Laurel Associates, LLC

Healthcare Management Consulting

Who We Are

Sarah Puccia, Principal

Kathleen Long, Principal

What We Do

Strategic Planning and Implementation

Operations Design

Specialty Programs

Physician Relationships

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Client Comments

Sarah V. Puccia, MPH, Psy.D., Principal

25 years experience in hospital-based ambulatory care administration and healthcare consulting:

  • 15 years experience developing and managing public health and specialty programs, ambulatory care operations, and physician practice management organizations in the Chicago area:
    • Executive Director, Northwestern Memorial Hospital MSO - developed and provided a full range of practice management services for employed and affiliated physician practices
    • Director of Ambulatory Care, University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center - managed 43 academic physician clinics/practices serving over 300,000 patient visits annually ranging from primary care to all academic sub specialties and multidisciplinary programs
    • Director, OB/GYN Grant Programs, Cook County Hospital - developed multidisciplinary services for pregnant teenagers and underserved women with high-risk pregnancies as part of state-wide reduction in infant mortality initiatives
    • Director, AIDS Action Project, Chicago - developed and implemented an array of screening, prevention, education, and treatment services in a collaborative initiative between a community clinic and the Chicago Department of Health
  • 10 years of healthcare consulting including strategic planning, provider strategy, physician network and medical staff development, improving ambulatory care and physician practices, operational process assessment and re-design:
    • Principal, Laurel Associates
    • Director, Tiber Group

Contact Us

Laurel Associates,LLC
1324 West Thorndale Avenue
Chicago, IL 60660

Voice: (773) 784-2515                 Fax: (773) 784-4035

E-mail:  sarahpuccia@laurelassociates.com, kathleenlong@laurelassociates.com