Trisha Anest MD, MBA, MPH, FACEP

Trisha Anest, MD, MBA, MPH, FACEP, is a Regional Vice President of the USACS South Division. Prior to this role, Dr. Anest most recently served as System Medical Director for the Bon Secours Mercy Health System in Virginia, where she led 10 emergency departments and five hospitalist programs.

Dr. Anest is a board-certified physician leader with a track record of spearheading successful performance improvement initiatives and surpassing all metrics including goals for throughput, patient satisfaction, and clinical quality. She earned her undergraduate degree at the University of Texas at San Antonio and pursued her medical degree at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio while simultaneously achieving her master’s degree in public health at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston. She completed her emergency medicine residency at Johns Hopkins University and earned her physician executive MBA at the University of Tennessee.

In addition to her role at USACS, Dr. Anest currently serves as President-Elect of the Virginia Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians.