Knowing that similar challenges exist throughout the country, Intercept has focused on building real partnerships with our hospitals and bedside staff based in trust and open dialogue in order to improve the outcomes in their ICUs. At Intercept, we feel that combining skilled Intensivists who are proactively monitoring patients with the most sophisticated predictive analytic software are the main ingredients needed to safely deliver ICU care while reducing length of stay and other related complications. Whether you are in search of a full-scale TeleICU program or you’re looking to provide a consultative service such as tele-psychiatry, we pride ourselves on our ability to provide a highly customizable service that is tailored to each of our hospital partners’ needs. We thank you for taking the time to learn about Intercept and potentially entrusting your patients to us.
The Intercept Vision
Dr. Reino created Intercept because he saw a need for improvement in the quality of care in the ICU, and to address challenges associated with a current shortage of intensivist physicians that is growing larger. His aims are:
Meet Our Executive Team
Diego C. Reino, MD
Diego C. Reino, MD, founder and Chief Executive Officer of Intercept Telehealth, is a Board Certified transplant surgeon specializing in liver and kidney surgeries. He has trained and practiced at some of the nation’s most prominent hospitals that specialize in transplantation, including UCLA, the Cleveland Clinic, where he was a leading transplantation surgeon, and Rutgers University. Through this work, Dr. Reino saw the needs and benefits of tele-ICU medicine, which became the impetus for him to found Intercept Telehealth. He received his BA degree in biology from Drew University and his MD from Rutgers University.
Israel Villanueva, MD, MBA
Israel Villanueva, MD, is the Chief Medical Officer for Intercept Telehealth. He is board-certified in both internal medicine and critical care medicine, and has extensive experience as an internist, hospitalist and intensivist. Dr. Villanueva has served as a tele-critical care physician, developing an intimate knowledge of its processes and benefits. After receiving his BA degree in biology at Harvard University, Dr. Villanueva earned his MD degree at the NYU School of Medicine and his MBA degree from the University of California, Irvine. He completed his residency in internal medicine at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center and his fellowship in critical care medicine at Stanford University.
David Mednick
David, Intercept’s Chief Financial Officer, is a hands-on finance professional with a track record of success with start-up healthcare companies. Prior to joining the Intercept team, David served in CFO roles of healthcare companies in dialysis, diagnostic imaging, and physician practice management. As CFO of Radiology Corporation of America, he helped take the company from start-up to a multi-million dollar enterprise and one of the nation’s leading mobile PET/CT diagnostic companies. David earned his BA degree in business economics and communications at the University of California, Santa Barbara and an MBA in finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Craig Bloom
Craig, Intercept’s Chief Growth Officer, is an accomplished healthcare marketing and business development executive. His primary responsibility is to develop and implement growth strategies for Intercept’s nationwide operations. Previously, Craig was the Senior Vice President of Physician Relations for the Cancer Treatment Centers of America, and he served as the Regional Chief Strategy Officer for Tenet Healthcare’s Coastal Division, consisting of 17 hospitals in Florida, Massachusetts and South Carolina. Before that, he was Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Radiology Corporation of America, where he helped grow the company’s business as it transitioned from start-up to one of the nation’s leading mobile PET/CT diagnostic companies.
Robert Closius
Robert, Intercept’s Chief Technology Officer, is a highly experienced enterprise level IT professional with extensive knowledge of systems and multi-site connectivity for healthcare companies. Robert oversees all technological aspects of Intercept Telehealth’s tele-ICU solutions. Previously, Robert managed data center and disaster recovery operations for MedNax Services, Inc., a national public company providing neonatal anesthesia, maternal fetal and pediatric physician subspecialty healthcare services. At MedNax, he designed, built, and operated a backup disaster recovery center, with eight consecutive yearly week-long, company-wide failover and failback tests.