Hospitals
10 experts in selling to hospitals
These ten sales and national account leaders have held roles selling to hospitals, health systems, integrated delivery networks or group purchasing organizations for medical technology and healthcare companies. A reader can learn how suppliers win and manage health system accounts, handle GPO and IDN contracting and build relationships with hospital executives.
Professionals to explore
01—10Bill Tobin
LinkedInExperience: Director, GPO and National Accounts · Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals
Former Director, GPO and National Accounts (2017–2024) and Director, IDN Strategic Solutions (2016–2017) at Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, and Director, National Accounts - West at Lantheus since April 2024. The profile also lists Director, IDN National Accounts roles at Baxalta (2015–2016) and Baxter International Inc. (2012–2015).
Chuck Collis
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Health Systems · BD
Vice President Health Systems at BD since 2015, alongside Director, Corporate National Accounts at BD since 2013; former Corporate National Account Manager (2010–2013) and Strategic Account Manager (2000–2010) there. The profile describes expertise in contracting for device, diagnostic and capital equipment, with a primary focus on Integrated Delivery Networks and National Group Purchasing Organizations.
Dean Rose
LinkedInExperience: Director National Accounts GPO · Philips
Director National Accounts GPO at Philips since August 2024. For the Account Executive Healthcare Alliances role at Philips (2018–2023), the profile describes managing strategic IDNs in the Carolinas District as single point of contact for Tier 1 IDN HQ accounts. The profile also lists Strategic Accounts at Canon Medical Systems USA, Inc. (2023–2024).
Derek Girmscheid
LinkedInExperience: Enterprise Client Director - LifePoint and Vanderbilt · GE HealthCare
Enterprise Client Director - LifePoint and Vanderbilt at GE HealthCare since September 2026, and former Senior Director, National Accounts - HCA - Solutions for Enterprise Imaging (2025–2026) and Director, National Accounts - Invasive Cardiology (2024–2025) there. The profile cites 16 years leading national account strategies across healthcare systems, GPOs and IDNs and building C-suite partnerships.
Jake Sarosi
LinkedInExperience: National Enterprise Account Manager - Digital Health · Abbott
National Enterprise Account Manager - Digital Health at Abbott since April 2025; the profile says the role manages the company's largest and most strategic accounts across the U.S. Former Senior Digital Health Solutions Executive - Central US (2022–2025) and Sr. Key Account Sales Executive (2021–2022) at Abbott, and the profile describes selling to and consulting with large IDNs and healthcare organizations.
John Nassief
LinkedInExperience: Executive Sales Director · LifeNet Health
Executive Sales Director at LifeNet Health since November 2025. Former Senior Director, Key Account Management at Aesculap (US) (2022–2025), Senior Director, National Accounts at BIOTRONIK (2019–2022) and Senior Director, Corporate Accounts at Teleflex (2010–2019). The profile describes GPO and IDN strategy, corporate contracting and negotiating complex agreements with major health systems.
Kristie Palermo Carubba, MBA
LinkedInExperience: Director of National and Corporate Accounts · Avanos Medical
Director of National and Corporate Accounts at Avanos Medical since February 2024. At Mölnlycke Health Care the profile lists Director National Accounts (2019–2024), Director of Strategic Accounts (2018–2019) and Corporate Account Manager (2014–2019). The profile cites 20+ years in sales and national and corporate account management, including Group Purchasing Organizations and Integrated Delivery Networks.
Lorie Way
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director GPO National Accounts · Baxter International Inc.
Senior Director GPO National Accounts at Baxter International Inc. since August 2014. Former Area Vice President Of Sales, Patient Support Systems (2012–2014) and National Vice President Sales, Clinical Sales Leadership (2006–2012) at Hillrom. The profile describes leading sales teams and client management across the US acute care market, including GPOs and IDNs.
Matt Harper
LinkedInExperience: Vice President - Strategic Corporate Acc · Siemens Healthineers
Former Vice President - Strategic Corporate Acc at Siemens Healthineers (2020–2024); the profile describes leading sales of healthcare technology products and solutions to hospitals, health systems and ACOs in the US in that role. Vice President Strategic Development, Image Guided Therapy Systems at Philips since April 2025, and the profile cites over 20 years in the healthcare technology industry.
Terry Throm
LinkedInExperience: Director Integrated Health Systems U.S. Hospital Products IDN · Baxter International Inc.
Former Director Integrated Health Systems U.S. Hospital Products IDN at Baxter International Inc. (2006–2017), and Director, Healthcare Solutions at Edwards Lifesciences since 2018. The profile describes establishing and executing sales strategies and managing complex sales cycles, and cites almost twenty years of experience and progressive responsibility.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's product type to yours, since capital equipment, disposables, pharmaceuticals and software move through different hospital approval paths. For contracting and pricing questions, favor someone with GPO or corporate accounts roles; for winning and expanding individual health systems, favor someone who has managed IDN or enterprise accounts.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you get a new product through a hospital's value analysis committee, and who needs to support it before the committee meets?
- 02When does a GPO contract help you win hospital business, and when do you need to go directly to the IDN?
- 03How do you build relationships with health system executives beyond the clinical champions who first adopt a product?
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