Governance

STQN Governance

A closer look at the network’s executive leadership.

 

Patrick Torcson MD MMM

STQN Vice President - Clinical Integration


Dr. Torcson has been a member of the St. Tammany Health System medical staff for more than 20 years and currently serves as its chief medical officer. While a full-time clinician he held numerous medical staff leadership roles including chief of the medical staff, chair of medical care services and chairman of credentials. Dr. Torcson was a founding member of the STHS Department of Hospital Medicine, served as the medical director for the hospitalist program and vice president/chief medical integration officer before becoming chief medical officer.


He is a graduate of Louisiana State University School of Medicine and completed his Internal Medicine training at the Ochsner Medical Foundation in his hometown of New Orleans. He also received a master of medical management degree from Tulane University.


Dr. Torcson is board certified in internal medicine and completed the first focused practice in hospital medicine recertification through the American Board of Internal Medicine. He has been elected to Fellowship in the American College of Physicians and is a Senior Fellow in Hospital Medicine.



Michael K. Hill MD

Michael K. Hill MD

STQN Medical Director


Dr. Michael Hill provides leadership and direction for planning, organizing and coordinating the mission of creating a successful St. Tammany Quality Network and works to advance quality of care and service at St. Tammany Health System.

 

He also is responsible for assisting in the development of physician relationships across this same network, for stimulating the growth of the organization and providing leadership in medical management by working through and with network physicians. He is seen as a technical and mentoring resource to physicians.

 

Dr. Hill has been a physician in Louisiana for close to 30 years and cared for patients in more than 10 hospitals during that time. He has held several committee and administrative roles along the way and he has been elected to the Medical Executive Committee of three different hospitals and was the board chairman for IMG Healthcare for more than seven years.

 

Dr. Hill received a bachelor's degree from the University of New Orleans and a medical degree from Louisiana State University Medical Center. After an internship and residency in internal medicine at Charity Hospital of New Orleans, where he was named Chief Resident, he went on to complete a fellowship in infectious disease in the LSU Department of Medicine.



Jack Khashou  M.Ed MS

Jack Khashou M.Ed MS

STQN Vice President and Executive Director


Jack Khashou has served as STQN executive director since its launch in January 2014 and as administrator for St. Tammany Cancer Center since March 2015.

 

He has more than 20 years of healthcare experience in various executive roles for Tenet Health Care and Ochsner Health System. A majority of his executive experience has come in hospital and ambulatory operations as well as in strategy and business development.

 

Jack has a master's degrees in Human Performance and Health Promotion as well as Health Care Management from the University of New Orleans. He holds an undergraduate degree in Human Performance and Health Promotion with a concentration in Exercise Physiology.

 

He is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives.