Gina McFarlane-El

Chief Executive Officer, Five Rivers Health Centers

Gina McFarlane-El is the founder and CEO of Five Rivers Health Centers (FRHC), serving the Montgomery (Dayton) County and Greene County areas. Funded as a FQHC in 2013, FRHC grew from 3 to 9 sites, serving 12,000 to over 25,000 patients in 5 years. With 32 years of health care management experience with residency programs, her team prides itself in being one of the largest FQHCs in the nation that provides an ambulatory experience to over 250 medical residents, dental residents and fellows (including Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, OB/GYN, Dental, GI, ID, Hematology/Oncology, and Psychiatry). Ms. McFarlane-El has a MBA and MPH from Columbia University in New York and is the recipient of the Ohio’s Unsung Hero and Power 50 – Dayton’s Most Influential Women awards.

Appearances

  • Thumbnail for The Value of Growing Our Own
    Date
    August 20, 2019
    There is increasing competition for clinical care team members needed by health centers. One way to address this competition is to “grow our own,” and there are numerous opportunities to become involved in health professions education…

    Speakers

    Speaker Image for Kim Butler Perry
    Kim Butler Perry, DDS, MSCS, FACD
    Associate Vice President, University Strategic Partnerships, A.T. Still University
    Speaker Image for Donald Weaver
    Senior Advisor, Clinical Workforce, NACHC
    Speaker Image for Sharon Obadia
    Sharon Obadia, DO, FNAOME
    Associate Dean, Clinical Education and Services, AT Still University-School of Osteopathic Medicine
    Speaker Image for Dean Germano
    Chief Executive Officer, Shasta Community Health Center
    Speaker Image for Faith Polkey
    Faith Polkey, MD, MPH, FAAP, CPE
    Chief Clinical Officer, BJHCHS, Inc
    Speaker Image for Margaret Flinter
    Margaret Flinter, APRN, PhD, FAAN, FAANP
    Senior Vice President and Clinical Director, Community Health Center, Inc.
    Speaker Image for Bruce Gray
    Chief Executive Officer, NWRPCA
    Speaker Image for Gina McFarlane-El
    Chief Executive Officer, Five Rivers Health Centers
    Speaker Image for Sophia McIntyre
    Sophia McIntyre, MD, MPH, MBA, FAAFP, CPE
    Chief Medical Officer, 2016 Baldrige Executive Fellow, Hudson River HealthCare, Inc.

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