Thomas Mallon, CEO and Founder
Tom Mallon is co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Regent Surgical Health. Started in 2001, Regent specializes in working with physician and hospital partners in the development, management and turnaround of surgery centers and specialty hospitals around the country. With significant experience in venture capital funds, turnarounds and physician recruitment, Tom offers each facility his expertise on all aspects of clinical and financial operations. He earned a BA from Denison University and his MBA from the Harvard Business School.

W. Michael Karnes, CFO And Co-Founder
W. Michael Karnes oversees the financial aspect of all the Regent facilities. Prior to co-founding Regent, Michael served as chief administrative officer of GTCR-Golder Rauner, one of the largest and oldest venture capital firms in the U.S. He also worked as CFO for Prime Group Realty Trust and Balcor, a subsidiary of American Express. He holds a BS in accounting from the University of Maryland, a BBA-Finance degree from University of Notre Dame and an MBA degree from Harvard Business School.

Nap Gary, COO
Nap Gary oversees all operations and physician relations at Regent centers in the eastern region. Nap has worked in the healthcare industry for 23 years and served as senior vice president and assistant corporate counsel for HealthSouth Corporation. He spent 14 years at the Haskell Slaughter Young and Rediker, LLC law firm. Nap currently serves as chair-elect of the Board of Directors of the ASC Association. He earned a law degree from Washington University School of Law and a BA from Duke University.

Jeffrey Simmons, CDO
Jeffrey Simmons is responsible for overseeing the operations of the Regent facilities in the western region as well as acquisitions and development in the region. Jeffrey began his successful 25-plus year career in healthcare as vice president of marketing for American Medical International, where he headed business development for 18 hospitals. He has been the CEO of two specialty hospitals, an Associate CEO of a full service acute care hospital, the founder and CEO of the Immune Suppressed Institute, a physician management company servicing HIV patients, and founder and Executive Vice President of IntensiCare, a venture-financed Hospitalist company. Jeffrey holds a MA from University of Maryland and a BA from La Salle College. He lives in Santa Rosa, California.

Michael McKevitt, Senior Vice President Business Development
Michael McKevitt offers Regent 20 years of senior management experience in developing ASC's and physician-focused, acute care hospitals. Throughout his career, Michael has developed and successfully syndicated more than 25 joint ventures that collectively represent approximately 650 physician partners and 15 healthcare organizations. Prior to joining Regent, Michael led physician/hospital joint ventures on behalf of Ingalls Health System's Health Directions, Inc. in south suburban Chicago and served as Vice President of the University of Chicago Health System's Chicago Partners, Inc. Most recently, he has developed single specialty orthopedic centers in Illinois and multi-specialty centers in Florida and Alaska. He holds an MBA from the University of Notre Dame.

Robert Welti, M.D., Senior Vice President Operations
Robert Welti, M.D. is the western region’s COO and Regent’s medical director. Previously, Robert served as the medical director and administrator of the Santa Barbara Surgery Center, a Regent facility. He was affiliated with Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital for 20 years and practiced with Anesthesia Medical Group of Santa Barbara. His experience includes both hospital-based surgery centers and smaller physician-owned ASCs. A board-certified anesthesiologist, Robert earned his medical degree from Stanford University School of Medicine, where he also served his internship and residency. He was a fellow in cardiothoracic anesthesia at Emory University Hospital.

Joyce (Deno) Thomas, Senior Vice President Operations
Joyce (Deno) Thomas oversees quality improvement for the entire corporation, works with Regent centers in the eastern region to resolve daily issues and provides education for the center’s nursing directors. Joyce has 32 years of experience in the healthcare industry. Prior to joining Regent, Joyce served as the executive director of Loveland Surgery Center in Colorado. She worked for HealthSouth Corporation as a regional director of quality improvement and as an administrator. Joyce is a registered nurse and received her bachelor’s degree in nursing from Bethel College of Nursing.

James J. Lynch, M.D., Director, Spine Service
James Lynch, M.D., a board-certified neurological surgeon, joined Regent as director of spine services in 2008. James launched Regent’s new program to help physicians develop spine-focused centers. James is the president, founder and CEO of SpineNevada and chairman and director of spine at the Surgical Center of Reno. He earned his medical degree from Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland, completed his residency at the Mayo Clinic and has spine fellowships from Mayo Clinic, Queen Square in London and Barrow Neurological Institute with Dr. Volker Sonntag, Phoenix.

Amy Gagliardi, Corporate Purchasing Director
Amy Gagliardi is the corporate purchasing director of Regent Surgical Health. Amy oversees all aspects of supply chain management, inventory, purchasing and systems integration for all of the Regent ASCs and hospitals. Using her 15-plus years of healthcare experience, she is works to achieve operational efficiencies in the centers to ultimately improve processes and save money. She has worked as operations manager of group purchasing organizations and served as president of Jet, Inc., a manufacturing firm in Cleveland, for three years. Amy received Bachelors degree in finance from Syracuse University.

Michael Orseno, Revenue Cycle Director
Mike Orseno, Regent’s Revenue Cycle Director, maintains and enhances the revenue cycle process for all Regent facilities. He is responsible for monitoring and testing all components of the process to ensure adherence and accuracy as well as developing and maintaining related policies and procedures. Before joining Regent, Orseno served as Revenue Cycle Administrator for the Chicago Institute of Neurosugery and Neuroresearch. He received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Public Administration from Augustana College, and a Master of Science Degree in Health Systems Management from Rush University Medical Center.

Kim Reints, Director of Clinical Operations
Kim Reints provides Regent centers her expertise on Medicare and accreditation and works to help bring centers into compliance. Kim has more than 24 years of clinical experience in various surgical settings and most recently worked as an independent consultant for numerous companies including HealthSouth, Neospine, LLC, Titan Healthcare, Instantia Healthcare and various independently owned ASCs. Kim received an associate of science degree in Nursing from Manatee Junior College and is a licensed, registered nurse in California and Colorado and a certified operating room nurse.

Carla Daley, Director of Clinical Operations
Carla Daley, RN, BSN, supplies each center with her in-depth clinical knowledge daily as clinical director of operations in the eastern region. She has 14 years of nursing experience including supervisory roles at Kettering Medical Center-Sycamore, Miamisburg, Ohio. Among her many accomplishments, Carla has maintained high customer satisfaction scores and passed JCAHO Stroke Certification. She received an associate degree in nursing from Kettering College of Medical Arts and a BSN from Indiana Wesleyan University.

Matt Lau, Director of Financial Analysis
Matt Lau uses his 14 years of finance and accounting experience to develop budgets, forecasts and financial analysis for Regent. He also creates customized financial projection models for each of Regent’s facilities. Prior to joining Regent, Matt worked as a Senior Financial Analyst for Paincare America, LLC, as well as Option Care, Inc. Matt is a certified public accountant and earned his BS in Accountancy from Northern Illinois University. He received his MBA from DePaul University Kellstadt Graduate School of Business.

Vivek Taparia, Director of Business Development
Vivek Taparia performs due diligence on Regent’s new business opportunities and leads strategic initiatives for Regent centers. Prior to joining the team, Vivek developed marketing strategies for a multi-million dollar surgical product line for Johnson & Johnson. He also advised healthcare corporations on a variety of corporate finance issues while at the investment bank of JP Morgan. Vivek received an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in Economics from the University of Chicago. Vivek also was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to study banking infrastructure in Mexico City and pursued international development work in Hyderabad, India as a William J. Clinton Service Fellow.