Leadership

David Seligman Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

David Seligman

Since 1997, David Seligman has led Best Doctors growth strategy. David has 22 years of broad management and strategic experience in the healthcare sector including market development, mergers and acquisitions, and performance turnarounds. Prior to joining Best Doctors in 1997, David was a Director at the corporate level at Fresenius Medical Care. David graduated valedictorian from Thunderbird with a Masters in International Management and from UCLA with a degree in Economics.

Evan Falchuk Vice Chairman

Evan Falchuk

Evan Falchuk leads Best Doctors’ internal and public strategy. Falchuk joined Best Doctors in 1999 and has held various positions at the global health company, including General Counsel. Prior to joining Best Doctors, Evan was an attorney in the SEC enforcement practice of Washington DC’s Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver and Jacobson. Evan’s health care and business perspective have been featured by many news outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, CNN, Forbes, Investor's Business Daily, The Washington Times, The Boston Globe, and the nationally syndicated Health Talk Radio Network. Posts from Evan’s widely read “See First” blog are regularly featured on industry leader sites like Better Health and The Health Care Blog. Evan is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Lehigh University with a degree in History. He earned his JD from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

John Varvaris Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer

John Varvaris

John Varvaris directs Best Doctors international finance strategy and financial operations to support the company's growth strategy. John has twenty-eight years of financial and business experience including positions as a Partner at Ernst and Young, LLP and Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President at Old Mutual US Life/Fidelity & Guaranty Life Insurance Company. Prior to Best Doctors, John was a Senior Managing Director of SMART Business Advisory and Consulting, LLC, where he developed and grew the firm's national insurance practice. John graduated cum laude from Shippensburg University with a BS in Accounting and holds a his Masters of Science in Finance from Loyola College in Maryland, where he has taught graduate and undergraduate Finance courses as an Adjunct Professor.

Thomas G. Seaman Senior Vice President and General Counsel and Secretary

Thomas G. Seaman

Thomas Seaman is responsible for all legal and compliance aspects of Best Doctors’ expanding global business. Prior to joining Best Doctors, Tom held senior legal positions with Reliance Group Holdings, Inc. and Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. Most recently he served as General Counsel for BenefitPoint Holding Corp., GoldenSource Corporation, and CMA Partners, LLC. Before becoming an in-house counsel, Tom practiced law at Shearman & Sterling, a leading international law firm. 

After 25 years of practicing law, Tom has extensive experience in a wide range of legal areas, including corporate, securities, mergers and acquisitions, insurance, private equity investments, international legal affairs and intellectual property matters. Tom graduated with honors from Columbia University (A.B.) and St. John's University School of Law (J.D.), where he was a member of the Law Review. He has also completed an advanced program in securities law at Harvard Law School. Tom is a frequent author and lecturer on securities law and corporate governance topics.

Gabriela Perez Senior Vice President, Strategic Growth Initiatives

Gabriela Perez

Gabriela Perez leads the execution of Best Doctors’ most important global strategic growth initiatives and oversees our key assets. Over her 12 year career at Best Doctors, Gabriela has successfully directed initiatives across the globe that focus on market development, product innovation and strategic partnerships in the health care services and insurance segments. Her experience includes leading the sales and marketing teams at Attune, Australia’s faster growing audiology company as well as brand management at Phillip Morris International and strategy consulting with PricewaterhouseCoopers. Gabriela graduated cum laude in Business Administration from Clemson University. She has a Lean Six Sigma certification from Australia Institute of Management and has completed leadership programs at Harvard University.

Martha Braunstein Senior Vice President, Global Services Operations

Martha Braunstein

Martha Braunstein is responsible for Best Doctors Global Services and Medical Management. Martha has 25 years of experience in health care management with a focus on patient care, diagnostic process and innovation. Prior to joining Best Doctors, she co-founded CorSolutions, one of the nation’s first stand alone disease management companies, playing an integral role in leading the company from its inception to its tremendous growth of 500 employees and $100 million in revenue. Martha has also served as COO of Physician Recommended Nutriceuticals, taking the reigns as Senior Vice President at Kaplan Eduneering and leading as Vice President of Service Operations at CardioNet. Martha trained as a nurse at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and received her Baccalaureate in Nursing from Boston College.

Nancy Powers Senior Vice President, Business Development North America

Nancy Powers

Nancy oversees the U.S. and Canadian Sales, Account Management and Marketing teams and also leads North American Business Development efforts. Nancy has 25 years experience in sales and sales leadership in the health care arena. Her experience encompasses co-founding CorSolutions, formerly one of the largest Disease Management organizations. Nancy most recently, held the position of VP of sales and account management at HMC, a division of Wellpoint, where she built the sales team, and drove over $18 million in sales in 2 years. Nancy holds a BS degree from Syracuse University.

Elizabet Narciandi Senior Vice President, Global Insurance Operations

Elizabet Narciandi

As Senior Vice President of Global Insurance Operations at Best Doctors, Elizabet Narciandi promotes a unified global strategy for insurance operations. Elizabet joined Best Doctors in October 2010 and held the position of Vice President of Operations for the Direct Insurance Division, managing and directing various facets including but not limited to Provider Services, Quality Control and Best Doctors Prepaga Company in Ecuador. Prior to joining Best Doctors, she led the Information Technology Team of Bupa Latin America for 11 years as IT Director, promoting efficiency and effectiveness in the organization. Elizabet holds an undergraduate degree in Computer Sciences and a Masters degree of Science in Management Information Systems from Florida International University. She is also a Microsoft Certified Professional and holds a Project Manager Certification from PMI.

Lewis Levy, MD Vice President, Corporate Medical Quality

Lewis Levy, MD

Dr. Lewis Levy provides medical leadership to the clinical operations team to deliver the highest quality clinical information on diagnosis and treatment to members and their treating physicians. He has over twenty years of clinical experience as an internist at Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates in Boston. Dr. Levy also has an extensive teaching career through his role as a Preceptor in the Internal Medicine Residency Program at Brigham and Women's Hospital and also as an Instructor at Harvard Medical School. He earned his medical degree from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry and completed his Residency in Internal Medicine at the Graduate Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.

Nestor Tarragona, MD Medical Director, Direct Insurance

Nestor Tarragona, MD

As the Medical Director of the Direct Insurance Division, Dr. Tarragona is focused on medical strategy and improving the functionality and integration of Best Doctors products and services. Prior to formally joining Best Doctors in 2009, Dr. Tarragona trained at Harvard Medical in 2002 with Best Doctors’ founding physicians. His impeccable ability at problem solving and extensive medical knowledge made him an ideal fit with Best Doctors, where he continues to promote medical excellence in the industry. Dr. Tarragona graduated from the University of Buenos Aires in 1999, and completed his residency at the University Hospital. More recently, Nestor completed his second residency training in Internal Medicine at the New England Medical Center, Tufts University.

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  • Founded in 1989 by two Harvard Medical School affiliated physicians
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