Riverside Health System Executive Management

The operational and administrative management of Riverside Health System is vested in its president who is appointed by the Board of Directors of the System and is required by its Bylaws to be an officer of Riverside Health System. Directly under the company president is the management staff that provides day-to-day governance of and services to the various companies within Riverside Health System.

William B. Downey
President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Riverside Health System
William B. Downey is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Riverside Health System. Mr. Downey joined Riverside Regional Medical Center as assistant administrator in 1985 and served as vice president and administrator of Riverside Walter Reed Hospital from 1986 to 1991, returning to RRMC as Senior Vice President in 1992. From 1995 to 2000, he was President and CEO of Lewis-Gale Medical Center in Roanoke and, from 2000 to 2001, was CEO of Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point in Florida.

Mr. Downey has a Bachelor of Science degree from James Madison University and a Masters degree in Health Administration from the Medical College of Virginia. He is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives.

He has been involved in many community service projects. He currently serves on the Board of the Virginia Living Museum, Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association, the United Way of the Virginia Peninsula and the Newport News Educational Foundation.

Barry L. Gross, M.D.
Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer (CMO)
Riverside Health System
Dr. Barry L. Gross received his undergraduate B.A. degree in English from the University of Alabama, and his M.D. degree from the University of Alabama, Birmingham in 1975. He served his internship and residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Riverside Regional Medical Center, and entered private practice in 1979. He became board certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology in 1981.

In 1981, Dr Gross served as the National Chairman of the Junior Fellow Division of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He has served on the national Residency Review Committee for Obstetrics and Gynecology. He has served on the Technical Bulletin Committee for Gynecology for the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He served six years as Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Riverside Regional Medical Center. In 1995, he became Medical Director of the Virginia Health Network.

In 1996, he became Chairman of the Board of Advisors of Riverside Physician Associates (now Riverside Medical Group) and a member of the Riverside Health System Board. In 1998, he became the Vice President for Medical Affairs for Riverside Health System; and in 2001, Dr. Gross became an Executive Vice President for Riverside Health System.

Wade D. Broughman
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (COO)
Riverside Health System
Wade joined the Riverside team in January 2002 as the Chief Financial Officer.  In January, 2012, he became the System’s Chief Operating Officer.  Mr. Broughman has been in the health care industry for over 30 years, is a certified public accountant, and received his MBA from William and Mary.  He is the Board Chairman of the Office of Human Affairs and participates on several other local boards including the Virginia Health Network.

W. William (Bill) Austin, Jr.
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Riverside Health System
W. William (Bill) Austin, Jr. joined Riverside in 2012 as the Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Bill has a Bachelor of Science in accounting from Radford University and is a Certified Public Accountant. He has an extensive background in health care finance and operations serving most recently as the CFO of an ambulatory surgery network in Richmond. In the past, Bill has worked indirectly with Riverside through his years as the senior manager on Riverside Health Systems' audit engagement team while with Ernst and Young. In addition, Bill has also assisted with various acquisitions projects and strategic growth initiatives for various health care organizations.  Bill will have direct responsibility for supply chain/materials, finance and treasury, construction and support services, and revenue cycle functions.

Bill served with the US Army Military Police Corps. Bill and his wife Rebecca plan to live in the Williamsburg area.

Dennis Loftus
Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer (CIO)
Riverside Health System
Dennis Loftus is currently the Senior Vice President and CIO (Chief Information Officer) of Riverside Health System in Newport News, Virginia.  Mr. Loftus joined Riverside Health System in 1992 as the Director of Information Systems.  Prior to joining Riverside, he worked in healthcare and several other industries and earned the CCP.  Dennis is a Project Management Professional (PMP) and received an MBA from the College of William and Mary.

Mr. Loftus has been an integral member of the information systems initiatives of Riverside over the years.  These successes include Riverside Health System being recognized as one of the "Most Wired" healthcare systems in the nation and being among the first nationally to achieve the "Meaningful Use" status for its use of the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system.

Charles O. Frazier, MD, FAAFP
Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Information and Innovation Officer
Riverside Health System
Dr. Frazier received a B.A. in Chemistry and a Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Virginia in 1983 and 1987, respectively. He received his family medicine training at the Naval Hospital in Charleston, SC and served in the United States Navy as the Senior Medical Officer of the USS Frank Cable (AS-40) and as a family physician at Naval Hospital, Newport, RI. He was awarded the Navy Commendation Medal three times during his naval service.

Since joining the faculty of the Riverside Family Medicine Residency in 1994, Dr. Frazier has held several positions in the health system, including director of the residency, Director of Medical Informatics, and VP of Clinical Innovation. He enjoys the challenge of applying the current medical evidence to the care of our patients by embedding that evidence within the electronic health record. He lives in Williamsburg with his wife, Lisa, and their three sons.

