By: Eric Hoffman

Nashville, TN – October 26, 2020 –OneOncology, the national partnership of independent oncology practices, today announced that Bob Gallagher has been appointed Chief Operations Officer overseeing all operations functions for the high-growth community-based oncology platform. Before coming to OneOncology, Gallagher was a division vice president at DaVita, a national dialysis provider, where he led operations in Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana and Alabama. Gallagher also led the home dialysis strategy for an eight-state region in the Southeast.

“Bob brings a wealth of experience leading teams and instilling operational programs that drive growth and efficiencies for medical practices and clinicians,” said Jeff Patton, MD CEO, OneOncology. “OneOncology expects continued growth across the platform and we look forward to Bob’s contributions as we help our practices expand and thrive to improve the lives of everyone living with cancer.”

In 2020, OneOncology has added three practices and now has more than 470 providers caring for 220,000 patients annually at 170 sites of care. This year OneOncology has also launched significant value-based research and clinical research capabilities with the addition of a comprehensive genomic profiling platform partnership and the unveiling of the OneOncology Research Network (OneR), a national non-exclusive clinical trial site management organization.

“I’m extremely pleased to join the OneOncology team and their partner practices,” Gallagher said.  “OneOncology’s physician leadership, technology investments, clinical advancements and value-based care leadership are all reasons why we’ve got such momentum in the marketplace, and I’m looking forward to contributing to our future successes on behalf of everyone living with cancer.”

Prior to DaVita, Gallagher was in engineering leadership roles at automotive supplier, Robert Bosch, LLC. and a financial analyst at the Ford Motor Company.