The Govern Group, LLC

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Our consultants have significant experience in contemporary and practical problem solving and provide our clients with candid recommendations and solutions based on their hands-on industry expertise and a solid track record of successful results.Frank Govern, Ph.D., Founder and CEO - Frank began his career in the health care field as a 1st Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force Nurse Corps during the Vietnam War followed by twelve years as a Captain in the Army Reserves.. After completing his formal business education, Frank was appointed to a number of chief executive positions at Hospital Corporation of America acute care institutions located in Tyrone, Pennsylvania and Alexandria, Virginia. Following working for HCA, he became the President and CEO of Charles River Hospital, an inpatient psychiatric hospital in Wellesley, Massachusetts and oversaw its two satellite outpatient counseling centers.From 1986 until 1999, Frank was the Chief Operating Officer of the Joint Center for Radiation Therapy (JCRT), Harvard Medical School in Boston. The JCRT was a radiation oncology consortium and cooperative of Boston's Longwood Area cancer centers composed of the New England Deaconess Hospital, Beth Israel Hospital, Children's Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. During his many years there, he helped to dramatically increase the size, scope, efficiency, and reputation of the JCRT. In 1999, Frank became the Deputy Director of the Radiation Oncology Sciences Program (ROSP) at the National Cancer Institute (NCI). This is a multifaceted umbrella organization that coordinates all radiation oncology activities both nationally and internationally of the NCI. He also served as an NCI internal problem-solving consultant. He rounded out his government career as the Chief of Oncology Outreach, Radiation Research Program. Frank focused on expanding minority participation in radiation oncology clinical trials by authoring and administering the Cancer Disparities Research Partnership Program (CDRP) . His efforts also included working with Dr. Harold Freeman and the staff from the NCI's Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities to help formulate and trial the first Patient Navigator programs in the country. Lastly, he worked closely with engineers and clinicians at NIH to develop the clinical and research application of TELESYNERGY , a unique and state of the art telemedicine system. All of Frank's programs were focused on reducing cancer disparities among minorities and those of low socioeconomic status.. Because of the success of CDRP in increasing minorities on clinical trials throughout the country,, the program was awarded additional funds to expand minority participation in medical and surgical oncology clinical trials. In 2004, Frank received the National Institutes of Health Award of Merit from NCI Director, Dr. Andrew Von Eschenbach."For creation and implementation of the Cancer Disparities Research Partnership Program and the pioneering use of telemedicine for cancer research in health disparities populations." Following Dr.

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