JeffreyK.BahrMDFACP

Summary

• As Chief Physician Executive for the Midwest Region of Advocate Health, Dr. Bahr is responsible for leading over 3900 physicians and 2200 advanced practice clinicians for Advocate Health Care in Illinois and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin. Having previously overseen the integration of the two large medical groups of Advocate Aurora Health, he is currently accountable for medical group operations, clinical service lines, workforce planning, clinician recruitment, clinical quality and programming, as well as ambulatory access. He also serves as board chair for the Advocate Aurora Research Institute.
  
  Dr. Bahr joined Aurora Health Care in 2002 and previously served as Vice President – Primary Care, leading Aurora Health Care’s Primary Care Service Line. In that role, he was responsible for leading initiatives in clinical quality, patient experience, growth, care redesign, and workforce planning for internal medicine, family medicine, pediatrics, and urgent care. He assisted in developing and implementing tactics within the Primary Care Redesign initiative that fostered growth and efficiency in the practices of over 900 primary care physicians and advanced practice clinicians.
  
  He is chair-elect on the board of directors for the Wisconsin Hospital Association and is the immediate past chair of the board for Open Arms Free Clinic in Elkhorn, Wisconsin.
  
  Dr. Bahr is board certified in general internal medicine and maintains a primary care practice. Prior to establishing his practice in 2002, he served as Chief Resident and Instructor of Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee where he completed his internship and residency.
  
  Dr. Bahr earned his medical degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin and received a bachelor’s degree from Marquette University. He was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha in 2001 and is a fellow of the American College of Physicians.