Dr. Scott Yates is founder and president of a leading concierge medical practice, the Center for Executive Medicine. Dr. Yates and his team counsel families around the world to coordinate all aspects of their wellness, preventive and acute medical care. His leadership experience spans for-profit and philanthropic organizations in diverse areas including capital allocation, education, managed care, information technology and medicine. He has been a member of several boards of directors including those of the Genesis Physicians Group (a 1,400 member Independent Physician Association), GenHealth (a joint venture between Genesis Physicians Group and HealthWays), and the Texas Academy of Internal Medicine. In recognition of his business, leadership and patient care excellence, Dr. Yates has been named a “healthcare hero” by the Dallas Business Journal and honored with Fellowship designation by the American College of Physicians and the American College of Physician Executives. He has been principal investigator in more than 100 clinical trials, authored dozens of professional publications and serves on the editorial review board for several scientific journals.