Central Region Regional Chief Medical Director (1/2015 to present)
Medical Director of the Surgical Services Clinical Program for Intermountain Healthcare (2010 – 2015)
Chairman of the Department of Surgery at Intermountain Medical Center (2007 – 2014)
Adjunct Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Utah School of Medicine
Dr. Ott received his medical degree from the University Of Utah School Of Medicine. He trained in general surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Subsequently he completed a Society of Surgical Oncology fellowship also at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He practiced surgical oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital and was a faculty member of the Harvard School of Medicine (1997 – 2002) prior to being recruited to Intermountain Healthcare.
He has received multiple teaching awards for his efforts in educating medical students and residents. He has also received multiple community awards for his contribution to excellence in patient outcomes and healthcare delivery.
In addition to his administrative, leadership, and educational responsibilities; he is also a practicing surgical oncologist specializing in Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic tumors, Sarcoma, as well complex upper gastrointestinal surgery, and other rare tumors.
His leadership interests center on recruiting physician/surgeons to participate in clinical program building and outcomes analysis and research. He has led corporate wide initiatives across the 22 hospitals in the Intermountain Healthcare system to reduce the cost of surgical procedures by 100 millions of dollars from 2012 – 2015. In addition to overseeing and improving healthcare delivery in the Intermountain Healthcare’s five Central Region hospitals, he is also currently responsible to help make Intermountain Medical Center one of the top 5 hospitals in America.
He has served as the physician champion for Intermountain Medical Center’s participation in the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. He also has a strong interest in workplace wellness and served as a Board Member for the Wellness Councils of America (WELCOA) for 10 years.
