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Dr. Randy Pilgrim provides executive oversight and direction for SCP Health’s clinical operations, including systems that support clinical excellence, minimize risk, and deliver key results for patients and clinicians.  He also leads SCP’s efforts in health care policy, industry relations, and advocacy, in service of an effective and sustainable system of emergency care in the US.

Dr. Pilgrim completed medical school and residency at the University of Minnesota. He has served in emergency medicine practice and leadership roles for over 30 years and is regularly involved with health policy issues at state and national levels.  His actuarial background, analytical skills, and practical experiences combine with clinical and operational knowledge to balance patient care demands, clinicians’ needs, and key business considerations.

During four terms as Chair of the Board for the Emergency Department Practice Management Association (EDPMA), he represented members that impact over half of the 140 million annual ED visits in the US, working with legislative and regulatory measures that affect quality emergency care.  He now chairs EDPMA’s Federal Health Policy Committee and has co-chaired ACEP’s Task Force on Alternative Payment Models. He serves as a faculty member for ACEP’s ED Director Academy, and has lectured with the IOM’s dissemination workshop series, “Hospital-Based Emergency Care, At the Breaking Point”.

As faculty for ACEP’s Scientific Assembly and ED Director Academy, Dr. Pilgrim speaks on a variety of topics related to emergency medicine and health care reform and was twice honored as a Speaker of the Year.

Rich D’Amaro, a seasoned veteran of the healthcare industry, is responsible for the day-to-day operations and strategic initiatives of SCP Health. Previously, he presided as Founder and Partner Emeritus of Subsidium Healthcare, LLC, an Atlanta-based healthcare consulting firm that he began in 2001. D’Amaro served in various capacities for 22 years with industry powerhouse KPMG LLP, including roles as a member of the firm’s Management Committee, National Managing Partner for the healthcare practice and Chairman of the International Practice.

After leaving KPMG, D’Amaro served as Chairman of two successful healthcare technology companies. In 2005, he merged Subsidium into Tatum, LLC, and became Chairman and CEO. He led Tatum for five years and exited after a successful sale to SFN group in 2010. His commitment to healthcare has included board leadership roles in the Alzheimer’s Association, Health Care Georgia Foundation, Vanderbilt University Technology Corporation, and St. Joseph’s Mercy Care. He currently serves on the Advisory Board of the Fulcrum Equity Partners, a private equity firm based in Atlanta, and Enduracare Acute Services, LLC.

Rob Reilly is an accomplished operating executive with more than 25 years of experience in the health care industry. Rob has deep expertise in operations, sales and marketing, strategy, and finance and a proven ability in developing and executing business strategy and leading large organizations at scale. 

Rob joined SCP Health in 2020 as Chief Operating Officer and was promoted to the President role in 2024. In his position, Rob is responsible for leading SCP’s 500+ physician practices and the supporting operating teams, focused on delivering exceptional care for almost 10 million patients annually.    

Prior to SCP Health, Rob spent 28 years with GE. During his GE career, he worked in multiple GE businesses across North America, Europe, and Asia. For 20 years, Reilly held diverse leadership responsibilities at GE Healthcare, helping navigate the business through the rapidly transforming healthcare industry. He led the charge transitioning from a transactional product to solutions focus, leading commercial strategy, driving operational performance, and helping shape health policy. At GE Healthcare, Rob held multiple leadership roles including CFO, VP- Sales, Chief Marketing Officer, and President- Services.   

Reilly is a 1993 graduate of the University of Michigan Ross School of Business with a degree in Business Administration. He has been active in the Health Management Academy and as a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives. He previously served as the Board Chair for Big Brothers Big Sisters in Metro Milwaukee and led the Greater Milwaukee United Way Campaign. 

Jim Guidry’s healthcare leadership and management experience includes over 30 years of success in the operation of medical practices in emergency, hospital medicine, critical care, urgent care, occupational medicine, and primary care. His background includes extensive national experience working closely with patient care delivery leaders, hospital C-suite executives, and business management professionals in the pursuit and maintenance of high quality, productive, and cost-effective medical practices. He brings a unique combination of creative problem-solving and team-building skills, coupled with deep experience in the design and deployment of strategies and tactics proven to advance the performance of medical practice.  

