Biographies:

CHRIS THOMPSON, MD, FACEP

Chris Thompson, MD, FACEP a practicing, board-certified emergency physician for 29 years is also a consultant, product designer and developer for Kurzweil AI products, Medhost Inc., and others for over the last 15 years. Dr. Thompson is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma where he was president of his graduating class, was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha medical honorary society and trained in general surgery. Dr. Thompson has detailed knowledge of the documentation needs of an emergency department. He is exquisitely aware of the problems solved and problems created for practitioners, nurses and others by current and previous software. After personal and group frustration as well as dissatisfaction with multiple emergency department information systems (EDIS) software products, he led the team that created the Touch Medix products. He is a long-time consultant with Physicians’ Choice on a wide range of documentation issues.

JOHN UPHOLD, MD, FACEP

John Uphold, MD, FACEP has practiced full time Emergency Medicine in Southern California for over 20 years and is currently the Medical Director of the Emergency Care Center of Beverly Hospital in Montebello, California. He is a past President of the Los Angeles County Emergency Medical Directors Association and remains a member of its Board of Directors. After graduating from Pomona College in Claremont, California, Dr. Uphold completed his medical training at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas graduating with Honors and being elected to Alpha Omega Alpha honorary medical society. He is Board Certified in Emergency Medicine and has been the Medical Director of three different Emergency Departments. In 1999, Dr. Uphold founded Physicians’ Choice, LLC (PC), a medical billing firm that specializes in emergency medicine accounts receivable management. Our unique combination of providing personalized client service as well as an extremely knowledgeable employee base has ensured dramatic results for our clients.

A little about Physician's Choice and a link to their website:

www.physchoice.com

Physicians' Choice is comprised of one of the most experienced medical billing management teams in the country. We are dedicated to providing the best possible service to our client base to meet the unique challenges of the Emergency Department physician. Our Mission: It is evident in today's marketplace, that the large billing companies have shifted their priorities to their own internal growth and away from the customer's needs. PC's management team has identified the industry's lack of commitment to servicing the customer. Our focus is to renew the personalized customer relationships that once defined the industry.