Terris Kennedy
Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer (CNO)
Riverside Health System
Terris Kennedy, Chief Nursing Officer/Senior Vice President for Riverside, holds a Ph.D. in nursing and health policy from George Mason University, a master of science in nursing administration from the University of Colorado and a bachelor of science in nursing from Pacific Lutheran University.

Most recently, she was chief nursing officer for Shore Memorial Hospital on the Eastern Shore. Terris has held roles as associate dean for academic affairs at Duke University School of Nursing, and worked with the Department of Health and Human Services and the American Organization of Nurse Executives. She also enjoyed an Army career, rising to assistant chief, Army Nurse Corps, where she oversaw a network of seven medical centers and 25 acute-care hospitals and clinics located on four continents.

James E. Lesnick, M.D.
Senior Vice President and Medical Director
Riverside Medical Group
Dr. Lesnick is Senior Vice-President and Medical Director for Riverside Medical Group.  He continues to practice neurosurgery with Riverside Hampton Roads Neurosurgery and Spine Center and is Co-Medical Director of the Chesapeake Regional, Riverside, and University of Virginia Radiosurgery Center on the campus of Riverside Regional Medical Center.

Dr. Lesnick graduated with honors in Quantitative Studies from the Johns Hopkins University in 1974.  He received his MD from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in 1978 and did his residency training in neurosurgery at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia where he remained as Assistant Professor until moving to Williamsburg, Virginia in 1986.  He held leadership positions at Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center culminating as President of the Medical Staff in 2004.  In 2006, he earned a MBA from the College of William and Mary where he received the Outstanding Academic Achievement Award for highest GPA.

Dr. Lesnick was the first Chair of the Board of Directors of Riverside Medical Group from 2007-2009.  He served on the Board of Directors of Hampton Roads Academy and continues support of several local charitable organizations. He and his wife, Trina, reside in Williamsburg and White Stone.

F. Michael Martin
Senior Vice President
Riverside Health System
Mr. Martin is the Senior Vice President for the Riverside Health System in charge of the Lifelong Health and Aging Related Services division. He joined Riverside in 1985. He is specifically responsible for aging related services which currently serve more than 4000 older adults on a daily basis. Lifelong Health handles the development and operation of continuing care retirement communities, assisted living apartments, nursing homes, short term skilled nursing and rehab centers, residential memory support, wellness centers, and community based services such as PACE, Home Health/Hospice, and home enabling technology.

Mr. Martin is a graduate of Old Dominion University and holds a Masters Degree in Long Term Care Administration from the University of North Texas. Mr. Martin has worked in the community of nonprofit long-term care providers since 1978 serving as administrator, development consultant, and now senior officer of a large multi-facility/service operation. Mr. Martin is a staunch advocate for the needs of and services to older adults and is currently promoting transformational efforts to prepare Riverside for an unprecedented change and growth in the aging population.

Mr. Martin has served in a number of leadership positions in long term care industry associations culminating as the Chairman of VANHA, the statewide industry association representing all nonprofit facilities and services serving the aging population in Virginia.

Patrick R. Parcells, M.D.
Senior Vice President, Acute Care Division
and Administrator, Riverside Regional Medical Center
Dr. Patrick Parcells is the Administrator at Riverside Regional Medical Center. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York with a double major in Physics and Chemistry. He attended Boston University Medical School, graduating Cum Laude in 1976 and was elected to AOA, the Honor Medical Society. He did a residency in Internal Medicine at the State University of New York at Syracuse. He subsequently completed his neurology Residency at Yale University in New Haven, CT.

Dr. Parcells joined Hampton Roads Neurology in 1981 and practiced Neurology on the Peninsula until December 2008. During that time he served as President of the Newport News Medical Society, President of the Virginia Neurological Society, Chairman of the Medicare Carrier Advisory Committee for Virginia and recently as President of the Riverside Regional Medical Center Medical Staff (2007).  Dr. Parcells has extensive clinical research experience in the areas of migraine, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy and movement disorders and has lectured nationally and internationally (Australia, Canada) on these topics.

Dr. Parcells retired from clinical practice in December 2008 and became the administrator at Riverside Regional Medical Center in January 2009. In January 2012 he assumed responsibility for Riverside’s six hospital Acute Care Division (Riverside Tappahannock Hospital, Tappahannock, VA,  Riverside Walter Reed Hospital, Gloucester, VA, Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital, Nassawadox, VA, Riverside  Doctor’s Hospital, Williamsburg, VA,  Riverside Behavioral Health Center, Hampton, VA and Riverside Regional Medical Center, Newport News, VA).