Leadership: Thomas Bellavia, M.D.

Thomas Bellavia, M.D., Chair, is the visionary founder of Osler Health IPA. He serves as Chairman of all Osler Health companies. Dr Bellavia serves with Osler’s CEO, James Doulgeris, on the U.S. House of Representatives’ National Physician’s Health Care Policy Group. With over forty years in private practice, Dr. Bellavia has amassed numerous awards for medical excellence, achievement and community service. He has also served on public committees, including the Governors Committee on Cost Containment, Quality Assurance Committee (Gubernatorial appointment) and the Medical Assistance Advisory Council. Dr. Bellavia has current teaching appointments at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. He achieved the rank of Major in the US Army Medical Corps and is a president emeritus and member of the Board of Directors of the New Jersey Academy of Family Physicians as well as a member of the American Medical Association. Dr. Bellavia is a graduate of New York University, BA and the University of Rome (Italy), MD, with graduate training at the Hackensack University Medical Center, New Jersey.