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Our Executive 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, achieving top performance metrics in all categories as medical director. Other instrumental leadership roles have included Chief of Medicine, Utilization Review Physician Advisor, and an active member of multiple committees. Dr Huff is known for creating sustainable, high-performing cultures. He has a passion for fostering a sustainable environment built on multidisciplinary teamwork, operational efficiency, and quality.
Dr. David Yerkes
Dr. David Yerkes
Dr. David Yerkes
Dr Yerkes has been a practicing Hospitalist and physician leader since 2012. He co-founded one of the country's most successful hospitalist programs. He has served in multiple hospital leadership roles including Chief of Staff, Chief of Medicine, Medical Director, Chief Hospitalist, and multiple committee appointments and chairmanships. Additionally, he is a Lt. Colonel in the US Army, having served in multiple leadership roles both in garrison and in combat environments. He currently serves as a Flight Surgeon for the Army Reserve as well as multiple other leadership roles. Dr Yerkes is also an entrepreneur and founder of 4 companies. 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.