Leadership Team
Dr. Franklin E Baumann
Our Founder
Franklin E Baumann MD
Dr. Franklin Baumann has worked in the healthcare field for 30 years. He is an experienced surgeon who practiced in the Chicago area performing general, vascular, thoracic and trauma surgery. He has worked directly with patients and review boards seeing both sides of what it means to be responsible for the care and well-being of a sick individual as well as the system delivering that care.
Dr. Baumann founded AppriseMD in 2018 after serving for more than eleven years as a medical director for UnitedHealthcare, one of the largest insurance carriers in the country. As a Care Guidelines Specialist (Utilization Management) as well as an MD expert in post-service pre-payment claim reviews, he gained invaluable experience with healthcare claims issue which he now uses to help clients and lead the AppriseMD team.
AppriseMD Leadership Team
Monika Mlynarski, MD
Director of Analytics & Client Reporting
Mary Perez, MD
Director of Provider Services
Holly St. Clair
Director of Business Development & Client Services
Jennifer Standeford
Director of Administration & Human Resources
Nadia Taklan, MD
Manager of Payer Services
Anne Clavero-Nash, MD
Manager of Provider Services
Samina Zahid, MD
Manager of Provider Services
Yamarie Cabello Rodriguez, MD
Manager of Provider Services