Amar A. Desai, M.D. Announced As President & Chief Executive Officer Of UnitedHealth’s Optum In California

Amar A. Desai, M.D., former president of El Segundo, California-based HealthCare Partners, was announced as the new president and chief executive officer (CEO) of UnitedHealth's Optum in California. Dr. Desai will be responsible for Optum care delivery organizations and physician networks in California, including HealthCare Partners, Monarch HealthCare, North American Medical Management California, and AppleCare.

Most recently, he was president of HealthCare Partners, a medical group and integrated delivery network that serves 700,000 consumers in Southern California. He also was CEO of USC Care Medical Group, a medical faculty practice of Los Angeles-based Keck Medicine . . .