Lumin Health Announces Key Executive Hires

Names Mark Heffer Director of Operations and Donna Grace Chief Nursing Officer– Lumin Health™, an innovative, privately owned and operated healthcare enterprise based in Irving, Texas, announces two new executive hires to its leadership team today. The organization has added Mark Heffer to serve as director of operations and Donna Grace as the chief nursing officer.

Reporting directly to the founder and CEO, Dr. Douglas Won, Heffer will be responsible for evaluating and developing a strategy to improve clinical operations. Heffer will oversee the following Lumin Health-branded practices: SpineCARE™, OrthoCARE™ and PainCARE, as well as Lumin ConvenientCARE, Lumin ERCare, Lumin FamilyCARE, and NTX Anesthesia.

"We are very fortunate to have someone of Mark's caliber join our team," said Dr. Douglas Won, founder and CEO of Lumin Health. "His previous leadership, experience and industry knowledge specific to the healthcare industry will now take Lumin Health’s branded practices to the next level of performance and achievement."

Heffer has a wealth of expertise in operations and business development for companies in the healthcare industry. Before joining Lumin Health, he served as practice manager for Sheridan Healthcare in Plano, Texas. While there, he was responsible for practice management for 12 outpatient maternal fetal medicine practices and six neonatology hospital service line locations. Prior to that assignment, Heffer served as a marketing consultant for AllianceCare Home Health, area manager for Encompass Home Health and was a sales representative for Jordan Health Services.

Heffer graduated from Texas State University and is currently working toward the completion of his MBA program.

Donna Grace, RN, MBA, joins Star Medical Center as the new chief nursing officer. With over 20 years of executive suite hospital experience, Grace brings a vast amount of experience to Lumin Health. She has balanced her time in both profit and not-for-profit healthcare corporations, some of which include HCA, Texas Health Harris Methodist and Baylor Healthcare.
Under her clinical leadership at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southlake, Grace led the facility to five consecutive “Best Place to Work in Healthcare” awards by Modern Healthcare magazine (2008-2012). 

“Having such a seasoned and experienced healthcare executive like Donna in the CNO role at Star Medical Center will allow us to continue providing the highest level of quality patient care,” said Dr. Won. “She has a history of managing world-class healthcare operations at her previous facilities, and we’re honored to have her as part of the Lumin Health family.”
For further information, please visit www.luminhealth.com.

Lumin Health™ is a growing, innovative, privately owned and operated healthcare enterprise based in Irving, Texas. Its healthcare settings include surgical hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, urgent care centers and specialty outpatient centers. Lumin Health partners with physicians, healthcare companies and others to deliver world-class specialty healthcare services that exceed patient expectations through mutually beneficial strategic solutions. These partners benefit from having more control over patient outcomes, increased efficiencies and access to the Lumin Health referral network. Affiliates of Lumin Health include Star Medical Center, SpineCARE™, OrthoCARE™ and NuLife Clinic. For more information, visit www.luminhealth.com.

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