Walgreen Company : Walgreens Names Alan E. London, M.D., Chief Medical Officer of Take Care Health Systems Consumer Solutions Group
06/06/2012| 09:05am US/Eastern
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Walgreens (NYSE: WAG) (NASDAQ: WAG) has named Alan E. London, M.D.,
Chief Medical Officer of Take Care Health Systems Consumer Solutions
Group. In this position, Dr. London will have leadership responsibility
in building and maintaining external physician and health system
relationships for Take Care Clinics while also providing strategic
direction and leadership for the group's service expansion, quality,
clinical education and training, and collaborative practice agreement
functions. Dr. London joined Walgreens on May 21.
"We are thrilled to appoint Dr. London as Chief Medical Officer of the
Consumer Solutions Group," said Jeffrey Kang, MD, Walgreens senior vice
president of pharmacy, health and wellness services and solutions. "We
are confident his team-based, collaborative approach to health care and
his diverse clinical and business background will prove him a valuable
asset to Walgreens and Take Care Health. We look forward to his
leadership as we diversify our service offerings, expand connections
with managed care providers and continue to develop affordable and
convenient ways of helping patients stay well."
Dr. London is a family physician with more than three decades of
experience in patient care delivery, healthcare strategy and business
development. He has worked within the managed care contracting and risk
management fields, while also spending extensive time in the hospital
and healthcare system setting, serving at the Cleveland Clinic for 12
years.
Most recently, Dr. London was the President of the London Group
International, a firm providing innovative healthcare solutions for
health systems, insurers, governments, physicians and the investment
community. He is a co-founder of two health care companies, Clinically
Home, LLC and MX.com.
About Walgreens
As the nation's largest drugstore chain with fiscal 2011 sales of $72
billion, Walgreens (www.walgreens.com)
vision is to become America's first choice for health and daily living.
Each day, Walgreens provides nearly 6 million customers the most
convenient, multichannel access to consumer goods and services and
trusted, cost-effective pharmacy, health and wellness services and
advice in communities across America. Walgreens scope of pharmacy
services includes retail, specialty, infusion, medical facility and mail
service, along with respiratory services. These services improve health
outcomes and lower costs for payers including employers, managed care
organizations, health systems, pharmacy benefit managers and the public
sector. The company operates 7,855 drugstores in all 50 states, the
District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Take Care Health Systems is a
Walgreens subsidiary that is the largest and most comprehensive manager
of worksite health and wellness centers and in-store convenient care
clinics, with more than 700 locations throughout the country.
for Walgreens
Dan Zacchei, 212-446-1882
DZacchei@sloanepr.com
http://news.walgreens.com
© Business Wire 2012
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