Dr. Toby HamiltonFounder

United States - Houston, Texas

Toby R. Hamilton M.D. is a board-certified emergency physician, native West Texan, and Executive Director and founder of the non-profit Healthcare Innovators Professional Society in the Texas Medical Center. He is an experienced investor, executive, and consultant for early stage companies as well as larger private sector firms. He has a range of experience including years of work as a practicing physician, several private equity deals, and multiple successful JV relationships with some of the biggest healthcare systems across the U.S. including Baylor Scott & White, Tenet, Dignity, Memorial Hermann, Integris, The Hospitals of Providence, and Ascension to name a few.

Toby is the co-founder of Emerus Hospitals, as well as the ex CEO, Board Chairman, and Chief Innovation Officer. He is considered the originator of the “microhospital”–smaller capital-efficient health care facilities that have set the standard for operational excellence by delivering superior margins and patient-satisfaction scores. In addition, he developed and oversaw the creation of a microhospital healthplex, which provides most of the basic needs for a community, from primary care to imaging to emergency treatments, in a single smaller hospital footprint. An intense focus on workplace culture, servant leadership, and the belief that healthcare is a calling, are hallmarks of his leadership style

He spent much of his early life on the border with his six siblings, both as a student and physician, working in one of the lowest-income hospitals in the U.S. as well as the colonias that surrounded him. He is bilingual and earned his degrees from Texas Tech University and Health Sciences Center, graduating magna cum laude and serving as Class President. As a member of several charitable boards, he is known for his innovative thinking and commitment to working-class causes. Toby has donated millions of dollars of support for educational enrichment, healthcare, and advancement of lower-income communities