Dr. Dennis Deruelle, MD, FHM, is a seasoned healthcare executive and innovator. As the Chief Medical Officer at Mendota Health, a national mobile-wound care company, he leverages technology and innovation to advance wound care delivery. Previously, he served as the Executive Director of Hospital Medicine and Critical care at American Physician Partners in Nashville, TN.

With over 20 years of experience in hospital medicine leadership, Dr. Deruelle has held key roles at leading healthcare organizations. He is the founder of a private hospital medicine practice and CEO/Founder of Hospitalist Information Partners, a boutique healthcare consulting company. He has also served as National Director of Innovation and National Medical Director for IPC, The Hospitalist Company, and as Vice President and National Medical Director of BPCI services for TeamHealth, where he led the company's Bundled Payment for Care Improvement (BPCI) efforts.

Recognized as a national expert on The Affordable Care Act (ACA), Dr. Deruelle has been featured on specifically Fox News and a number of national television and radio talk shows, in newspapers and medical journals, and at national healthcare conferences. He also recently published his second book, “Your Healthcare Playbook: Winning the Game of Modern Medicine,” published by Savio Republic. In addition to his healthcare achievements, he is also a professional singer-songwriter. 


Dr. Deruelle received his Medical Degree at Albany Medical College in Albany, New York; served as an Internal Medicine Intern, an Internal Medicine Resident, an Infectious Disease Fellow, and Internal Medicine Chief Resident at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and completed a Fellowship Program for Hospital Leaders at the University of California at San Francisco. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and is a Fellow of the Society of Hospital Medicine