Keith Frey
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Mail code: 3506Campus: Tempe
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Dr. Keith A. Frey is a physician executive and academic leader with strong clinical, informatics, business and leadership skills. Dr. Frey, a former Phoenix Top Doctor and 2017 AZ Business Leader in Healthcare, has more than 35 years’ experience as a primary care physician, educator and researcher. Additionally, he has extensive experience in successful program development, leadership of healthcare teams, and technology project management. Dr. Frey’s career includes prominent leadership roles at Duke University, Providence Health, the University of Washington and Mayo Clinic.
Dr. Frey is currently the Chief Physician Executive for Dignity Health in Arizona and has held this position since 2013. His responsibilities include driving clinical excellence, superior patient experiences, academic integration and physician leadership development. He served as the President, Dignity Health Medical Group, a 200+ clinician, academic multispecialty medical group in Phoenix, from 2014 to 2018. He serves in board leadership roles for the Arizona Care Network and Mercy Care, and is a Clinical Professor, College of Health Solutions, Arizona State University.
Dr. Frey holds BS in Biology from the Virginia Military Institute, an MD degree from the Medical College of Virginia, and an MBA from Duke University. He is board certified in both Family Medicine and Clinical Informatics, and is an Independent Certified Coach, Teacher, Trainer and Speaker with The John Maxwell Team. On a personal note, he enjoys international travel, golf, spending time with family and participating in church activities.
- M.B.A. Duke University
- M.D. Medical College of Virginia
- B.S. Biology, Virginia Military Institute
- Who’s Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities 1975
- John E. Woodward Graduate Scholarship 1978
- Phi Kappa Phi (Honor Society) – Medical College of Virginia Chapter 1979
- Best Doctors – Best Doctors, Inc. 2002
- Service Excellence in Leadership Award – Mayo Clinic in Arizona 2002
- Top Doctors in Phoenix – Phoenix Magazine 2002
- Best Doctors – Best Doctors, Inc. 2003
- Top Doctors in Phoenix - Phoenix Magazine 2003
- Best Doctors – Best Doctors, Inc. 2004
- Top Doctors in Phoenix – Phoenix Magazine 2004
- MacMillan Leadership Scholar – Mayo Clinic 2005
- AZ Business Leader in Healthcare 2017
Home Study Self-Assessment Monograph Series (AAFP)
Editorial Board Member 1993 – 2000
Journal of the American Board of Family Practice
Editorial Board Member 2003 – 2008
McKenna, James, MD (Resident) 1982 – 1983
Description: Served as Dr. McKenna’s academic advisor in the final year
of his Residency training. I have advised him periodically over his 20+ year
academic career.
Current Status: He is currently, Program Director, The Medical Center
Family Practice Residency Program, Beaver, PA.
Sykora, William, MD (Resident) 1982 – 1984
Description: Served as Dr. Sykora’s academic advisor in the final two
years of his Residency training. I have advised him periodically over his
20+year academic career.
Current Status: Colonel Sykora is currently an Assistant Professor and
Director of Family Medicine Clerkships at the Uniformed Services of
Health Care Sciences, Bethesda, MD
Thompson, Robert, MD (Resident) 1982 – 1984
Description: Served as Dr. Thompson’s academic advisor in the final two
years of his residency training. I have advised him periodically over his
20+ year career.
Current Status: Dr. Thompson was formerly as Associate Residency
Director at The Morton Plant Mease Family Practice Program in Clearwater,
Fl. He is now in Private practice in Middletown, MD.
Stange, Kurt, MD (Resident) 1985 – 1986
Description: Served as a clinical faculty and advisor for Dr. Strange
during his final year of residency training at the Duke University Family
Medicine Program.
Current Status: Dr. Stange is currently Professor of Family Medicine, Case
Western University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH and Editor, Annals
of Family Medicine.
Eiff, Patricia, MD (Resident) 1985 – 1987
Description: Served as a clinical faculty and advisor for Dr. Eiff during her
Final year of residency training at the Duke University Family Medicine
Program and Faculty development fellowship at Duke.
Current Status: Dr. Eiff is currently Professor of Family Medicine and
Director of Faculty Development, Department of Family Medicine,
Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR.
Kaprielian, Victoria, MD (Resident) 1985 - 1988
Description: Served as a clinical faculty and advisor for Dr. Kaprielian
during her Residency training at the Duke University Family Medicine
Program.