He is experienced in the development and deployment of operational and fiscal management systems and structures in multi-state and multi-site settings, including the management of operations in academic, for-profit and community not-for-profit hospital environments. Strategic planning, physician recruiting, human resources, fiscal management, sales and marketing, medical billing, managed care contracting, performance optimization, and billing and accounts receivable management are but a few of the core competencies he provides through his role at SCP Health. 

Guidry’s educational background includes completion of his undergraduate degree in Business Administration at the University of Louisiana, with extensive graduate-level studies in Healthcare Administration at The Ohio State University. He is a master-level graduate of Rapport Leadership International. 

Dr. David Schillinger brings over 30 years of experience to his role at SCP Health. He is a graduate of Hahnemann University School of Medicine in Philadelphia and completed his residency in Emergency Medicine at Shands Jacksonville Medical Center. Dr. Schillinger co-founded Hospital Physician Partners, formerly known as EDCare, in April 2002. Prior to that, he served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of ECS Holdings since the inception of ECS and its predecessor entity in 1988. Dr. Schillinger is licensed to practice in over 25 states and works clinically at many of our client hospitals.

Kenneth Jay Heinrich, MD, received his Doctor of Medicine Degree from Rush Medical College in Chicago, Illinois, and completed his Emergency Medicine Residency program at the University of Illinois. A board-certified Emergency Medicine Physician, Dr. Heinrich is licensed in Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Wisconsin, Tennessee, and Virginia.

Dr. Heinrich utilizes sophisticated simulation-software to model how functional changes will have on-the-ground implications in emergency departments and clinics. He has lectured at national conferences and individual hospitals around the country on many topics, including process improvement, patient satisfaction, and implementing change.

In 2005, Dr. Heinrich published an article in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine on “Chronic Digoxin Toxicity and Significantly Elevated BNP Levels in Presence of Mild Heart Failure.” He also conducted a Case Series of ACE- Inhibitor Induced Angioedema.

Dr. Heinrich is certified in Advanced Cardiac Life Support and a member of the American Society of Bariatric Physicians, the American College of Emergency Physicians, and Illinois College of Emergency Physicians. He has also served in a Medical Director role at MacNeal Hospital in Berwyn, Illinois.

Brian Christopher Dawson, MD, MBA received his Doctor of Medicine Degree from the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina where he also completed his Emergency Medicine Residency. Dr. Dawson completed an MBA with the University of Tennessee at Knoxville.    

A board-certified Emergency Medicine Physician, Dr. Dawson is licensed in Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, Texas, and Colorado. He has served as a Medical Director, Regional Director, and Vice President of physician groups. In addition, he has served as a hospital board member, Chief of Staff, and Chairman of the Hospital Board Quality Committee.   

Dr. Dawson has experience in process improvement projects with hospitals, private companies, and physician groups. He has participated and led several LEAN initiatives in addition to helping create award winning IT and care coordination solutions. He has a passion for innovation and entrepreneurship that creates value for patients, providers, and hospitals. Recently Dr. Dawson served as a market Chief Medical Officer for a large non-profit health care system where he had responsibility for several hospitals including the level one trauma center and served as the system transfer center medical director.    

Dr. Dawson lives in eastern TN in the Appalachian Mountains with his wife, a practicing family medicine physician, and their two sons. His personal interests include general aviation, endurance sports, and literature. 

Michael K. Frye, MD, FACEP, received his Doctor of Medicine degree from the Indiana University School of Medicine. He completed his internship and residency in Emergency Medicine at Michigan State University’s Department of Emergency Medicine, where he served as Chief Resident. Dr. Frye completed his undergraduate work at Indiana University where he was an active member of Phi Beta Kappa, graduating cum laude.

Along with his many years of clinical leadership, Dr. Frye has an impressive background in executive management in physician-owned Emergency and Hospital Medicine operations. He served as Chief Financial Officer of a private group providing management, staffing and consulting services to the Carolina Healthcare System, one of the nation’s largest non-profit hospital systems, before assuming the role of Chief Executive Officer and, later, President. In these roles, Dr. Frye led the executive team responsible for the successful negotiation and transition into a larger physician group.

Dr. Frye assumed a leadership role within this new group as a Financial Director responsible for optimized revenue and cost savings strategies for sites in North Carolina. He also served as a faculty member for the group’s efficiency academy, developing course content, and providing clinical instruction to physicians throughout the year. Currently, Dr. Frye serves as a mentor, educator, and liaison for the medical directors and physician partners with SCP Health.