Summit Health employs more than 60 physicians part-time. These physicians operate as our state medical directors; Summit Health has state medical directors in all 50 states and Puerto Rico. Summit Health has a standing order for all health screenings and immunization services in each state.

Medical Advisory Board

Our Medical Advisory Board is integral to the quality of our services and compliance with state, federal, and industry protocols. The responsibilities of the Medical Advisory Board are to:

1. Oversee state medical directors
2. Review Summit Health medical protocols and procedures on a yearly basis, making appropriate changes and approving the documents
3. Update referral and panic values per Agency for Health Care Policy and Research Clinical Practice Guidelines
4. Provide standing orders for immunizations and screenings
5. Review educational presentations and patient handouts
6. Develop physician interpretation letters and review lab results
7. Develop protocols for new Summit Health screenings and immunization programs
8. Authorize company to bill insurance companies, including Medicare
9. Comply with requests for information in applications for and renewals of state licensures
10. Serve as Credentialing Committee for Summit Health Physician Network
11. Provide guidance on new services, including the Executive Physical

Summit Health Medical Advisory Board reviews standards from the following organizations:

• Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
• National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP)
• American Heart Association (AHA)
• American Dietetic Association
• American Diabetes Association (ADA)
• National Heart Lung Blood Institute (NHLBI)
• American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)

When new guidelines are released by nationally recognized government agencies, our Medical Advisory Board and director of regulatory compliance update our forms with the most recent interpretive guidelines.

The Medical Advisory Board is led by Matt Rosenberg, MD, who provides signatory authority on required state orders and licensure applications. The Summit Health Medical Advisory Board consists of (click on individual to go to his or her bio):

• Matt Rosenberg, MD
  Medical Director, Summit Health
  Role: Medical Advisory Board Chairman
  
  
• Stephen Brunton, MD
  Clinical Professor of Family Medicine, UC Irvine and USC
  Role: Provides guidance on medical policies and procedures, educational materials, and research and development.
  
  
• Dr. Sandra Drake, MPH, PhD
  Laboratory Director, Summit Health
  Role: Laboratory Director, Summit Health
  
  
• Rosalind Norris, MLT
  Director of Regulatory Affairs, Summit Health
  Role: Director of Regulatory Affairs, Summit Health
  
  
• Leonard Fromer MD, FAAFP, Dipl. ABFM
  Assistant Clinical Professor, UCLA Medical School, Los Angeles, CA
  Role: Provides guidance on medical policies and procedures, educational materials, and research and development.
  
  
• LTC John B. Stea, MD, MPH
  Staff Psychiatrist, Western State Hospital, Hopkinsville, KY
  Former medical consultant to the Air Force Surgeon General, Population Health Support Division.
  Role: Provides guidance on public health and behavioral health care policies and procedures, and research and development.
  
  
  

Matt T. Rosenberg, MD

As medical director of Summit Health, Dr. Rosenberg reviews medical protocols and policies, guides the development new services, and assists in recruiting and credentialing the nationwide physician network.

He is currently the director of the Mid-Michigan Health Centers, and chief of the Department of Family Medicine at Foote Health System, both in Jackson, Michigan. Dr. Rosenberg is a clinical faculty member at Michigan State University, in Lansing, and has served as a regional medical director for Blue Care Network. He has a special interest in the medical management of urologic diseases, and has presented his original research at many national meetings, including those of the NIH and AUA, and has over 30 papers, articles, and book chapters published in the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine, Journal of Urology, Women’s Health in Primary Care, Practical Pain Management, and others. Dr. Rosenberg earned his MD at the University of California, Irvine in 1989. He completed his training in general surgery at the University of California, Irvine in 1991 and urologic surgery at Harvard’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston in 1994, including serving as chief resident in urology at the Longwood Program, Harvard University.

Stephen Brunton, MD

Dr. Brunton served for many years as clinical professor in the Departments of Family Medicine at the University of California, Irvine, and the University of Southern California. Currently, he is director of faculty development at Cabarrus/NorthEast Medical Center in Concord, North Carolina.

A former president of the California Academy of Family Physicians and the Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors (AFMRD), Dr. Brunton has held many positions within the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP). He served as director of the division of education in the early 1980s and was a family practice residency director in California for 13 years. In addition, he has been involved in behavior modification education for the past 20 years and has worked with the National Cancer Institute on smoking cessation programs. Dr. Brunson served as director of faculty development for Columbia University/Stamford Hospital.

