Bill Black, MD, PhD, has been named associate chief medical officer for Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation. Courtesy photo.

SAN FRANCISCO – Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation has appointed Bill Black, MD, PhD as associate chief medical officer.

Black, an internal medicine specialist, will assist the foundation in the areas of physician relations and clinic operations, including medical practice oversight, physician recruitment and physician contracting.

“Dr. Black has been associated with Sutter Health for over 13 years and brings an impressive breadth and depth of experience as a health care leader,” said Morris Flaum, MD, MBA, CEO of Sutter Pacific.

Most recently, Black served as division head of the Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group, San Mateo County, where he oversaw a variety of functions, including clinical operations, enterprise integration, capital planning, and quality.

He also has served as medical director for a number of Palo Alto Medical Foundation areas, including medical campus planning and design, the pioneering patient/physician web portal PAMFOnline, and new clinical services development. He is president of the San Mateo County Medical Association.

A resident of San Francisco, Black holds a medical degree in internal medicine from Stanford University and a PhD in Microbiology from the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill).

For more information or to find a doctor near you, visit www.sutterpacific.org or call 1-888-699-DOCS (3627).