Healthcare Quality
Performance Improvement
Physician Leadership
Board Governance
Contact Information
Adjunct Teaching Assistant Professor
Research & Practice Interests
Education
MBA, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
MD, University of California, San Diego
Residency, Emergency Medicine, Orlando Regional Medical Center
Administrative Fellowship, Orlando Regional Medical Center
BS, University of California, Los Angeles
Publications
- Reflections on a Post-COVID World: Lessons from the Surge
- 90 days in 2020: Covid-19 exposes health equity opportunities
- Pharmacy & therapeutics committees' new challenge: Stewardship for specialty drugs
- Rheumatoid arthritis, biologic drugs, and associated cost
- Bundled payments: Value-based care implications for providers, payers, and patients
Board Certification
American Board of Emergency Medicine
Other Certifications
Healthcare Quality Management
Directorship Certified, National Association for Corporate Directors
Cybersecurity Oversight Certification
Teaching
Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety
Biography
Dr. Byron Scott is a physician leader with 35 years of healthcare industry experience. He serves as a healthcare executive, advisor, consultant, and educator. A board-certified emergency medicine physician, he has expertise in operations, quality, health equity, physician leadership, and governance.
He currently serves as President and Chief Operating Officer at Direct Relief, a global humanitarian medical aid organization. He previously was Deputy Chief Health Officer at IBM Watson Health and Associate Chief Medical Officer at Truven Health Analytics, prior to acquisition by IBM. He also worked for EmCare, a physician practice management company, for over 20 years in various leadership, executive, and clinical roles. He practiced emergency medicine for over 25 years, including 2 years as a faculty member at the Orlando Regional Medical Center Emergency Medicine Residency Program.
He is a Board Trustee for Rady Children’s Health and Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego where he serves on the Quality committee. He serves on the Board of Directors for Providence Health Plan and chairs the Quality committee. He serves on the Board of Directors for Accuray, a publicly traded medical device company that manufactures Radiotherapy systems for Cancer. He previously was a board member for Direct Relief (2016-2024), the American Association for Physician Leadership (2017-2021) and the Richardson Hospital Authority (2001-2005).
He received his undergraduate degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, medical degree from the University of California, San Diego, and his Master of Business Administration from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He completed his emergency medicine residency and administrative fellowship at Orlando Regional Medical Center. He is certified in Healthcare Quality Management. He is Directorship Certified by the National Association for Corporate Directors, including a Cybersecurity Oversight Certification.
He is an Editorial Board member of the American Journal of Medical Quality and the American Health and Drug Benefits Journal. He is an active thought leader in healthcare with public speaking and publications.