Chief Executive Officer and President
Salude
Dr. Alan L. Wang graduated with his M.D. in 1996 from Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta and completed his internal medicine residency at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas in 1999. He is also board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. After completing his residency, Dr. Wang returned to Atlanta to help start the Emory Hospital Medicine Program, serving as Site Medical Director at various locations from 1999-2008.
From October 2008 to July 2013, Dr. Wang served as the Director of the Emory Section of Hospital Medicine. Under his leadership, the Division of Hospital of Medicine grew to be the largest academic hospital medicine program in the country and the largest hospitalist system in Georgia. From April 2007 to 2012, Dr. Wang served as the first Chief Medical Officer of Emory Johns Creek Hospital.
Since 2014, Dr. Wang has served as the Chief Executive Officer, President and Chief Physician Executive for Salude, a post-acute care company focused on innovative transitional care facilities. In these roles Dr. Wang oversees operations and over 100 employees in Suwanee, Georgia. The company plans on expanding its operations across the United States over the coming years. During this time, Dr. Wang has helped Salude to repeat annually as a five star rating by CMS, repeat annually as US News and World Report’s Top Skilled Nursing Facilities in the country, repeat annually voted as “Best Rehabilitation” by Gwinnett Magazine and repeat annual #1 ranking (2018 and 2019) in the country by CMS (out of over 15,000 SNFs) for the Value-Based Purchasing Program for hospital readmissions.
During his career, Dr. Wang has been recognized by a number of awards, including the 2004 Outstanding Teaching Award from the Emory Family Medicine Residency Program, the 2006 Emory Hospital Medicine Community Service Award, the 2008 Emory Hospital Medicine Mark V. Williams Award for Overall Excellence in Hospital Medicine and the 2015 Gwinnett Healthcare Excellence Award for Physician of the Year (specialist). For his collective body of work, Modern Healthcare recognized him as a finalist nominee for 2016’s Most Influential Physician Executive Leaders in the United States.He is also a Melvin Jones Fellow from Lions International, largely due to his volunteer work in helping establish an indigent clinic for immigrants in Chamblee, GA. Dr. Wang is also a Senior Fellow in Hospital Medicine and Fellow of the American College of Physicians.
Sunday, October 9, 2022
7:30 AM – 12:30 PM CT
I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.