Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> June 15, 2000
RICHARD SOMMER, President and CEO of MedChannel, has established a
proven track record of achievement as a forward-thinking healthcare
entrepreneur. He brings extensive experience in the independent
physician association (IPA) market, having co-founded De La Cruz
Occupational Healthcare to provide occupational medical and
environmental compliance services to Silicon Valley companies such as
Hewlett-Packard, Intel, FMC, Applied Materials, Cisco and Netscape. He
built the company into a six-clinic operation and later sold it to a
physician practice management company. Additionally, Mr. Sommer worked
as a management consultant in the Chicago, Paris, and Milan offices of
McKinsey & Company, following completion of a business school program in
Switzerland. He studied international relations at Princeton University,
including a Fellowship in India to study World Bank programs. He
attended Oxford University on a Rhodes Scholarship, completing a
Master's degree in International Economics. He received a Law degree
from Stanford University, with a focus on healthcare management. Mr.
Sommer currently serves as the healthcare economist on the licensing
board for disability and worker's compensation issues for the State of
California. Profile
Mr. Sommer: MedChannel was built around the idea of reducing global
medical supply chain costs by facilitating better
