Doulgeris brings over 35 years of health care and biotechnology executive management expertise to HCP. He has served primarily as president, CEO and on boards of directors for for-profit, non-profit, public and private companies in the hospital, ancillary provider, medical device and health care services industries.

In 1983, Doulgeris co-founded National Comtel Systems. Under his guidance, National Comtel Systems became one of the largest hospital contract management companies in the country. Later in his career, he worked as a CEO level crisis-management professional for a number of healthcare providers from hospitals to large physician practices and ancillary health care providers. More recently, Doulgeris co-founded and served as president, CEO through the growing years of both the Orthopedic Development and MinSurg Corporations; these biotechnology companies successfully developed and marketed revolutionary surgical implants to alleviate chronic back pain for tens of thousands of patients.

Born in Pittsburgh, Pa., Doulgeris spent his childhood in Pennsylvania, where he received his undergraduate degree in Journalism and Communications. He went on to pursue post-graduate work in business administration after entering the professional world.

Doulgeris and his wife of 40 years have three adult children and reside in Palm Harbor, Fla. He is the co-author of the award-winning novel “The Dyodyne Experiment” and dozens of published articles and op-ed pieces on marketing and the future of the health care industry. He currently writes for Physician’s Practice as a byline contributor. Doulgeris also co-founded and serves on the board of directors of the Tampa Bay Opera, the company his daughter performs with as a dramatic soprano.