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.

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.