Creating a Culture of Alignment with Dr. Rusty Holman

Rusty is the founder and CEO of Resonate Leadership Lab, a healthcare leadership development consultancy with a mission of “Building Leadership Capabilities.” His passion for developing leaders and shaping organizational culture are hallmarks of his 30 years as a physician executive. Rusty has degrees in both Religious Studies and Psychology, and considers himself a lifelong student of how leaders and teams accomplish great things.

Rusty’s leadership has been central to three health system mergers, integrations and ownership changes involving academic, non-profit, venture capital, private equity and publicly traded entities. Most recently, he was chief medical officer for Lifepoint Health, a national health system comprised of 89 hospitals in 30 states, where he led the organization to win the John M. Eisenberg Award for Innovation in Patient Safety and Quality. Previously, Rusty was chief operating officer and chief clinical officer of Cogent Healthcare, a provider of hospital medicine and critical care solutions in over 120 locations in 28 states. He began his career as faculty at the University of Minnesota and senior medical director of hospital services for HealthPartners. Rusty completed his undergraduate and medical school training at Washington University in St. Louis, and his Internal Medicine residency and chief residency at the University of Minnesota.

Rusty has served as Past-President of the Society of Hospital Medicine, founder of the SHM Leadership Academies, is a Nashville Healthcare Council Fellow, voted a Top 50 Physician Executive for Modern Healthcare, and is an author and co-editor of the textbook, Comprehensive Hospital Medicine. His frequent speaking engagements have included the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, American Hospital Association, Society of Hospital Medicine and the American College of Healthcare Executives, among others. 

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