Jim O’Brien

Jim O’Brien, MD, MS, is the Senior Vice President of Provider Networks and Value-Based Care at AndHealth. AndHealth radically improves access and outcomes for patients by making Community Health Centers bigger, clinically broader, and a more integrated part of the healthcare system. Prior to joining AndHealth, Dr. O’Brien worked for OhioHealth. He served as the Vice President of Operation for Population Health from 2018-2025. He began his career at OhioHealth in July 2012, moving from the Medical Director of Quality and Patient Safety at Riverside Methodist Hospital to the System Vice President for Quality and Patient Safety for OhioHealth. Prior to joining OhioHealth, he worked from 2004 to 2012 at The Ohio State University Medical Center.

Dr. O’Brien earned his Masters of Science, Basic Biomedical Sciences, Clinical Sciences Program at the University of Colorado and his medical degree from The Ohio State University.

He has a rich academic background as a medical intensivist, clinical researcher, and epidemiologist, publishing more than fifty articles and chapters in peer-reviewed journals. Common themes include the effects of excess body weight on outcomes for critically ill patients, epidemiology, and medical decision-making. With a strong focus and passion for advancement in sepsis care and risk factors, Dr. O’Brien has been a national speaker on such topics.

Dr. O’Brien currently serves as physician champion to Ohio Hospital Association Statewide Sepsis Initiative and serves on the Board of Directors to Sepsis Alliance, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness of sepsis by educating patients, caregivers, and healthcare professionals to treat sepsis as a medical emergency. He is also co-founder of Spike Out Sepsis, an annual sand volleyball tournament that benefited Sepsis Alliance.