Current Status: Dr. Kaprielian is currently Clinical Professor and
Vice Chair for Education, Department of Community and Family
Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
King, John, MD (Resident) 1985 - 1988
Description: Served as a clinical faculty and academic advisor for
Dr. King during his residency training at the Duke University Family
Medicine Program.
Current Status: Dr. King is currently Associate Professor and Residency
Program Director, Department of Family Medicine, University of Vermont
School of Medicine, Burlington, VT.
Yarnall, Kimberly, MD (Resident) 1986 – 1989
Description: Served as a clinical faculty and advisor for Dr. Yarnall
during her Residency training at the Duke University Family Medicine
Program.
Current Status: Dr. Yarnall is currently Clinical Associate Professor and a
Medical Director, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke
University School of Medicine, Durham NC.
Ferrer, Robert, MD, MPH (Resident) 1986 - 1989
Description: Served as a clinical faculty and advisor for Dr. Ferrer during his
Residency training at the Duke University Family Medicine Program.
Current Status: Dr. Ferrer is currently Associate Professor, Deputy
Chair and Director of Research, Department of Family and Community Medicine,
University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio.
Golusinski, Lawrence, MD (Resident) 1986 – 1989
Description: Served as a clinical faculty and program director for Dr.
Golusinski during his residency training at the Duke University Family
Medicine Program.
Current Status: Dr. Golusinski subsequently served on the faculty, then as
Program director, in the Department of Family Medicine, Emory University
School of Medicine. He is currently in private practice in Atlanta, Georgia.
Pollack, Ronald, MD (Resident) 1987 - 1990
Description: Served as a medical student mentor, then clinical faculty and
advisor for Dr. Pollack during his residency training at the Duke University
Family Medicine Program.
Current Status: Dr. Pollack currently serves as the Associate Director of
Obstetrics and Procedures, Cabarrus Family Residency Program, NC.
Junker, Jesse, MD (Resident) 1988 – 1989
Description: Served as a fellowship faculty and advisor for Dr. Junker
During her fellowship training in the Department of Community and
Family Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine.
Current Status: Dr. Junker is currently Associate Professor, Department of
Family Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine and
Program Director, New Hanover Regional Medical Center Residency in
Family Medicine.
Baker, Steven, MD (Resident) 1991 – 1993
Description: Served as a clinical faculty and program director for Dr. Baker
During his residency training at the Providence St. Peter Hospital Family
Medicine Program. I have maintained an on-going mentor relationship with
Dr. Baker for both career and ministry advice.
Current Status: Dr. Baker is currently a clinical faculty in the Southwest
Washington Family Medicine Program, Vancouver, WA.
Sawyer, Devin, MD (Resident) 1995 – 1999
Description: Served as a clinical faculty and program director for Dr. Sawyer
During his residency training at the Providence St. Peter Hospital Family
Medicine Program.
Current Status: Dr. Sawyer is currently Program Director in the Providence St.
Peter Hospital Family Medicine Program.
Boyden, Jennifer, MD (Resident) 1999 – 2000
Description: Served as a clinical faculty, advisor, and department chair for
Dr. Boyden during her residency training at the Mayo Clinic Scottsdale
Family Practice Program.
Current Status: I successfully recruited Dr. Boyden as a faculty consultant in
the Department of Family Medicine, Mayo Clinic Arizona. She is now in
private practice.
Darby-Stewart, Andrea, MD (Resident) 1999 – 2000
Description: Served as a clinical faculty, advisor, and department chair for
Dr. Darby-Stewart during her residency training at the Mayo Clinic
Scottsdale Family Practice Residency Program.
Current Status: I successfully recruited Dr. Darby-Stewart as a faculty
consultant in the Department of Family Medicine, May Clinic Arizona, where
she served as Assistant Program Director and Program Director. She is now
Program Director at St. Joseph’s Hospital & Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona.
Whiteside, John, MD (Resident) 1999 – 2000
Description: Served as a clinical faculty, advisor, and department chair for
Dr. Whiteside during his residency training at the Mayo Clinic Scottsdale
Family Practice Residency Program.
Current Status: I successfully recruited Dr. Whiteside as a faculty consultant in
the Department of Family Medicine, Mayo Clinic Arizona. He is now a faculty
in Colorado.
Martel, Ben, MD, MPH (Graduate Student) 2002 - 2004
Description: Served as an informal advisor and mentor for Mr. Martel
during his second, third, and fourth years of medical school at the
University of Arizona, including guidance in his career goals and residency
training.
Current Status: Dr. Martel is currently trained in Internal Medicine-Pediatrics,
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN.
Underhill, Michael, MD (Resident) 2002 – 2005
Description: Served as a clinical faculty, advisor, and department chair for
Dr. Underhill during his residency training at the Mayo Clinic Scottsdale Family
Practice Residency Program.
Current Status: I successfully recruited Dr. Underhill as a faculty consultant
in the Department of Family Medicine, Mayo Clinic Arizona. Currently in
Private Practice.
Bracamonte, Jesse, DO (Resident) 2003 – 2006
Description: Served as a clinical faculty, advisor, and department chair for
Dr. Bracamonte during his residency training at the Mayo Clinic Scottsdale
Family Practice Residency Program.
Current Status: Dr. Bracamonte is now a Senior Associate Consultant in the
Department of Family Medicine, Mayo Clinic Arizona. Currently in Private
Practice.
Leonelli, Susan, MD, MBA (Resident) 2005 - 2006
Description: Served as a career advisor and informatics faculty for
Dr. Leonelli during her final year of Internal Medicine residency training
at the Mayo Clinic Arizona.
Current Status: She now works at Microsoft.
Instructor – Department of Family Practice, F. Edward Hebert School of 1982 – 1984
Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda,
Maryland
Continuing Education Coordinator – Malcolm Grow USAF Medical Center, 1983 - 1984
Andrews AFB, United States Air Force, Andrews, Maryland
Residency Teaching Faculty – Malcolm Grow USAF Medical Center, 1983 - 1985
Andrews AFB, United States Air Force, Andrews, Maryland
Assistant Professor – Department of Family Practice, F. Edward Hebert 1984 – 1985
School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences,
Bethesda, Maryland
Family Practice Clinic Manager – Malcolm Grow USAF Medical Center 1984 – 1985
Andrews AFB, United States Air Force, Andrews, Maryland
Clinical Assistant Professor – Department of Community and Family 1985 – 1987
Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
Associate Staff – Durham County General Hospital, Durham, North Carolina 1985 – 1987
Full Privileges including OB, CCU, Pediatrics
Medical Consultant – Employee Health Service, Durham, North Carolina 1985 – 1997
Residency Faculty – Duke Watts Family Medicine Program, Department of 1985 – 1988
Community and Family Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham
North Carolina
Medical Director – Employee Health, Durham County General Hospital 1985 – 1989
Durham, North Carolina
Assistant Professor – Department of Community and Family Medicine, 1987 – 1990
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
Attending Staff – Durham County General Hospital, Durham, North Carolina 1987 – 1990
Full Privileges including OB, CCU, Pediatrics
Chief – Division of Family Medicine, Department of Community and Family 1988 – 1990
Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
Program Director – Duke Watts Family Medicine Program, Department of 1988 – 1990
Community and family Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham,
North Carolina
Attending Staff – Division of Family Practice, Department of Primary Care 1991 – 1999
(Family Practice), Providence St. Peter Hospital, Olympia Washington
Program Director (Founding Director) – Family Practice Residency Program, 1991 – 1999
Providence St. Peter Hospital, Olympia, Washington
Clinical Associate Professor – School of Medicine, University of Washington, 1991 - 1999
Seattle, Washington
Clinical Professor – Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, 1999 – 2000
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Chair – Department of Family Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona 1999 – 2005
Associate Professor of Family Medicine – Mayo Clinic College of Medicine 2000 – 2006
Faculty – Summer Medical Institute, Vancouver, Washington 2001 – 2002
Consultant – Department of Family Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona 1999 – 2013
Professor of Family Medicine – Mayo Clinic College of Medicine 2006 – 2013
Clinical Professor – Department of Biomedical Informatics, Arizona State 2010 – 2013
University, Tempe, Arizona
Vice Chair – Department of Health Science Research, Mayo Clinic, 2012 – 2013
Rochester, MN
Professor- Educator Scholar, Department of Biomedical Informatics, 2014 – present
University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, Arizona
President, Dignity Health Medical Group in Arizona 2014 - 2018
- Graduate Certificate Program Courses 2005 – 2006
Biomedical Informatics
Oregon Health Sciences University
- Delivering Information Services 2009
Harvard Business School
- Leading Change and Organizational Renewal 2010
Stanford Graduate School of Business