Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> November 6, 2002
DR. JOE PETERSON is President and Chief Executive Officer of On
Assignment, Inc. On Assignment's centralized healthcare staffing
operations are based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Dr. Peterson has been
President and CEO since September 2001. Prior to joining On
Assignment, Inc., he co-founded and was Chief Executive Officer
of three companies providing innovative customer care to large
institutional clients primarily in the financial services
industry; two were based in Toronto, Canada, and were
successfully sold to Zurich Insurance, a client, and the third,
based in Washington, DC, was sold to Convergys, an industry
leader. Dr. Peterson began his business career in Washington, DC,
with a subsidiary of the Blue Cross & Blue Shield plan of the
National Capital Area. In addition to his membership on the Board
of Directors of On Assignment, Dr. Peterson also serves as member
and Treasurer on the Board of the Global Health Council, the
world's largest membership association dedicated to the
advancement of public health. Dr. Peterson is a Board-certified
emergency physician, and practiced his specialty for 10 years as
an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine in the Emergency
Department of the George Washington University Hospital, in
Washington, DC. Before arriving in Washington, Dr. Peterson
worked for the East African Flying Doctor Service, based in
Nairobi, Kenya, and at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast,
Northern Ireland. He continues to provide scholarships to support
exposing American medical students to foreign medical systems and
global health issues. Dr. Peterson completed residency training
in emergency medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical
Center, after earning a BA and MD in six years in the Inteflex
Accelerated Program at the University of Michigan Medical School. Profile
Dr. Peterson: On Assignment is a 16-year-old provider of
temporary staff to the science and healthcare industries, and has
been
