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.