Leadership

Jeff Snodgrass joined as President of AMSURG in 2020. In this role, he leads one of the nation’s largest ambulatory surgery center operations in the delivery of essential, high-quality care to patients. Snodgrass previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Azura Vascular Care (formerly Fresenius Vascular Care) and National Cardiology Partners, where he led the company’s vascular and cardiology outpatient, interventional and surgical business units. Under his leadership, Azura Vascular Care experienced unprecedented growth and transformed from an office-based outpatient business to an ambulatory surgical care company. Snodgrass also served as the Chief Financial Officer at inVentiv Health and spent more than 17 years at Merck & Co. in a number of leadership positions in finance and marketing, including Vice President of Finance. Jeff earned a Bachelor of Science in accounting from Penn State University.

Sarah Belmont joined AMSURG in 2021 as Chief Financial Officer. Belmont has over two decades of broad experience in corporate finance, primarily in senior living and healthcare real estate. Before joining AMSURG, Belmont served as Senior Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis for Brookdale Senior Living and led a team of professionals in the Advanced Analytics and Financial Planning & Analysis departments. At Brookdale, Belmont additionally held the title of Vice President of Operations, as well as Senior Director of Financial Planning and Analysis for the company’s East Division. Belmont has also served as Vice President and Senior Healthcare Relationship Manager for KeyBank. Belmont earned a Bachelor of Science in Business and Economics from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, also from the University of Pennsylvania.

Mauricio Camargo joined AMSURG in 2022 and serves as Senior Vice President, Strategy & Transformation. Most recently Mauricio served as SVP of Strategy, Planning & Emergency Services in the rapidly growing Gulf Coast Division for HCA Healthcare. He also has extensive global healthcare consulting experience; prior to HCA he was part of McKinsey & Company’s healthcare practice.

In addition to his degrees in Economics and Physics from Brandeis University, Mauricio holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Master of Science in Health Sciences and Technology jointly from MIT and Harvard Medical School.

Robert Cook joined AMSURG in 2021 as Chief Information Officer. Cook brings over two decades of IT experience in the healthcare, oil and gas and pharmaceuticals industries. Most recently, Cook served as Vice President, Information Technology at Surgical Care Affiliates (SCA) in Oklahoma City, OK. While with SCA, he led an enterprise applications team focused on building an empowered and customer-oriented team of IT professionals. Cook received his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Oklahoma State University as well as an MBA with a concentration in Data Science from the Spears School of Business at Oklahoma State University.

John Lamberth joined AMSURG as Senior Vice President, Development, in 2022. He has extensive experience in strategy and business development leadership roles in the healthcare industry, having most recently served as Vice President, Corporate Development, for Strive Health. His previous experience includes the leadership of business development for three DaVita operating divisions as well as leading strategy and corporate development initiatives for Aetna.

A graduate of Southern Methodist University with a Bachelor of Business Administration, John received a Master of Science in Accounting from the University of Notre Dame and a Master of Business Administration from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.

Tesha Simpson, DNP, NP-C, was promoted to the newly created role of Chief Operating Officer of AMSURG in 2022. Simpson has over 16 years of healthcare industry leadership experience. Before joining AMSURG as GI Division President in 2021, Simpson held leadership positions with several healthcare companies, most recently serving as Chief Operating Officer for Optum in Florida, where she oversaw primary care operations in 11 counties. Simpson previously managed strategic planning for over 400 multispecialty practices within a health system of 14 hospitals for BayCare Medical Group. Additionally, she has worked nearly two decades as a nurse practitioner in the Tampa Bay, Florida, area. Simpson earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Florida as well as a Master of Science and a Doctorate from the University of Florida School of Nursing.