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Clair​

Clair is a results driven healthcare leader with 14+ years of strategic, operational, and clinical leadership experience. Consistent track record of promotions and increased organizational responsibility. Proven ability to lead high performing teams. Clair was named by Modern Healthcare as a Top 25 Emerging Leaders in 2021.

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Clair Kuriakose is a Plastic Surgery Physician Assistant who graduated from New York’s St. John’s University’s Physician Assistant program. Clair has an MBA from University of Houston, Bauer College of Business and is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. In addition, she is specialized in performance improvement and has a Black Belt in Lean Six Sigma.

She is the Executive Director of Advanced Practice at Stanford Medicine where she leads strategy for over 700 APPs. Clair is also a Clinical Assistant Professor with Stanford School of Medicine where she supports the Healthcare Administration track for the Stanford Physician Assistant Program.

Clair is passionate about the value Advanced Practice Providers bring to the complex and ever-changing healthcare industry and is committed to strengthening the pillars of team-based care to provide accessible and equitable care for patients in our communities.

Professional Experience

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ADVANCED PRACTICE
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, CLINICAL ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (AFFILIATED)

12/2017 – Present
11/2020 - Present

STANFORD HEALTH CARE, Stanford, CA

  • System-wide oversight of 700+ Advanced Practice Provider (APPs) across Stanford Health Care including NPs, PAs, CRNAs & CNSs. Active member of various medical staff committees including Medical Executive Committee, Credentials Committee, Care Improvement Committee, and Co-Chair of the Interdisciplinary Practice Committee.

DIRECTOR OF ADVANCED PRACTICE

09/2016 – 12/2017

STANFORD HEALTH CARE, Stanford, CA

  • Oversaw 400+ APPs at SHC in business plan development, performance issues, credentialing & privileging, and overall professional practice.

MANAGER OF ADVANCED PRACTICE

09/2014 – 09/2016

STANFORD HEALTH CARE, Stanford, CA

  • Directly manage 60 APP FTEs in the following service lines: Orthopedics, Urology, Robotics, Pulmonary Hypertension, Nephrology, Gastroenterology, Neurosurgery, Neurocritical Care, Psychiatry, and Pain
  • Leveraged Performance Improvement (PI) methodologies in leading various taskforces to develop standard work, improving current processes and providing high quality customer experience for provider recruitment, onboarding, and Professional Development Programs.

PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT ADVISOR

1/2014 – 9/2014

CENTRAL CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE FOR HEALTH, Scotts Valley, CA

  • Manage multiple performance improvement projects in the Quality Improvement department to improve quality of care given to Medi-Cal members and served as project Lead for National Committee of Quality Assurance (NCQA) Accreditation

PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT, PEDIATRIC SURGERY

12/2008 – 5/2013

TEXAS CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL - BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, Houston, TX

  • Clinical management of Pediatric Surgery Patients in both inpatient, outpatient and OR setting at both Texas Children’s Hospital and Ben Taub General Hospital

PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT

6/2008 – 12/2008

DR. REDDY AND REYNOLD’S CARDIOLOGY CLINIC, Sugar Land, TX

  • Clinical management of Cardiology patients in outpatient setting

Education

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

C.T. Bauer College of Business, University of Houston, Houston, TX

12/2012

Bachelor of Science (BS), Physician Assistant Degree

College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John’s University, Queens, NY

06/2008

Certifications

Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives

08/2021

Lean Six Sigma Black belt Certification

12/2020

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification

5/2013