Executive Leadership

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Imran Andrabi, MD, FAAFM, is president of Froedtert ThedaCare. He oversees the combined organization’s vision, goals and strategic direction.

Dr. Andrabi has extensive experience leading safe, quality health care in the Midwest. He is passionate about population health, process improvement and providing world-class experiences and care for patients and the caregivers who serve them. He believes in team-based care and innovative design and care delivery.

Before joining ThedaCare as president and chief executive officer in 2017, Dr. Andrabi was chief operating officer and president and CEO of Mercy Health, Toledo, Ohio. Mercy Health is a non-profit Catholic health care ministry serving Ohio and Kentucky. He began his career there as an intern and chief medical resident before steadily advancing to the system’s highest-ranking executive.

Dr. Andrabi is a family medicine physician who grew up in Pakistan and graduated from King Edward Medical College in Lahore. He is board certified by the American Board of Family Medicine and American College of Managed Care Medicine and is a fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians.

Dr. Andrabi’s board and committee appointments include Be Well Fox Valley, ThedaCare Board of Trustees and Executive Council, United Way Fox Cities, Wisconsin Hospital Association, Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality, AboutHealth, Panda, Health Evolutions, along with Vizient Upper Midwest, Vizient Chair Council and Vizient Value Analytics Committee.

Dr. Andrabi has two adult sons and one daughter.

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Thomas Arquilla, MBA, JD, is chief growth officer for Froedtert ThedaCare. He provides oversight and leadership related to strategy, business development and provider partnerships.

Before joining ThedaCare as chief strategy and business development officer in 2017, Thomas served as chief strategy officer at Mercy Health in Toledo, Ohio, leading the development of key growth initiatives. Under his leadership, Mercy Health and the Toledo Clinic formed a partnership for oncology services, resulting in the opening of the Mercy Health – Perrysburg Cancer Center in fall 2016.

Thomas earned his Juris Doctorate, Master of Business Administration and Bachelor of Science in criminal justice from the University of Dayton, Ohio.

Tom and his wife, Kathy, have two children: a daughter in Arizona and a son in New York.

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Steve Basilotto, BS, serves as chief experience officer for Froedtert ThedaCare. He pairs a people-centric approach with technology and analytics to deliver consumer-guided innovations. Steve’s additional responsibilities for corporate marketing, communications, customer insights/experience management, Enterprise Patient Engagement Center, and a wholly owned digital health company, support an atmosphere of discovery and innovation. 

Prior to joining Froedtert Health in 2018, he served as chief executive officer for Aliya Financial Technologies; vice president of enterprise consumer experience and consumer service operations for Aetna, a CVS Health Company; and chief operating officer of USAA Bank, a financial services firm consistently recognized at the top of Forrester’s annual national customer experience index. He also held senior leadership positions in operations, technology, analytics, marketing and strategy at HSBC, GE Capital and Fidelity Investments.

Steve earned his Bachelor of Science in finance from Franklin Pierce University, New Hampshire.

An adventure-seeking family man, Steve loves his time with his wife and son, including playing or watching sports and trying new restaurants. His interest in classic and exotic cars hints at his passion for innovation.

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Lynn Detterman is the president of the North Region of Froedtert ThedaCare. She supports the culture of high-quality, patient-centered care delivery by putting our patients and families first at every interaction.

She is responsible for developing and implementing plans for systems, processes and staffing designed to accelerate our rapid growth and population health objectives.

Lynn joined ThedaCare in 2020. With her leadership, patient care at ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Neenah continued seamlessly during the recent modernization; achieved top-decile, high-quality performance by Vizient; attained a 5-star CMS rating; and created an obstetrical emergency department and hospitalist program to provide comprehensive, safe care for expectant mothers and babies in northeast and central Wisconsin, among many other accomplishments. She has also been instrumental as we plan to open our new health campuses in Fond du Lac and Oshkosh.

Prior to ThedaCare, Lynn held several positions of increasing leadership at Midwest health care systems, including president, chief financial officer and manager of financial operations. In these roles, she successfully led three community hospitals, all of which had a 5-star CMS rating, and two had been recognized in Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to Work. She also led the design and construction of a replacement hospital, established an ambulatory surgery center joint venture, and implemented surgical robotic technology at two hospitals.

She has a bachelor’s degree from Case Western and a master’s degree from Tiffin University.

Lynn and her husband have three children.

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Bryce Gartland, MD, is the South Region president for Froedtert ThedaCare, a position he assumed in 2025. In this role, he oversees all aspects of the organization’s South Region operations.

Most recently, Dr. Gartland served as hospital group president and co-chief of clinical operations for Emory Healthcare in Atlanta. During his 17 years with the health system, he held a series of progressive leadership roles including director of hospital medicine, medical director of care coordination and chief executive officer for Emory University Hospital.