Dr. Brunton has served on many boards and committees, including those of the AMA, Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, National Kidney Foundation, National Cancer Institute, the Annenberg Center, WebMD, Lifetime Medical Television, Duke University, and the American Heart Association.

He has hosted numerous television programs and professional videos, appearing on The Discovery Channel, Time-Life Patient Education Videos, Sound Mind-Sound Body, and Lifetime Cable Television. Dr. Brunton has appeared on television and radio news programs in Australia, and in the U.S. for NBC, CBS, and CNN. He has been the reader on five audiotapes produced by Audio Digest and the Harvard Medical Institution.

Dr. Brunton has presented more than 200 lectures worldwide. He has published 82 articles, and 19 chapters and monographs on family medicine and related clinical topics. He serves in editorial capacities for Internal Medicine Alert, Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Journal of Clinical Hypertension, Primary Care Quarterly and Patient Care, and as a reviewer for American Family Physician.

Dr. Brunton earned his medical degree at Monash University Medical School in Melbourne, Australia in 1974. He completed his residency in family practice at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center in California in 1981. Dr. Brunton is a board-certified family physician, with a certificate of added qualifications in geriatrics.

Dr. Sandra L. Drake, MPH, PhD., MT (ASCP), Director of Laboratory Operations

Dr. Sandra Drake is a research scientist with experience in clinical pathology and executive management. She is a tenured associate professor from Eastern Michigan University and has directed programs in clinical laboratory sciences. Previously, Dr. Drake has established and directed Drug Safety Evaluation Laboratories including the clinical pathology and pharmacokinetic drug metabolism laboratory to support preclinical safety at Esperion Therapeutics and Pfizer Global Research and Development. Prior to joining Summit Health, Dr. Drake directed medical education at Somanetics Corporation and implemented medical training programs to Global Field Sales Teams. At Summit Health, Dr Drake is working on the design and implementation of a world-class clinical laboratory testing facility to support Summit’s high quality health and wellness screening tests.

Rosalind Norris, MLT, Director of Regulatory Affairs

Prior to joining Summit Health, Inc., Ms. Norris was a Supervisor Designee over the Automated Processing and Immunohematology Laboratory at The American Red Cross National Testing Laboratories. While serving at The American Red Cross, Ms. Norris held the responsibility of overseeing operations and production as well as performance excellence which consisted of monitoring laboratory processes and Medical Technologist working within the laboratories for CLIA, AABB, OSHA, and FDA regulatory compliance. Ms. Norris earned a BS in Biology and Natural science from Madonna University and was trained as a Medical Technologist in Blood Banking at the American Red Cross. Ms. Norris also earned a MBA with a focus in health services and quality from Madonna University.

Leonard Fromer, MD

Dr. Fromer served as assistant clinical professor of Family Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA. He is currently the medical managing director of the Prairie Medical Group in Santa Monica, CA, where he also specializes in allergies and asthma. Dr. Fromer has served as the chairman of the Commission on Health Care Services of the American Academy of Family Physicians, and past president of the California Academy of Family Physicians. He has served on a number of boards and commissions, including for the AMA, US Department of HHS, and the World Foundation for Studies of Female Health.

Dr. Fromer has appeared on CBS News, NBC News, Fox News Channel, and has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Family Practice News, AMA News, Medical Economics, and a variety of AMA publications. He has lectured extensively on allergies and asthma, and health system reform.

Dr. Fromer received his MD from SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn in 1979, graduating magna cum laude. He completed his residency at UC Irvine/Long Beach Memorial in 1982.

LTC John B. Stea, MD, MPH

As Summit Health’s public health consultant, Dr. John Stea reviews policies and procedures and guides the development of preventive medicine, public health, and behavioral health care services, and educational materials.

He currently practices psychiatry at Western State Hospital in Hopkinsville, KY. Prior to joining Western State in 2005, Dr. Stea served as the preventive medicine consultant to the Air Force Surgeon General. During his tenure, LTC Stea spearheaded development of the United States Air Force’s “Leader’s Guide for Managing Personnel in Distress”. This program revolutionized the delivery of preventive medicine and behavioral health care in the Air Force, and was subsequently adopted by the United States Army and Navy. He previously served as medical director at Eglin Air Force Base Medical Center in Florida and was chief of preventive mental health services at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, OH.

Dr. Stea has numerous publications and presentations on preventive medicine and preventive mental health care and was appointed professor of psychiatry at Wright State University. Dr. Stea earned his master of public health degree in 1996 from the University of Kentucky, where he also completed his residency in general preventive medicine.