Vimal Thomas George, M. D., MSc

 vgeorgemd@gmail.com                                                           

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS & POSITIONS

 

Founder CME Travel Academy (July 2025)

 

TEDxNorthwesternU Speaker (April 2024): How to Make Healthy Living Incredibly Simple

 

Author (2021): Health in Flames: A Doctor’s Prescription for Living BEYOND Diet and Exercise

Executive Medical Director (Chief Quality Officer) (2014 to 2019)

  • Set strategy for quality improvement and value-based care for the clinic
    • Strategically positioned the clinic for success in MIPS
    • Successfully led the clinic’s effort in our Medicare Shared Savings Program partnership
  • Helped to develop and oversee a new department of population health
  • Successfully introduced training and auditing for HCC coding for all providers
  • Successfully achieved shared savings goals for the majority of our value-based contracts
  • Improved quality across multiple metrics including breast cancer screening, colon screening, and certain immunizations to better than the 90th percentile
  • Chaired the Medical CQI committee which helps to align providers and staff to performance goals through financial and non-financial incentives
  • Standardized workflows by developing standing orders and empowering medical assistants to work to the top of their license to enhance quality of care across the clinic
  • Standardized disease management protocols
  • Standardized intake forms and physician templates
  • Used LEAN methodology to streamline:
    • the process of ordering overdue screening tests
    • introduced same day services for important tests and screening such as mammograms and diabetic eye exams
  • Started quarterly best practices sharing workshop among primary care providers
  • Developed and disseminated monthly report cards reflecting performance on key quality metrics for providers that were made transparent to all

 

Associate Medical Director (2012 to 2014)

  • Helped CMO and took on primary responsibility for the orientation of new physicians
  • Re-designed orientation process for physicians by 1) introducing new providers to best practices and 2) re-structuring orientation so that more information was retained – i.e changed from 3-4 days of orientation upfront to 2-3days upfront plus one day 6wks later
  • Worked with colleagues in the clinical informatics committee and medical CQI committee to establish the e-Clinical Discussion Forum whereby physicians can share articles/apps/cme ideas/etc.
  • Managing population health via PCMH initiatives & helping to implement this initiative within the primary care sections
  • Worked with the Clinical Informatics Committee to develop “smart templates” that provide point of care reminders to providers when certain vaccines or cancer screenings are indicated
  • Worked with the CMO and physician recruitment committee to introduce the concept of behavioral assessments for hiring new providers to improve the likelihood of hiring the “right” provider
  • Helped CMO in implementing and enforcing compliance with various issues including: timely completion of medical records, timely sign-off on labs, timely submission of charge tickets, etc.

Chief of Family Medicine (2010 to 2014)

  • Chaired monthly meetings and led one of the larger sections within the Austin Diagnostic Clinic
  • Improved vaccination rate among family doctors by over 30% compared to the prior year by removing impediments and introducing such things as standing orders for various vaccines
  • Worked closely with clinical manager, health coaches and physicians to successfully bring nearly all family doctors above national average with respect to diabetic quality metrics
  • Reducing refill requests by engaging providers to proactively refill meds at the time of visit
  • Introduced new revenue streams among family doctors by making spirometry and certain vaccines available in-house
  • Worked with the chief of the clinical informatics committee to standardize the template used by family physicians (thus significantly reducing the number of templates used)
  • Successfully worked to remove some of the negative influence of drug reps and the appearance of impropriety by eliminating drug company sponsored luncheons within the section
  • Family Medicine section award: Awarded the Quality Improvement award by the MCQI committee for achieving high quality metrics in various categories in 2011
  • Family Medicine section award: Angie’s List Super Service Award Winner for 2012

 

Family Physician (2007 to present)

  • Served on multiple committees including: MCQI, credentials, physician recruitment & retention, contracting committee
  • Served as TMA alternate delegate in 2014 to 2016
  • Multiple media appearances discussing topics ranging from flu vaccines, perils of the summer heat, medication safety, breast cancer screening, mens’ health among others
  • 2011 Bridges to Excellence Program – Certificate of Recognition awarded by Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute, Inc.
  • Served as Medical Director for Kindred at Home (formerly IntegraCare)in Austin
  • Lab director for Steiner Ranch branch of Austin Diagnostic Clinic

EMPLOYMENT

 

January 2007 to Present                              The Austin Diagnostic Clinic

                                                                        Austin, Texas

August 2005 – January 2007                        Locum Tenens – multiple locations across Texas,                                                                          Hawaii & Arizona

                                                                        (details available upon request)

EDUCATION

 

April 2014 to 2018                                         Masters Healthcare Quality & Safety

                                                                        Thomas Jefferson University

 

July 2002 – June 2005                                  Family Physician

            Memorial Family Medicine Residency Program,

            Houston, TX

                                   

August 1998 – June 2002                              Doctor of Medicine

                                                                        University of Texas at Houston Medical School

August 1993 – June 1997                              Bachelor of Arts Biochemistry

            University of Texas at Austin

MEDICAL LICENSE

                       

Texas State License, M1699 

Hawaii Medical License, MD-13662

BOARD CERTIFICATION           

 

American Board of Family Medicine

Active since 08/04/2006

 

PROFESSIONAL

ORGANIZATIONS                         

 

American Academy of Family Physicians

Travis County Medical Society

Texas Medical Association

PUBLICATION

 

George, Vimal. Health in Flames: A Doctor’s Prescription for Living BEYOND Diet and Exercise. Epsilon Publishing, 2021.

Thomas Kaniyarakam. “The Substance of Human Life.” Autumn 2002: 367-368 The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly

 

PERSONAL INTERESTS & VOLUNTEER POSITIONS        

 

   * Speaking, blogging, Youtuber, multiple podcasts, author; 2020 to Present

  • Central Texas & Global Poverty Relief Organization – founder & CEO 2008-2012 – amplifying the efforts of other non-profit organizations that seek to help those living in extreme poverty
  • Malaria No More – Malaria Griot 2010-2012 – educating and motivating the public through presentations about Malaria.org – was selected in 2010 to go to the US Congress to lobby for legislation and funding for programs that would benefit those living in extreme poverty
  • Leadership Round Rock 2007
  • Memorial Residency Admissions Committee 2002-2005

 

REFERENCES

 

Available upon request.