic/treatment equipment, data processing technology, government regulations, health insurance changes, and financing options
- Consulted with medical, business, and community groups to discuss service problems, respond to community needs, enhance public relations, coordinate activities and plans, and promote health programs
- Delivered top-notch primary care to every patient, which resulted in exemplary 4.6/5.0 average satisfaction score
- Direct, supervise and evaluate work activities of medical, nursing, technical, clerical, service, maintenance, and other personnel
- Relied upon to handle billing reimbursements, ensure payroll accuracy, maintain supply inventory, and manage overall ongoing business operation expenses
- Implemented active patient panel and created clearly-defined protocols for entire organization
- Successfully founded practice, handled budget-balancing/AR duties, and trained/coached all staff members
Education
Loyola University of New Orleans
Bachelor of Science from Biology
Abilene Christian University
Ed.D. from Doctoral Candidate
01.2025
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Doctor of Medicine
01.2004
Skills
- Direct Report
- Leadership
- Cross-Department
- Collaboration
- Executive
- Communication
- Medical Practice
- Strategic Growth
- Pediatric Primary Care
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support
- Medical Training
- Relationship Development
- Inpatient Procedures
- Hospital Procedures
- Clinical Research
- Healthcare Management
- Operations Management
- Evidence-Based Medicine
- Internal Medicine
- Public Health
- Procedural Primary Care
- Crisis Management
- Healthcare Policies
- Team Building
- Urgent Care
- Scholarly Activities
Certification
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support
- Board Certified Family Practitioner
- Translational Research Fellow
- Academic & Faculty Development Fellowship
- Doctoral Student in Organizational Leadership
Affiliations
- Swedish America Hospital Quality Control Board
- Society of Teachers of Family Medicine
- Texas Medical Board
Timeline
Regional Medical Director
Landmark Recovery
07.2022 - 01.2024
Medical Director
El Paso State - Supported Living Center
01.2020
President | CEO | Medical Director
Elite Starks Family Medicine
01.2018 - 01.2020
Abilene Christian University
Ed.D. from Doctoral Candidate
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Doctor of Medicine
Loyola University of New Orleans
Bachelor of Science from Biology
Personal Information
Title: Medical Director
Academiclectures
- Dizziness Influenza
- Chronic Kidney Disease Fibromyalgia
- Low Back Pain Severe Hypertension
- Type 2 Diabetes/Insulin Therapy Management
- Suturing/Casting Procedural Workshops
- Red Eye
- Chronic Pain Management
- Board Review & Test-Taking
Awards
- Faculty of The Year (2011-2012)
- Who's Who Among Medical Faculty
- Best Primary Care Physician - Rockford, Illinois
Publications
- Effects of Adenovirus-Mediated Liver Selective Over-Expression of Protein-Tyrosine Phosphatase-1B On Insulin Sensitivity In Vivo., Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism
- ITS/5.8S DNA Sequence Variation In 15 Isolates of Synura Petersoenii Korshikov (Synurophyceae) Phylogenetic Analyses of Synura, Section Synura (Synurophyceae) Using ITS/5.8s Sequences and Scale Morphology, Abstract/Oral Paper Presentation
- Phylogenetic Analyses of Selected Synurophyceae Using ITS/5.8s Sequences and Developmentally Based, Scale Morphology, Abstract/Poster Paper
Education
Partnered in project aimed at improving the Diet and Nutrition of residents in specific Miami region
Personal Information
Title: Medical Director
Academiclectures
- Dizziness Influenza
- Chronic Kidney Disease Fibromyalgia
- Low Back Pain Severe Hypertension
- Type 2 Diabetes/Insulin Therapy Management
- Suturing/Casting Procedural Workshops
- Red Eye
- Chronic Pain Management
- Board Review & Test-Taking
Awards
- Faculty of The Year (2011-2012)
- Who's Who Among Medical Faculty
- Best Primary Care Physician - Rockford, Illinois
Publications
- Effects of Adenovirus-Mediated Liver Selective Over-Expression of Protein-Tyrosine Phosphatase-1B On Insulin Sensitivity In Vivo., Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism
- ITS/5.8S DNA Sequence Variation In 15 Isolates of Synura Petersoenii Korshikov (Synurophyceae) Phylogenetic Analyses of Synura, Section Synura (Synurophyceae) Using ITS/5.8s Sequences and Scale Morphology, Abstract/Oral Paper Presentation
- Phylogenetic Analyses of Selected Synurophyceae Using ITS/5.8s Sequences and Developmentally Based, Scale Morphology, Abstract/Poster Paper
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