Ronald Dwinnells

Ronald Dwinnells, M.D., M.B..A, C.P.E., FAAP

Northeast Ohio Medical University

Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Contact Information

Youngstown Community Health Center

726 Wick Avenue

Youngstown OH 44505

Phone: 330.747.2330

Fax: 330.747.9552

Email: rdwinnellsmd@onehealth.com

University of Kentucy, MD

George Washington University, MBA

Biography

Ronald Dwinnells, M.D., MBA, is a pediatrician board certified physician executive (CPE) who has served, since 1998, as the Chief Executive Officer at the Ohio North East Health Systems, Inc. located in Northeast Ohio. He obtained his undergraduate and medical degrees at the University of Kentucky and received his MBA from George Washington University in Washington, D.C. He is a former National Health Service Corps scholar who served in the capacity of pediatrician and medical director for 10 years prior to his current post. Dr. Dwinnells is a frequent speaker on a national level discussing topics of health disparities, health care leadership and health care administration. He has testified before congressional committees on health care delivery and also has hosted a number of state and federal legislators on various health care topics. In 2004, Dr. Dwinnells hosted President George W. Bush in Youngstown on the topic of community health centers before a town hall style meeting.

Research Interests

  • Health care financing

  • Health Care delivery models

  • Leadership

  • Health care to the medically underserved

  • Health care disparities

  • Integrative health care delivery models

Practice Interests

  • Health care financing

  • Health care delivery models

  • Leadership

  • Health care to the medically underserved

  • Health care disparities

  • Integrative health care delivery models

Consortium of Eastern Ohio Master of Public Health Involvement

  • Faculty appointment

  • Co-course director, Health Services Administration in Public Health

  • Capstone preceptor

Capstone or Practicum Areas of Expertise

  • Health care delivery models/methodologies

  • Health care delivery to the medically underserved

  • Health care education to the poor

  • Health care financing

  • Integrative health care delivery