Northeast Georgia Physicians Group’s (NGPG’s) Chief Physician Executive, Dr. Bedri Yusuf, is leaving the organization.
In a statement to AccessWDUN, Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) spokesman Sean Couch said they wish him the best.
“Dr. Yusuf has been a respected leader across Northeast Georgia Physicians Group (NGPG) and Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) since 2019,” the statement read. “He has helped our health system continually improve as NGPG has grown, especially through his work to help develop NGHS’ Care Traffic Control Center, which is one of the first of its kind in the nation and allows central coordination of patient flow across our five-hospital system. We appreciate his time, energy, and passion – and we all wish him the best.”
The departure follows a similar one from NGPG’s President Daniel Tuffy in July.
Both departures come as NGHS is facing two discrimination-based lawsuits, one filed by Dr. Erine Raybon-Rojas in April.
That lawsuit named Tuffy and Yusuf as factors, with the filing saying that Yusuf has “repeatedly expressed his belief that women physicians are less capable than male physicians.”
A January lawsuit filed by three Indian Americans alleged that Tuffy was “disrespectful” to Dr. Kapil Pareek and his Indian American colleagues.
NGHS said that, along with NGPG Vice President Bobby Norris, Dr. Antonio Rios has agreed to step into Yusuf’s role on an interim basis.
