Diverse talents.
Shared ambition.
Our talented team spans clinical care, technology, finance and policy. We are mission-driven, constantly striving towards our goal of helping physicians guide their patients upstream towards longer, happier lives.
There is an energy about care at UpStream that maybe doesn't exist anywhere else. There is an energy to practicing healthcare in a new way and to do it better for millions of people.
Danielle Phelps-Swartz SVP of Care Management
Our leadership team
Sanjay Doddamani
Chief Executive Officer
Sanjay leads UpStream with a wealth of experience in the development of healthcare strategy and in the implementation of operations, quality, clinical programs, and population health. While serving in the federal government as a senior physician advisor at CMMI, he worked with teams on alternate payment models that test and measure value-based payment innovation.
Steve Neorr
Chief Operating Officer
Steve has worked with physicians for 25 years. Most recently, he was Senior Vice President of Population Health for Cone Health, serving as Chief Administrative Officer for Triad Healthcare Network (THN) ACO and Chief Executive Officer of HealthTeam Advantage (HTA), Cone’s provider-led Medicare Advantage health plan.
David Grapey
Chief Medical Officer
Prior to joining UpStream, David oversaw the managed care functions at Southwestern Health Resources across both UT Southwestern and Texas Health Resources and more than 500 community based primary care physicians, representing more than $6 billion in contracted revenue, with more than 750,000 members in value-based arrangements.
Valinda Rutledge
Chief Corporate Affairs Officer
Valinda has served as the Executive Vice President of Federal Affairs for America’s Physician Groups, a national association of 350 organizations. She was responsible for all federal government affairs activities in DC, including overseeing APG’s legislative and regulatory agenda, the political action committee, and other aspects of a successful federal affair’s program such as analyzing legislation regulations and new payment models.
Steve Abramson
SVP, Chief Market & Payor Relations Officer
Prior to joining UpStream, Steve oversaw the managed care functions at Southwestern Health Resources across both UT Southwestern and Texas Health Resources and more than 500 community based primary care physicians, representing more than $6 billion in contracted revenue, with more than 750,000 members in value-based arrangements.
Will Chang
Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary
Will is Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary of UpStream, where he leads the legal and compliance departments. Will has served as a senior legal and policy executive at McKesson, a Fortune 10 healthcare company.
Laurie Borgerding Johnson
Chief Compliance Officer
Laurie is the Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) and Privacy Officer for UpStream. Laurie came to us from eviCore healthcare, where for 12 years she was counsel to the company and ultimately the CCO. Laurie has a degree in Environmental Science from DePaul University and a law degree from Columbia University in New York.
Thomas Tran
Chief Financial Officer
Thomas has over 35 years of experience in healthcare. He most recently served as CFO of Molina Healthcare, a Fortune 500 managed care company focused on government-sponsored healthcare programs.
Jane Price
Senior VP of talent acquisition
Jane is a top performing recruiting leader with experience in healthcare, professional services, and higher education. Prior to joining UpStream, she was SVP, Talent Acquisition and Provider Growth at VillageMD. As a very early hire at VillageMD, she built and led the talent acquisition, executive search, and provider recruiting functions. She played a critical role in the company’s growth from ~25 employees to over 5,000 during her tenure, including launching a specialized provider recruiting team and provider experience strategy.
Angelo Sinopoli
Chief Network Officer
Angelo has over 30 years of clinical and health care leadership experience and has been a key leader nationally in advancing population health and the move to value-based care. He was President and CEO of the Care Coordination Institute (CCI) and most recently served as Chief Clinical Officer of Prisma Health.
Danielle Phelps Swartz
SVP of Care Management
Danielle has over 10 years in leading Population Health Programming including Operations Management, Budget Allocation and Program Development. She most recently served as Senior Director for clinical operations for Ascension Healthcare where she created and executed on Population Health Clinical Programs and initiatives that improved population outcomes, quality and affordability from a Health System and Health Plan perspective.
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