President and Chief Medical Executive
Michael Soman, MD, is President/Chief Medical Executive of Group Health Physicians, a professional corporation of nearly 1400 physicians and clinicians. GHP provides and manages medical services for Group Health Cooperative. Dr. Soman also continues to serve as the executive medical director of the Group Practice Division, overseeing the care of over 425,000 patients in Group Health-operated medical facilities.
Dr. Soman has been with Group Health since 1984 in a variety of roles. He practiced for 17 years at Group Health, then served as the medical director for primary care at Group Health, overseeing 20 primary care facilities. More recently he was executive medical director for the Group Practice Division (a job he still retains). He began his Group Health career at the Burien Medical Center, and he was a clinic chief for 14 of the 17 years that he was in practice.
Dr. Soman earned his medical degree from University of California, Davis in 1978, and a Masters in Public Health from the University of Washington. He completed residencies in Family Medicine and Preventive Medicine and was certified in Sports Medicine as well. He has been a volunteer teacher for Bainbridge Island schools, a soccer coach, and was a longtime member of Physicians for Social Responsibility.
What will your legacy be?
What a night! It felt terrific to see over 700 clinicians and special guests at the GHP Annual Meeting on February 15. “A Legacy of Leadership” was our theme for the evening, touching on our shared past, present, and future.
Medical Group Leaders
 Executive Vice President |
 Health Plan Division Paul Sherman, MD |
 Human Resources & Compliance Jeffrey Grice, MD |
 Strategy Deployment Bruce C. Smith, MD |
 Quality & Informatics Matt Handley, MD |
 Strategy & Business Development Steve Tarnoff, MD |
 Research Translation Robert Reid, MD, PhD |
 Acute, Post Acute, Pharmacy, Lab & EPRO Kate Brostoff, MD |
 Consultative Specialty Services Marc Mora, MD |
 Primary Care Claire Trescott, MD |
 Surgical Services Michael Toubbeh, MD |
 Eyecare Services Philip Paros, MD |
 Perioperative and Central Hospital Services Steve Lavine, MD |
 Cardiovascular Services Nate Green, MD |
 Orthopedic-Musculoskeletal Charlie Jung, MD |
 Specialty Business Processes, Facilities and Quality Judith Nielsen, MD |
 Medical/Surgical Specialties Chris Cable, MD |
 Primary Care - Olympia, Puyallup, Tacoma Ginny Sugimoto, MD |
 Primary Care - Burien, Federal Way, Kent, Kitsap County Paul Fletcher, MD |
 Primary Care - Seattle, Lynnwood, Northgate, Rainier Randy Ideker, PA-C |
 Primary Care - Bellevue, Everett, Factoria, Northshore, Redmond, Renton Marty Levine, MD |
 Primary Care - Spokane Tom Schaaf, MD |
