Eric is the President of Privia Medical Group — Mid-Atlantic and joined Privia Health in 2016. He brings more than 30 years of healthcare leadership experience, including extensive work with physician practices and physician-led businesses.

Prior to joining Privia, Eric founded APEX Healthcare Group, a healthcare advisory and management firm focused on healthcare providers, services companies, and investors.

Before founding APEX Healthcare Group, Eric served as the CEO of the Tufts Medical Center Physician Organization and later as the CEO of both the Tufts Medical Center and the Floating Hospital for Children. He also worked in the Partners Healthcare System for 11 years, first as a Regional Executive working with large Medical Practices before serving as the COO of Partners Community Healthcare, Inc., a network of more than 6,000 physicians. Eric has also held various positions in New York and Florida, where he led a medical billing company, managed multiple departments in a large community hospital, and developed a primary care practice and ambulatory facilities.

Mark Cone, MD, is the President of Privia Medical Group – Gulf Coast Texas and has 25 years of experience in private practice.

He is the President of a 53-year-old private practice in Houston, TX, and the President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Southwest Women’s Health Alliance. He developed and implemented a corporate structure that maximizes a practice’s autonomy and profitability and spearheaded the development and implementation of a first-of-its-kind value-based care program in women’s health for several major payers.

Dr. Cone serves on the Tri-State Advisory Board for Cigna, the HCA Clinical Integration Steering Committee for the Gulf Coast Division, the COEMIG Committee at The Woman’s Hospital of Texas, the Advisory Board for Texas Citizens Bank and is the Chairman of the Advisory Board of Fannin Surgicare ASC. He was responsible for building and deploying new financial reporting standards in the MGMA format that allow individual doctors and care centers to control and reduce operating expenses and maximize their profitability.

Dr. Cone received his medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine, and his bachelor’s degree from Texas A&M.

Thomas Headstream, MD, is the Chief Executive Officer of Privia Medical Group — West Texas, and has over 35 years of experience in internal and critical care medicine.

For more than 20 years, Dr. Headstream served asthe President of Abilene Diagnostic Clinic PLLC (now Privia Medical Group — West Texas) and continues to serve as the President of West Texas Health PLLC, a member of Privia Medical Group — West Texas. He also serves as the Medical Director for the intensive care unit of Hendrick Medical Center South, formerly Abilene Regional Medical Center. Prior to his current role, Dr. Headstream was a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at LSU Shreveport.

Dr. Headstream was the co-founder and President of one of West Texas' first large independent physician associations, Abilene Physicians Network, PA. Dr. Headstream has also served as chairman or chief of multiple hospital departments at Abilene Regional Medical Center, now Hendrick Medical Center South, and at HealthSouth, now Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Abilene. He formerly served on the Board of Abilene Regional Medical Center, and on the Boards of Medical Edge Inc., a 400+ member multi-specialty physician group, and of AdvancePCS, a pharmaceutical benefit management company. He also served on the Community Health Systems (CHS) ACO executive committee in Texas.

Dr. Headstream received his medical degree from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School.

Dr. Zia Khan serves as the Chief Medical Officer for Privia Medical Group— Georgia. Additionally, she owns and operates a multi-provider practice, Peachtree Medical Center, in Tyrone, GA and is a second generation internal medicine physician. She is also active in the long term care space and serves as medical director for post-acute facilities.

Prior to opening her own practice, Dr Khan worked as a hospitalist in Brooklyn, New York. She received her undergraduate degree in Biology from Loyola University in Chicago Illinois, followed by her medical education at St. George's University School of Medicine in True Blue, Grenada. She completed her Internal Medicine at Maimonides Medical center in New York, New York.

Dr. Khan is a member of The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine and previously served as President of the Georgia Society of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine from 2017-2019.

Frank Letherby is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of both Health First Medical Group and Privia Medical Group Florida. He brings more than 25 years of healthcare leadership experience, focusing on improving the quality of health care and increasing the value of patient care.

As Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Health First Medical Group, Frank is responsible for working with physicians and providers on matters of recruitment, the practice of medicine, care environments and translation of Medical Group needs to Health First.

As CEO of Privia Medical Group Florida, he focuses on improving quality and the health of patient populations while improving value.

He has spent the majority of his professional career working in ambulatory care including nearly a decade with Carolinas HealthCare System (now Atrium Health) as Senior Vice President in their integrated Medical Group. He also has served as CEO in two large Private Practice Surgical Specialty Groups in North Carolina.

Jody Morris is the Co-President of Privia Medical Group – North Carolina. He brings more than 27 years of healthcare leadership experience, focusing on value-based care operations, payer contracting, strategic growth, physician practice operations management, and hospital operations management.

Prior to Privia, Jody served as Vice President of Physician Services and the Clinically Integrated Network (CIN) at Novant Health. In this role, Jody developed, launched, and lead the operations of a new CIN within Novant Health, which now includes over 4,000 employed and private practice physicians and advanced practice providers. Jody also led ChoiceHealth, Inc, a subsidiary of Novant Health that offers messenger model payer contracting and NCQA accredited delegated credentialing services to independent practitioners in a three-state region.

Jody previously served as the Vice President and COO of the Triangle Market for Novant Health, leading operations for both an acute care hospital and the Novant Health Medical practices located in the Raleigh/Durham area of North Carolina. In addition, Jody also worked for over 6 years as the Director of Managed Care for Novant Medical Group, leading the payer contracting strategy and negotiations on behalf of all providers employed by Novant Medical Group.

Jody holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and earned a Master of Business Administration from Appalachian State University.

Joseph Quaranta, MD, is the Market President of Privia Health Connecticut. He has over 20 years’ experience as a practicing primary care physician and physician executive leading medical groups and large physician networks.

Dr. Quaranta has served as President of Community Medical Group (CMG) for over 10 years, leading the largest independent clinically integrated physician network in Connecticut with over 1,100 providers. During this time, he has implemented and developed CMG’s clinical integration and population health programs, leading the organization’s transition toward value-based care. These efforts have resulted in consistently high network performance across a broad range of value-based care initiatives.

Dr. Quaranta has worked extensively in the areas of physician engagement and practice transformation, with a focus on helping small, independent practices transition to new care delivery models that emphasize population health and value-based care.

He has served in several policy roles in Connecticut, including the Health Information Technology Advisory Council (Co-Chair), the State Innovation Model Steering Committee, the Data Analytics Work Group, the Covid-19 Vaccine Advisory Group, and the State Quality Council.

Dr. Quaranta continues to practice internal medicine at Quinnipiac Medical of Branford, where he has been a partner for more than 20 years. He is a graduate of the Yale-New Haven Hospital Internal Medicine Residency Program, New York University School of Medicine, and Holy Cross College. He is also an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at the Yale School of Medicine.

Jim Sams, MD, is the CEO of Privia Medical Group – Georgia and the Physician Executive of Privia Medical Group — Tennessee. Dr. Sams has worked on all sides of the medical practice from small group, to multi-specialty, to employment with large hospitals.

Prior to joining Privia, Dr. Sams was a practicing Internal Medicine physician and the CMO and Chairman of the Board of the Piedmont Clinic, a subsidiary of Atlanta-based Piedmont Healthcare.

In addition, he served as co-medical director of its provider-sponsored health plan. Dr. Sams oversaw the Patient-Centered Medical Home recognition of Piedmont physician group, launched a national payer’s Collaborative Accountable Care model, and served as Chief Medical Officer for Piedmont Healthcare’s Southern region which included Piedmont Newnan Hospital, Piedmont Fayette Hospital, and Piedmont Henry Hospital.

Dr. Sams was a founding member and board chair of Fayette Medical Clinic, the first primary care-based multi-specialty group in Fayette County and a chairman of the board of Sentinel Health Partners, a physician company engaged in global risk Medicare contracting from 1999 to 2001.

