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Karen Hill, MD
Senior Vice President & Chief Medical Officer, Community Health Choice While continuing in her practice she continued to diversify her interests and was offered a part time position as Associated Medical Director at Amerigroup Corp, a company who served the Medicaid population in Houston, Austin, San Antonio and Corpus Christi, particularly pregnant women and children. In this position, Dr.Hill helped to develop programs to improve quality of care and outcomes for this population. This experience prompted her to attend the University of Houston Bauer School of Business to earn an executive MBA. In 2014 she accepted a position as a Senior Medical Director at Cigna Health Spring and currently is Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Community Health Choice which is a leader in providing care to the underserved Medicaid and CHIP populations as well as those that receive insurance as a result of the Affordable Care Act.
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r. Hill was raised in Columbus, Ohio and was number 7 of 8 children. Her siblings set a high bar for education and career accomplishments and continue to keep her humble. She knew she wanted to be a doctor in kindergarten when girls were traditionally encouraged to pursue nursing. She graduated from The Ohio State University with a Bachelor’s of Science in Microbiology. She attended the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine where she met her husband, Chester Brown. They moved to Houston where she completed a dual residency and board certification in both Internal Medicine and 106
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Dr. Hill is active in the community as a member of The Houston Chapter of Jack and Jill. She served both as a co-chair and chair of their historic Debutante Ball. She chaired the scholarship brunch for the Houston Medical Forum and is a member of the Houston Chapter of Links Incorporated where she is chair of the scholarship committee. She is an active parent and is excited to help her son transition to the UniPediatrics. She started practice as Clini- versity of Miami for Mechanical Engineering cal Assistant Professor at Baylor College of and support her daughter in her last years Medicine where she split her time between of high school at St. Agnes Academy. private practice and academic medicine She enjoys spinning, biking and boot teaching and supervising medical stucamp for exercise. She has not found a dents and residents. She served on the home improvement project she won’t atboard of directors for Baylor~Methodist tempt and enjoys spending time with her Primary Care Associates. husband and two children Benjamin 18, In July 2000, she opened her solo prac- and Camryn 16. tice Internal Medicine and Pediatric Associates. Here she cared for the entire family Karen Hill, MD from birth until death. Her interest always Senior Vice President & Chief Medical Officer focused on prevention which led her to de- Community Health Choice velop “The Life Long Weigh”, a successful 5420 Dashwood Dr. weight loss and integrative medicine prac- Houston, TX 77081 Ph. 713.661.9550 tice within her practice.
