MANAGING PARTNER

Robert Zasa, MSHHA, FACMPE
Managing Partner, Founding Partner

Bob Zasa brings a wealth of experience in all phases of ambulatory business development, management, expansion, acquisition, ownership structures and marketing in a nationally recognized career spanning four decades.

The growth in Bob’s career parallels the growth in the ambulatory care movement. From his focused academic path resulting in a graduate degree in hospital and health administration from the University of AL Birmingham and graduate programs in marketing at the University of California Los Angeles and Loyola University, he entered the field as an administrator for the Ochsner Clinic in New Orleans. At Brookwood Medical Center in Birmingham, he operated a 552-bed hospital and developed satellite clinics and ambulatory businesses. He was involved in the founding and public offering of Alternate Corp., a corporate VP of American Medical International and COO of AMI Ambulatory Centers.

In the early 1990s, Bob founded his first ambulatory services company, Premier Ambulatory Systems. As President and CEO, he successfully led Premier’s acquisition, ownership and operation of 15 ASCs across the U.S., earning over $35 million in revenues and ranking 6th in the nation for its growth in 3 years. In 1995, he was recognized by Inc. Magazine as CEO of one of the nation’s 500 fastest growing companies.

In 1996, Bob founded Ambulatory Systems Development, which grew to become one of the most reputable and successful private ASC development and management firms in the U.S. In 2009, the firm was reorganized as ASD Management.

Bob is a fellow in the American College of Medical Practice Executives. He is a nationally recognized speaker and author, and has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Ambulatory Care Management and Surgery Network. He is a featured lecturer in the University of California Los Angeles Public Health Program. For his alma mater, the University of AL Birmingham (UAB), he has been an adjunct professor in the graduate program for health services administration and has served on the program’s board of advisors for 20 years. In November 2009, Bob was honored as one of the Fab 40 Alumni by the UAB School of Health Professions.