Optimus names Michels-Ashwood its chief medical officer

Bridgeport-based Optimus Health Care Inc. has named Dr. Karin Michels-Ashwood its chief medical officer.

Michels-Ashwood, who joined Optimus in January 2012 as the clinical coordinator for Park City Primary Care in Bridgeport, has been the firm”™s interim CMO since April.

As CMO, Michels-Ashwood will provide strategic clinical leadership; work to establish linkages between leaders and physicians of community and state member and affiliate organizations; represent Optimus on matters of medical delivery, clinical advancement and integration, quality improvement and patient safety; and develop and embrace best practices to adapt to the national and regional health care environment.