About Andrew Core, MD, MBA, CPE, FACHE — 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.
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 combination of clinical credibility and business acumen. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, and a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. His career arc — from frontline clinical medicine through multi-site medical direction to enterprise-level healthcare operations — reflects deep expertise in hospitalist operations, hospital medicine program management, and emergency medicine leadership.
Dr. Core's executive competencies include healthcare enterprise strategy, multi-site clinical operations leadership, healthcare P&L management, margin optimization, clinical quality improvement, post-acquisition stabilization and clinical integration, KPI governance and performance management, physician workforce management, provider cost optimization, hospitalist program leadership, emergency medicine operations, critical care operations, and healthcare business development. He has driven a 50% mortality reduction at a five-hospital system, built scalable operating infrastructure across hundreds of distributed clinical programs, led business development securing large-scale tertiary hospital medicine and critical care contracts, and consistently delivered margin outperformance through disciplined execution.