Our Management

Christopher J. York

Chief Executive Officer

Chris York brings more than 21 years of health care experience, mostly in the home infusion industry.  Recently Mr. York was CEO and Board Member of Critical Care Systems (CCS) where he led a recapitalization and a successful growth plan of the company.  During his tenure at CCS net revenue of the company tripled to over $100 million annually and cash flows also increased four times during that time period.

Before joining Critical Care Systems, Mr. York was CEO and President of Gateway Homecare Corporation, a home respiratory / DME organization where he oversaw the turnaround efforts to improve the company’s operations and profitability.   Previously, Mr. York held various positions for Coram Healthcare Corporation and became Chief Operating Officer for the day to day operations of the company’s Western U.S. locations and partnerships.   Prior to Coram, Mr. York has more than 13 years of sales and management experience in the alternate site industry. 

Mr. York holds a B.S. degree in Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.

James D. Turner

Vice President - Sales

Jim Turner has 22 years of experience in healthcare services sales and marketing.  For the past 20 years he has worked entirely in alternate site/infusion service sales, general management, marketing and business development with the industry leading firms Caremark/HHCA, Coram, Option Care and Apria.  Mr. Turner has also served as an advisor to Ortho Biotech, Inc and Gentiva in the areas of specialty drug utilization and infusion reimbursement management respectively. At Caremark/HHCA he was recognized as General Manager of the Year and with Coram created the first successful nutrition carve out service model in the history of the company.

Throughout his career Jim has consistently worked to create consumer healthcare initiatives in support of patient centric drug/therapy outcome analysis programs.

Mr. Turner received his B.A. in Economics from Lafayette College in Easton PA.

Sandy Smilanich

Vice President of Operations

Sandy Smilanich has over 25 years of alternate site healthcare operations experience with a focus on infusion therapy and institutional long term care pharmacy. Ms. Smilanich has been responsible for the start-up of more than 10 alternate site operations including Coram Healthcare's Canadian division.

Prior to joining InfuScience, Sandy served as the President of Preferred Choice Pharmacy, Inc., the institutional pharmacy division of Minnesota based Benedictine Health System. In this capacity, she was responsible for  writing the Business Plan for the division and then for implementation of the Plan. Over a 4 year period the division grew to annual revenues of $14 million serving approximately 2,000 beds. In alternate site infusion therapy, Sandy held various operations positions with Coram Healthcare including Vice President of Canadian Operations and Vice President of Long Term Care Infusion. From 1992-1994, Sandy was Vice President of Long Term Care for Medisys, Inc. Before joining Medisys, she was co-owner of Appel Com-Pharm, Inc. where she designed and implemented the first long term care infusion therapy program in the state of Minnesota.

Ms. Smilanich received a Bachelor Degree in Pharmacy and a Doctor of Pharmacy Degree from the University of Minnesota. 

Scott Murphy

Vice President - Human Resources

Scott Murphy has more than 24 years of senior management, health care and Human Resource experience.  Prior to joining InfuScience Mr. Murphy served as the Sr. Vice President of Human Resources for Maurice Sporting Goods, the country’s largest wholesale distributor of sporting goods.   Mr. Murphy was responsible for Human Resources, Payroll and Strategic Planning.  During his tenure, the organization experienced rapid expansion through acquisitions and expansion in local markets throughout the United States and Canada.

Prior health care experience includes holding several operational and management roles in the blood banking industry.  Mr. Murphy was part of the leadership team which formed Chicago’s first comprehensive blood center, LifeSource, serving all of the hospitals in the Greater Chicago Metropolitan area. 

Scott holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Health Education from Illinois State University and a Masters of Science Degree in Management from National Luis University.

Mitch Friedman

Vice President – Field Finance

Mitch Friedman has over 20 years of home infusion and home respiratory experience. Most recently, Mr. Friedman was an independent consultant helping small organizations develop projections for business plans.  From 2000 to 2004 he was with Critical Care Systems (CCS) where he served as the Vice President of Finance responsible for Field Finance, pricing, budgeting, and managing the insurance needs of the organization.

Prior to joining CCS, Mr. Friedman served as Director of Finance with Coram Healthcare responsible for Coram’s West Area branches and partnerships.  Previously Mr. Friedman held various finance positions within Caremark International responsible for Caremark’s joint ventures, Area Financial Management and Reimbursement functions.  Prior to that he was an Operations Analyst with Baxter International’s home respiratory therapy division.

Mr. Friedman received a Bachelors degree in Accounting from Miami University and Masters of Business Administration with a specialization in Finance from The University of Toledo.

Michael O'Brien

Vice President – Information Systems

Michael O’Brien has over 20 years of progressive business systems and operational process experience, focusing on solving business challenges through the use of technology.  Mr. O’Brien most recently served as Director of IT for Jefferson Wells International, a wholly owned subsidiary of Manpower Inc., a $18 billion international services provider.  As IT Director, Mr. O’Brien was responsible for business systems process, IT infrastructure and operations.

Prior to Jefferson Wells, Mr. O’Brien was with GE Healthcare through the acquisition of Finnish based Instrumentarium, where he was the North American Director of IT for Datex-Ohmeda, a manufacturer of anesthesia and critical care medical equipment.  Mr. O’Brien was also CIO at Alterra Healthcare, a national  provider of assisted living services, and CIO at Mariner Health, a national sub-acute and long term care provider.   Mr. O’Brien additionally has ten years of IT experience at Accenture and Foley & Lardner, a national law firm.

Mr. O’Brien received a Bachelor of Science degree, Computer Science from Marquette University and a Master of Science degree, Computer Science from Brigham Young University.