Laura Cogar, Chief Operating Officer, is a seasoned healthcare executive with over 30 years of experience in diagnostic imaging ranging from clinical, research, business development, operations, finance, and physician recruiting. Ms. Cogar has had experience dealing with private, academic, investor owned, and publicly traded entities in growing and developing diagnostic imaging services including acquisitions and de novo sites and service lines. She served as Vice President of Operations for American Radiology, a for-profit radiology practice with 12 hospital contracts, 20 outpatient offices, and a teleradiology company. In this role, she also worked with minority owner Johns Hopkins to expand their outpatient imaging reach to 7 locations around Baltimore, Washington D. C. and Delaware. She then was the COO for Templeton Readings, a national teleradiology company that was bought by Emcare(Envision). In addition to extensive hospital and outpatient operations, Ms. Cogar has experience in all aspects of practice infrastructure such as board reporting, human resources, risk management, recruitment, strategic planning, and developing and leading executives and managers across all service lines for diagnostic and interventional radiology services. She has extensive experience in developing and training healthcare professionals. Ms. Cogar earned her B.S. from Thomas Jefferson University and her MBA from Widener University