Dr. Sams earned a Bachelor of Science from Southwestern at Memphis and his medical doctorate from Emory University School of Medicine. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina. He also earned his master’s in Organizational Leadership from Mercer University.

Larry Tatum, MD, is the Chief Executive Officer of Privia Medical Group – North Texas. As a founding member of Texas Health Care, PLLC and a member of Texas Health Care, PA from 1995 to 2002, Dr. Tatum has experienced the value and high success of a multi-specialty group governed and led by physicians. He has experience in leading physician groups, bringing together more than 150 physicians geographically dispersed throughout Tarrant County, TX.

Dr. Tatum began his medical career as a self-employed physician in a solo medical practice more than 30 years ago after completing his residency and internship. He is a member of the Texas Medical Association and the Tarrant County Medical Association, and is a board-certified diplomate of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He is also an active member of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG), the winner of the Patients’ Choice 5th Anniversary Award, and was honored with the Compassionate Doctor Recognition Award.

Dr. Tatum graduated from the University of Texas Health Science Center Houston in 1979. After completing his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Baylor University Medical Center Dallas in 1983, Dr. Tatum began his gynecology practice in Fort Worth.

Fred Taweel, MD, is the Chief Medical Officer of Privia Medical Group — Mid-Atlantic and the Chairman of the Board of Governors for Privia Medical Group and Privia Quality Network Mid-Atlantic. Dr. Taweel joined Privia in 2013, working closely with senior management to form the company as a member of Privia’s first practice. Along with practicing primary care medicine part-time, Dr. Taweel serves on several committees, including the Payer and Finance, Compliance, and Clinical Performance Committees. He has been a Primary Care internist in Reston Virginia since 1991, and became Managing Partner of Internal Medicine Associates of Reston, LLC in 2001. Additionally, he served on the Board of Trustees at HCA Reston Hospital Center from 2001 to 2009.

Dr. Taweel earned his Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry from the University of Maryland in 1983, received his medical doctorate from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1988, and completed his Internal Medicine residency at the University of Michigan Hospitals in 1991.

Leelee Thames, MD, MBA is Co-President of Privia Medical Group — North Carolina and Senior Vice President of Novant Health Enterprises with a focus to transform healthcare towards value by achieving the quadruple aim. Bringing together her experience as a clinician and leadership for delivery systems and payors enhances collaboration to drive health outcomes that align providers, delivery systems, and health plans.Partnering with physicians and providers, Dr. Thames will advance clinical excellence and care delivery, integrate sustainable population health models, and foster strategic growth that best supports independence for private practices.While serving Novant Health NHRMC as Chief Value Officer, she led the business and care transformation for the organization’s self-funded employee plan, ACO, Medicare Advantage plan, and Medicaid transformation program addressing social determinants of health. Prior to coming to North Carolina, she served employer groups, individual markets, Medicare, Medicaid, and ACO populations for Alaska, Arizona, California, Oregon, Utah, and Washington. Most recently, she was the National Chief Medical Officer of Steward Health Care Network’s Health Plans and MSO services.Dr. Thames completed her medical degree from Texas A&M College of Medicine and is a board-certified anesthesiologist. She earned a NIH-funded fellowship in Evidence-based Clinical Practices Guidelines and completed a Physician Executive MBA from the University of Tennessee.

Inez Wondeh is the Chief Executive Officer of both BASS Medical Group and BASS Privia Management Company of California. She brings more than 20 years of healthcare leadership experience focusing on growth strategy, administration, and providing affordable, quality care to the community.

Inez joined BASS Medical Group as COO in 2015 and was appointed CEO in 2019.During her tenure, she has provided visionary leadership that has continued to inspire the highest levels of performance in the financial and operational administration of the medical group. She led BASS’ strategic vision in the development and expansion into one of the largest independent physician-led groups in the Bay Area. Prior to joining BASS, Inez spent the majority of her career in ambulatory care leading operations and growth with other specialty care groups.

Inez earned her bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Management from Saint Mary’s College of California, and went on to earn her Master of Business Administration and Master of Public Administration from the University of San Francisco.