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Meet Our Team
Dr. John Huff
Dr. David Yerkes
Dr. David Yerkes
With over 15 years of physician leadership experience, Dr. Huff has founded two successful Hospitalist programs in Kentucky. He is the Hospitalist Medical Director at Baptist Health Hardin, where he has also served as Chief of Medicine, a Utilization Review Physician Advisor, and an active member of multiple committees. He has a passion for fostering a sustainable environment built on multidisciplinary teamwork, collegiality, and quality.
Dr. David Yerkes
Dr. David Yerkes
Dr. David Yerkes
A practicing Hospitalist since 2012, Dr. Yerkes has been instrumental in the development of the Baptist Hardin Hospitalist Program. Additionally, he is a Lt. Colonel in the US Army, having served two combat deployments overseas. He currently serves as a Flight Surgeon for the Army and fills multiple other leadership roles. As a local entrepreneur, he is the founder and owner of three businesses. He incorporates the lessons learned from these broad experiences to mold his approach to leadership.
Lion Oakes Core Values
Patient-Centered
Everything we do should ultimately result in better outcomes and better experiences for patients.
Effective
Giving advice is easy. Giving good advice that actually works requires experience and insight
Practical
Healthcare is a rapidly evolving industry, with ever-increasing burdens on those involved in patient care. All policies, technology and workflow must consistently add value to the organization and the end user.
Evidence-Based
To the fullest extent possible, decision making should be accompanied by a robust understanding of the data.
Efficient
We must avoid the natural tendency to create a solution in search of a problem.
Resilient
Healthcare is an infinite game, as philosopher and scholar James P. Carse describes. Strategies must be aimed at long term sustainability and improvement, rather than short term "wins" that erode future success.