Leadership
Matt Eirich
CEO
Throughout Matt Eirich’s 20+ year career in health care, he has built and scaled businesses to enable providers to capture emerging growth opportunities and transition to value-based care. He is passionate about helping independent physicians and their patients thrive. Matt became CEO of Avance Care in August 2022. He also serves as CEO of Alo, the MSO parent company of the Avance MSO. Prior to his Avance Care and Alo roles, Matt served as the first Chief Growth Officer for Humana’s primary care brands, CenterWell and Conviva, two of the largest senior-focused, value-based primary care businesses in the country. He also held several leadership positions at The Advisory Board Company, a research, technology and consulting company serving over 4,500 partner health care organizations. Matt is a B.A. graduate of Davidson College and holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Amanda Steventon, MD
Chief Medical Officer
Amanda Steventon, MD is a board-certified family physician offering primary care to adults, adolescents, and children in Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina. As Avance Care Chief Medical Officer, she organizes and coordinates clinical services across 25+ practices with 80+ providers.
Dr. Steventon has been practicing medicine for over 10 years. She attended the University of Kansas for her undergraduate degree, studying genetics. Then went to medical school at the University of Kansas School of Medicine, and completed her residency at the University of Kansas School of Medicine Wesley Family Medicine residency program in Wichita.
Amato Amarain
Chief Financial Officer
Amato Amarain joined Alo in April 2024 as Chief Financial Officer, overseeing all fiscal and fiduciary responsibilities, including Financial Planning & Analysis, Accounting, Revenue Cycle Management, and Capital Deployment.
Amato is an experienced healthcare executive with a proven track record in strategic leadership and financial management across major academic medical centers and medical groups. With extensive experience in healthcare operations and finance, he excels in partnering with physicians, executive boards, and staff to achieve organizational goals and objectives. Throughout his career, Amato has successfully managed medical groups with over $2 billion in revenue, driving success by identifying areas for improvement and enhancing efficiencies.
Amato’s career highlights include restructuring MSO services across multiple entities, integrating major medical schools into medical group management, and overseeing significant revenue budget growth and physician employment expansions. He has also played pivotal roles in implementing EMR and billing systems across large healthcare systems.
In addition to financial leadership roles at RWJ Barnabas Health and Northwell Health Physician Partners, Amato has consulted at various prestigious institutions and health systems, providing expertise in decision support systems, auditing, reporting policies, and contract review.
Amato holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from St. John’s University and has completed the Academy for Healthcare Leadership Advancement at Cornell University. He is also a subject matter expert presenter in reimbursement, decision support, and business intelligence, and is affiliated with professional organizations such as HFMA, MGMA, and AMGA.
Lynn Gordon
Chief Legal and Compliance Officer
Throughout Lynn’s 25+ year career in health care law, she has worked extensively in forming health care companies, handling M&A and providing corresponding compliance support. Lynn was drawn to the Alo|Avance Care mission based on her rewarding experiences in building and bolstering provider relationships focused on quality and value-based care. Lynn facilitates simpler provider navigation of a complex regulatory environment, so that physicians can focus on clinical care and patient relationships.
Prior to joining Alo|Avance Care, Lynn served as General Counsel for Novant Health Coastal Region and Chief Legal Officer and GC for its predecessor, New Hanover Regional. She also served in law firm legal/strategic advisor roles for 20 years, most recently as an Equity Partner and Health Care Department Chair, Chicago Office for Nixon Peabody, a Global/AmLaw 100 law firm.
Lynn has led over 75 formations, mergers and acquisitions of hospitals, health systems and physician practices—most recently New Hanover’s 7 hospital system restructuring and $2B sale to Novant Health, including New Hanover Medical Group (300+ providers).
Lynn also developed horizontally and vertically integrated delivery systems and supporting capitated and value-based care in the Chicago healthcare community for over two decades. This included providing legal/strategic guidance to Cook County Health and Hospitals System in developing/implementing its 1115 Medicaid Waiver Program—now an MCCN, CountyCare (with a $1.8B annual State contract).
Lynn holds a J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law, an M.A. from North Carolina State University and a B.A. from Michigan State University.
Rashaud Senior MD MMCi
Medical Director, Informatics
Rashaud Senior, MD, MMCi is the Avance Care Medical Director of Informatics and he is a Family Medicine Physician providing primary care services at Avance Care in the Research Triangle Park.
Dr. Senior earned his medical degree from The Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University, with a specific focus on health policy. Subsequently, he completed his residency in family medicine at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, New York. While working as a healthcare data analyst before medical school, he developed a strong interest in data systems and the potential advancements of A.I. and Machine Learning in healthcare. Bringing that experience and interest through his medical training, Dr. Senior followed this interest and pursued a Fellowship in Clinical Informatics at Duke University Health System, where he also obtained a Master of Management in Clinical Informatics degree.
Prior to joining Avance Care, Dr. Senior gained valuable experience at Duke Primary Care, where he provided comprehensive care to a diverse range of patients, including those in need of primary care, urgent/same-day visits, as well as pediatric and geriatric patients. He finds great satisfaction in delivering care within his expertise, which involves attending to patients with various requirements and conducting office-based procedures when necessary. Dr. Senior strongly believes in actively involving patients in their healthcare decisions by thoroughly explaining his clinical reasoning and thought processes, enabling them to make well-informed choices about their well-being.
Ashwin A. Patkar, MD, MRCPsych, DFASAM, DFAPA
Chief of Avance Psychiatry
Dr. Ashwin A. Patkar is Chief of Avance Psychiatry and Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at Rush University Medical Center, Chicago. He was formerly Professor of Psychiatry and Community and Family Medicine at Duke University Medical Center, NC.
Dr. Ashwin A. Patkar has over 25 years of clinical and scientific experience in psychopharmacology, addiction, dual diagnoses, and integration of medical care for psychiatric disorders. Dr Patkar is certified in psychiatry, addiction psychiatry, addiction medicine, and pain medicine. He has published over 250 scientific articles, 6 book chapters, and has given over 400 presentations and invited lectures at national and international meetings. He is a distinguished fellow of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM), distinguished fellow of the American Psychiatry Association (APA), president of North Carolina Chapter of ASAM, the past president of the Indo-American Psychiatric Association, and member of the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry, American Academy of Pain Medicine, Indian Psychiatric Society, Royal College of Psychiatrists, and World Psychiatric Association.
John Tuman
Vice President of Information Technology
John Tuman has experience working in a variety of industries, including finance, technology, and utilities; however, in the past twenty years he has immersed himself in the healthcare industry. Mr. Tuman served at Chief Technology Officer at New Hanover Regional Medical Center, an 850-bed acute care hospital in Wilmington, NC. Mr. Tuman earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame and his MBA and a certification in Health Sector Management from The Duke Fuqua School of Business. Tuman holds a CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) and is also a registered Professional Engineer (PE). Mr. Tuman has three adult children and a wife of 30 years. John enjoys electronics, running, and tinkering with his 1969 Austin Healey.