US Acute Care Solutions Names Kyle Kirkpatrick Executive Vice President, National Director of Advanced Practice
Press Release
Mar 20, 2025
CANTON, Ohio, March 20, 2025 – US Acute Care Solutions (USACS), the nation’s largest physician-owned emergency and inpatient medicine practice, has named Kyle Kirkpatrick, PA-C, MS, the Executive Vice President, National Director of Advanced Practice.
Kyle is currently the USACS Director of Advanced Practice (DAP) for the West Division and the National Director of the APP Scholars Program. Prior to his DAP role, he was a Lead APP and Regional Director of APPs. In addition, Kyle has been a delegate for the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) and the President of the Colorado Academy of Physician Assistants. He has served as a board member of the State of Colorado Medical Board and has ten years of service as a fellow for the Federation of State Medical Boards.
Kyle earned his Master of Science in the Physician Assistant program at Baylor College of Medicine and his Bachelor of Science in microbiology at Brigham Young University. He is the recipient of the AAPA’s Presidents Award and the Society of Emergency Medicine Physician Assistants Award. He continues to practice clinically in Colorado.
“With 20 years of clinical and leadership experience, I am confident that Kyle will be an outstanding advocate for APPs throughout our practice,” said Chief Clinical Officer, Tina Latimer, MD, MBA, MPH. “This is an excellent opportunity to optimize the impact of APPs in our patient care services, and I look forward to collaborating with Kyle to achieve our shared goals.”
Kyle added, “I am honored to step into this new role and deeply appreciate the support from our leadership. As we move forward together, I am excited to work alongside our talented group of APPs across the country. We remain committed to reinforcing the APP-physician partnership and uniting our clinical care teams to deliver exceptional patient outcomes.”
About USACS
Founded by emergency medicine and inpatient physicians across the country, USACS is solely owned by its physicians and hospital system partners. The group is a national leader in integrated acute care, including emergency, hospital, and critical care services. USACS provides high-quality care to approximately 11 million patients annually across more than 400 programs and is aligned with many of the leading health systems in the country. Visit usacs.com for more.
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