The Business of This Business Panel - Part 1

Blodgett is the senior vice president of planning and development, and interim vice president of physician services at Berkshire Health Systems. She is responsible for long-range planning, marketing strategies, development and grant management as well as community health and partnership development on behalf of BHS. She is also currently running BHS’s employed physician business, which is comprised of over 130 providers meeting patient needs in the community in more than 20 practices. Blodgett previously served as Berkshire Medical Center's chief operating officer from 1995-2001, responsible for the operations of the hospital and affiliates including home care and physician companies. Prior to becoming chief operating officer, she was vice president for Ambulatory Care and other hospital services from 1987-1995. She began her career in health care planning and market analysis. She earned an MBA from the University of Chicago and has a bachelor's degree from Smith College. She recently completed the Leadership Program in Integrative Health at Duke University.

Daniel Lord DC works as the physical medicine lead for the Facebook Health Center with the integrated primary care medical group Crossover Health. He manages the physical therapy, acupuncture and chiropractic services on-site. Daniel is also the sports chiropractor for Oracle Racing Team USA which successfully defended the 34th America’s Cup in San Francisco. During their campaign he was in charge of Oracle’s sports medicine program. Before that Daniel practiced at Chiro-Medical Group, a successful integrative sports-medicine practice in San Francisco.

Dr. Adam Perlman is Director of Integrative Health and Wellbeing for Mayo Clinic Florida. He is board certified on Internal Medicine and specializes in both Integrative and Functional Medicine. He is also the Chief Medical Officer for meQuilibrium. The leading provider of workplace resiliency solutions, meQuilibrium is a clinically-validated resilience platform that leverages behavioral psychology, neuroscience, and analytics to deliver transformative insights that change lives and businesses. From 2011 to 2017 was the Associate Vice President for Health and Wellness for the Duke University Health System, Executive Director for Duke Integrative Medicine and Associate Professor of Medicine.

F. Nicholas (Nick) Jacobs, FACHE (Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives) is the international director for SunStone Management Resources, LLC. and a partner with VxVentures, LLC. In that capacity he provides transformative, strategic solutions to companies, organizations and individuals specializing in Integrative Medicine and Biomedical Research. He has more than 24 years experience in hospital management, with an acknowledged reputation for innovation and patient-centered leadership.