Driven by a passion to improve access to dermatology care, Gheorghe co-founded Epiphany Dermatology in 2014. He has served as Chief Executive Officer since inception and has overall responsibility for strategy, growth, physician recruiting, operations, and corporate support functions. Gheorghe is extremely proud of the positive and high-integrity culture that defines Epiphany, and he works hard to cultivate and safeguard that across all of Epiphany.
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Henriikka Penkki
Passionate about driving operational excellence to support the highest level of care for Epiphany patients, Henriikka joined Epiphany Dermatology in 2016. In 2023, she transitioned from her role as Chief Operating Officer to Chief of Staff. Her responsibilities include ensuring everything runs smoothly with our practice integrations and managing a variety of projects with a special focus on great teams and common sense processes. Prior to joining Epiph...
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Gabrielle Adams
Gabrielle is an experienced financial executive with over 30 years of developing and leading teams who enhance companies’ ability to grow and prosper. Most recently, Gabrielle served as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer at Hanger, Inc., a leading provider of prosthetic and orthotic services.
Prior to Hanger, she served as Chief Financial Officer at Texas Bankers Association, a trade association supporting the banking industry in ...
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Ted Emmert
Determined to help build a special company, Ted joined Epiphany in 2016 as Chief Development Officer. His primary focus is to lead Epiphany’s external growth strategy via acquisitions and de novo development of dermatology physician practices. Prior to joining Epiphany, Ted served as Vice President – Mergers & Acquisitions at Sheridan Healthcare which is one of the largest multi-specialty physician companies in the country a...
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Melissa Oesterreich
Essential to Epiphany’s growth and success are the talented team members who strive to keep patient care at the forefront of every business decision. Passionate about putting people first and nurturing Epiphany’s special culture, Melissa joined the executive team in 2023 as the company’s first Chief People Officer. She is responsible for leading the human resources organization and ensuring Epiphany continues to be a company where pur...
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R. Todd Plott, MD
Dr. R. Todd Plott is a board-certified dermatologist who possesses a rare combination of compassion, 30 years of experience, and good-natured humor. Dr. Plott loves coming to the clinic and seeing his patients each day. He takes caring for people seriously, and makes the apprehensive or vulnerable patient feel comfortable. He enjoys diagnosing tough cases and has a special passion for treating patients suffering with acne. His specialization and profes...
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Russell Chidester
Passionate about expanding access to care while promoting a best-in-class teammate, provider and patient experience, Russell joined Epiphany in 2023 as SVP of Operations. Prior to Epiphany, he worked for DaVita as a Divisional Vice President, overseeing more than 60 clinics in the greater Houston and West Texas geographies.
Russell is a native of Austin, Texas, and obtained his undergraduate degree from Claremont McKenna College, where he also played v...
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Katie Sullivan
Katie joined Epiphany in September 2023 to lead our legal team. Prior to Epiphany, she was a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. During her tenure there, she advised hospitals and health systems, specialty physician practices, post-acute and long-term care providers, medical device manufacturers, digital health companies and investors on innovative transactions and critical regulatory and reimbursement matters.
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Brett Neely
Driven by helping companies achieve operational and financial success, Brett joined the Epiphany team in April 2021 as Senior Director of Business Transformation to lead special projects. He was then promoted to Vice President of Finance & Accounting in September 2022.
Brett’s vast experience includes roles in finance, accounting, and auditing. He started his career in public accounting with Arthur Andersen, was a SOX auditor for large public...
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Matt Smith
In 2023, Matt assumed the role of Vice President of Development at Epiphany. Within this capacity, he plays a pivotal role in providing dermatologists with the necessary information to make informed partnership decisions, while also guiding them and their teams through the intricacies of the partnership process.
Before joining Epiphany, Matt served as the Vice President of Corporate Development at Elevate Women’s Health. In this position, he prov...
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