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Jason Dotson, MBA

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About Me

Jason Dotson, MS, MBA, FACMPE is a healthcare executive with nearly 30 years of operational leadership, including 12 years in the C-suite. He most recently served as CEO of a PE-backed ophthalmology platform with 11 clinics, an ASC, and a $110M P&L, and previously as President of an 83-clinic physician network. Board-certified as a Fellow of the ACMPE, he is founder of Dotson Search Partners & Advisors and is based in Tacoma, Washington.

Jurisdiction

United States

Experience

Seniority LevelExecutive
Years of Experience20+ years
Current StatusActive
Chief Executive Officer & FounderRight Fit Business Solutions LLC DBA Dotson Search Partners & Advisors
2026 - Present

Founded and lead a boutique healthcare advisory and executive search firm serving physician groups, PE-backed platforms, and ambulatory organizations across the Pacific Northwest and nationally. Deliver retained executive, physician, and advanced-practice-provider search alongside practice management consulting drawn from three decades of multi-site operational leadership. • Provide fractional and interim executive leadership (CEO/COO-level) to healthcare organizations navigating growth, ownership transition, and operational turnaround. • Advise clients on multi-site clinic operations, ASC development and feasibility, physician network structure, margin improvement, and organizational design. • Lead retained search engagements for executive, physician, and APP roles, managing the full lifecycle from role scoping and candidate development through placement and onboarding. • Built the firm's full operating infrastructure — service lines, client engagement models, candidate CRM, and referral partner network — establishing a scalable, compliance-aware boutique practice.

Chief Executive OfficerPacific Northwest Retina
2023 - 2026

• Led a private equity–backed ophthalmology platform of 11 clinics and an ambulatory surgery center with a $110M P&L. • Grew the physician group from 8 to 18 physicians, including 5 new physician recruits successfully onboarded in the past year. • Grew EBITDA 14% year over year; integrated practices and built a physician compensation and engagement structure.

AdministratorProliance Surgeons
2018 - 2023

● Cultivate 52 staff, 8 physicians and 1 physician assistant by establishing policies and overseeing retention and recruitment generating $11.5M of operating revenue annually ● Renegotiated call pay, adding $106K to general surgery and $115K to surgicalist annually ● Oversee ASC expansion, eliminating 4 weeks of downtime and saving $300K+ gross revenue, collaborating with team of 15 ● Devised a strategic marketing plan achieving $400K in overall revenue ● Successfully achieved a CN for expansion of Ambulatory Surgery Center $5M expansion project ● Renegotiated lease for 2 clinics and ASC, saving $463K over life of lease and negotiating $525K+ in TI from landlord ● Serve on the following Corporate Office Committees: HR/Payroll, Contracting, D.E.I., Benefits Advisory, Revenue Cycle, Mission Vision & Values

President of Penn Highlands Physician NetworkPenn Highlands Regional Medical Center
2017 - 2017

● Mobilized physician network of 160+ employed providers and 416 FTEs across 83 clinics with operating revenues of $73.8M ● Provided construction project vision to expand existing 100K square foot medical facility by additional 25K+ square feet, partnering with 8 senior leaders and 12-person governing board ● Developed operating and action plans for 15 clinic managers, increasing accountability throughout network ● Increased patient visits 9% from 258K+ visits in 2016 to 281K+ visits in 2017, increasing gross revenue 4.8% in 2017

Chief Executive Officer & FounderRight Fit Business Solutions, LLC
2016 - 2018

● Created business plan to establish healthcare recruitment firm, providing strategic direction and facilitating company website while establishing 4 new clients

Vice PresidentBeloit Health System
2012 - 2016

● Established strategic direction for 71 physicians and 19 advanced practice providers representing 22 specialties and 400+ employees located in 10 locations ● Unified project team in achieving State of Illinois Certificate of Need for $16.3M, 19.5K square foot, 4-room ASC ● Sole physician recruiter: Recruited 25 physicians and 15 advanced practice providers in 14 specialties from medical staff development plan • Aligned physicians through Cerner EMR implementation, serving on 15-person patient portal development committee. • Interim Vice President for Assisted Living Centers, Behavioral Health Management, Health Information Management, Laboratory, Medical Imaging, Northpointe Health & Wellness Campus, Occupational Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in addition to VP of Clinics role

Vice President of ClinicsSMP Health System - St. Margaret's Hospital
2005 - 2012

● Fostered strategic direction and overall daily management of 13 clinics, 20 physicians, and 5 mid-level providers located throughout 4 counties along with 5 visiting outpatient specialist clinics ● Oversaw 8 new clinic floor plan designs, 6 lease arrangements, and recruitment for 5 physicians ● Executed new clinic management structure to provide management accountability for 12 locations and 108 medical staff ● Designed 30K square foot primary care clinic with 16-member project team, overseeing design of 17K square foot building with 12-member project team while staying within $2.75M budget

Director of Clinic OperationsMercycare Community Physicians
2003 - 2004

• Identified error in long-standing physician compensation spreadsheet that saved the organization over $100K annually • Recruited and on-boarded an independent physician practice into MercyCare Community Physicians in less than 3 weeks • Created and implemented a financial management training for 16 Quality Improvement Coordinators (practice managers) • Served on committee to establish a free standing community health clinic • Oversaw day-to-day operations of 16 primary care physician practices reporting directly to the Executive Director

Clinic ManagerSarah Bush Lincoln Health Center
1997 - 2003

• Oversaw the day-to-day operations of 9 physician practices; family practice, gastroenterology, general and vascular surgery, internal medicine, neurology, orthopedic surgery and sports medicine, otolaryngology, and pediatrics • Maintained strong working relationship with 13 physicians and 2 physician assistants • Successfully implemented changes to meet JCAHO and OSHA standards to successfully pass surveys and achieve JCAHO accreditation • Recruited by the Illinois Rural Health Association to serve on their conference planning committee for the 2003 conference • Managed new specialty start ups and independent physician practice merger into the health care system transitioning to a hospital owned and operated physician practice

Prevention SpecialistSarah Bush Lincoln Health Center
1995 - 1997

• Updated speaker’s bureau database and recruited employees and physicians to give presentations at community service organizations and hospital sponsored educational events • Created calendar of community health education programs for health promotion groups, support group meetings, and special clinics • Recruited 25 volunteer CPR instructors to teach and certify over 500 community members in CPR for the hospital’s first multi-county one day hospital sponsored event • Served as a hospital representative on various community networking boards

Education

Degree of Community HealthEastern Illinois University
1990 - 1992
Masters of Education: Guidance and Counseling MajorEastern Illinois University
1994 - 1996
Masters of Business AdministrationEastern Illinois University
2001 - 2007

Certification

Total Certifications1

Fellow of the American College of Medical Practice Executive

Medical Group Management Association

2022 - 2027

Skills

Core skills10
Interests8
Languages1

Skills

Multi-Site Physician Practice Operations
Change Management
P&L Management
Mergers & Acquisitions
ASC CON
Private Equity Leadership
Turnaround & Org. Stabilization
EBIDTA & Margin Improvement
AI consultant
Physician Recruitment & Compensation

Interests

Private Equity
ASC
Certificate of Need
Strategy
Hospital & Practice Administration
Physician Recruitment
Physician Retention
Patient Experience and Satisfaction

Languages

English