Spectrum Health Medical Group names David Ottenbaker Associate Chief Medical Officer

David Ottenbaker, MD, has been named associate chief medical officer for Spectrum Health Medical Group (SHMG).

“Dr. Ottenbaker will be responsible for providing strategic and managerial direction as Spectrum Health Medical Group continues to expand our services throughout the region,” said James Tucci, MD, MMM, president, Spectrum Health Medical Group. “Dr. Ottenbaker’s experience and success as a physician made him an exceptional and ideal candidate for this new leadership position.”

Dr. Ottenbaker has most recently been serving as interim primary care department co-chief for SHMG. His career has included many leadership roles both at SHMG and, earlier, at mmpc. Dr. Ottenbaker also served as president of Horizon Medical Group before that group joined mmpc.

Dr. Ottenbaker earned his medical degree from Wayne State University School of Medicine and his undergraduate degree from Michigan State University. He is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians, the Michigan Academy of Family Physicians and the Michigan State Medical Society.

Dr. Ottenbaker will continue seeing patients at his family medicine practice in Grand Haven.

Spectrum Health is a not-for-profit health system in West Michigan offering a full continuum of care through the Spectrum Health Hospital Group, which is comprised of nine hospitals including Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital, a state of the art children’s hospital that opened in January 2011, and 190 service sites; the Spectrum Health Medical Group and West Michigan Heart, physician groups totaling more than 600 providers; and Priority Health, a health plan with 625,000 members. Spectrum Health is West Michigan’s largest employer with more than 18,000 employees. The organization provided $176.5 million in community benefit during its 2011 fiscal year. In 2011 and 2010, Spectrum Health was named a Top 10 Health System by Thomson Reuters.