The Urgent Care Leader is Positioning for a New Expansion Phase
November 10, 2014 – Clayton, NC: FastMed Urgent Care today announced the promotion of Kyle A. Bohannon to President of FastMed effective immediately.
“Kyle has been a key leader and contributor toward FastMed’s success throughout the past four years,” said Kevin Blank, FastMed Chief Executive Officer. “His leadership has helped make us the fastest-growing urgent care organization in the country.”
Bohannon leads all strategic, partnership and growth/development initiatives for FastMed, including leading the company’s corporate mergers and acquisitions practice and the subsequent integration programs required to assimilate each acquisition into the broader FastMed platform. Bohannon also serves as Chairman of the FastMed Charity Committee, which orchestrates the company’s support of charitable contributions to community-based causes.
“During my tenure with FastMed, the team and I have led the fastest growth of any urgent care company in the country and we have attained clear leadership in our primary markets of Arizona and North Carolina,” Bohannon said. “FastMed continues to expand due to our dedicated group of health care professionals, an experienced senior executive team and unwavering investor support. I am looking forward to serving as President of FastMed as the company enters the next phase of growth/development.”
Bohannon has been with FastMed for four years. He brought to the company extensive experience in private equity with HarbourVest Partners in both the United States and Europe and in investment banking at Morgan Stanley with a focus on mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance. He graduated from Amherst College, where he was a four-year member of the men’s varsity lacrosse team. Bohannon is an active leader/coach in the Special Olympics organization and in the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Team in Training.
About FastMed Urgent Care:
FastMed Urgent Care is an owner and operator of urgent care facilities with locations throughout North Carolina and Arizona. FastMed focuses on the delivery of non-appointment based medicine to the non-emergency patient market. The urgent care centers are open 365 days a year and are staffed with experienced and licensed physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners. FastMed clinics hold The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for accreditation in compliance with the Joint Commission’s national standards for health care quality and safety in ambulatory health care. For more information, please visit www.fastmed.com. FastMed is managed by an affiliated entity of one of the investment funds of the Comvest Group.
About the Comvest Group:
The Comvest Group, with $1.2 billion of assets under management, provides flexible financing solutions to lower middle-market companies through its equity and debt funds, often meeting time-critical and complex funding requirements. The firm includes seasoned, senior level operating executives who partner with managers and owners of companies to operationally improve businesses and create long-term value. Since 2000, Comvest has invested more than $1.5 billion of capital in over 105 public and private companies. For more information, please visit www.comvest.com.
Contact:
Reuel Heyden
Sr. Dir. of Communications | Marketing
FastMed Urgent Care
Phone: 919.550.0821×1016
Email: r.heyden@fastmed.com