Dr. Gartland offers a leadership style that inspires achievement, supports talent growth and development, and creates focus on day-to-day operational excellence. He’s also passionate about health policy and collaboration to improve systems of care. Under his leadership, Emory Healthcare partnered with the state to bring multiple stakeholders together to improve the health of Georgians through a program that secured $900 million in federal funds to support health care workforce development and address health inequity.

He received his Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Vanderbilt University, Nashville, and his medical degree from the Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Ga. He completed his residency in internal medicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He is currently on the board of the Society for Hospital Medicine.

Dr. Gartland enjoys spending time with his wife of 22 years, Nikki, and three children. Outside of work, Dr. Gartland enjoys traveling, cooking, dining out, participating in triathlons and playing golf.

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Amir A. Ghaferi, MD, MS, MBA, is the president of the Physician Enterprise, South Region, Froedtert ThedaCare. In this role, he leads Medical College Physicians and the Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin Community Physicians practices. Dr. Ghaferi also serves as senior associate dean for Clinical Affairs for the Medical College of Wisconsin.

Dr. Ghaferi formerly served as chief clinical officer at the University of Michigan, where he was the Moses Gunn, MD, Professor of Surgery and director of the Michigan Bariatric Surgery Collaborative.

Dr. Ghaferi received a Bachelor of Science in physiological science from the University of California-Los Angeles, and his medical degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He completed his general surgery training at the University of Michigan, where he was a health research fellow in UM’s Department of Surgery and earned a Master of Science in health and health care research from the Rackham Graduate School. Dr. Ghaferi received a Master of Business Administration from the Executive MBA Program at UM’s Stephen M. Ross School of Business.

Dr. Ghaferi’s research expertise focuses on understanding the relationship of organizational systems and design to quality and efficiency. He is a past president of the Association for Academic Surgery (the largest academic surgical association in the country) and past president of the Surgical Outcomes Club (the largest surgical health services research group in the world).

Dr. Ghaferi grew up in the Los Angeles area where he trained in the martial arts for over 15 years. He holds a third-degree black belt in Hapkido Karate.

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Maggie Lund, MS, is chief human resources and culture officer for Froedtert ThedaCare.

She provides executive-level HR leadership for the system, and creates and leads our Human Capital Strategy, outlining a framework to optimize the value and potential of our workforce to support our mission and strategy moving forward. 

Maggie brings to the role a wealth of strategic HR leadership experience in large, complex health systems, which will be instrumental as we form one aligned health system and complete significant integration work associated with our 22,000 team members.

Maggie joined ThedaCare in 2018 as chief human resources officer. Under her direction, with the goal of increasing retention, recruitment and engagement, ThedaCare developed a strategy that led to increased team member engagement scores by 300% over a five-year period and increased retention by 12% over a two-year period. Prior to that, she served as system vice president of HR for Mercy Health in Cincinnati, a health care system with 33,000 employees, where she worked for 18 years. She has also held HR leadership roles in other industries.

Maggie completed PhD coursework in labor relations and human resources at Rutgers University and holds a Master of Science in human resources administration, a Master of Science in rehabilitation counseling and a Bachelor of Science in human services from the University of Scranton, Pa.

Maggie enjoys spending time with her two brothers and their families whenever she gets time. She enjoys traveling, golf and learning new things.

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Ian Schwartz, MD, is the chief clinical officer for Froedtert ThedaCare., and senior associate dean of Quality for the Medical College of Wisconsin School of Medicine. Dr. Schwartz provides leadership and expertise for clinical quality and safety, population health, disease management, care coordination, clinical integration, clinical informatics and enterprise analytics.

Dr. Schwartz joined Froedtert Health as executive vice president and chief clinical officer in 2022. Prior to that, he served as senior vice president, Clinical Operations, and chief clinical operations officer for the Yale New Haven Health System, New Haven, Conn. Dr. Schwartz served in a number of roles at Yale, including medical director for the Level 1 Emergency Department and Trauma Center at one of the country’s largest hospitals. He also was Yale’s inaugural executive director for Care Management and Performance Improvement. Dr. Schwartz has led many nationally recognized clinical innovation and transformation programs, including establishing the first Epic-integrated capacity coordination center, a health system-integrated system for clinical redesign and the launch of a care pathway program across Yale’s academic health system. He has published and spoken around the country on these initiatives, many of which have been adopted by other health systems.

Dr. Schwartz is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, where he received his undergraduate and medical degrees. He completed his residency in emergency medicine at Yale New Haven Hospital. Prior to his residency, Dr. Schwartz spent four years as an engagement manager at McKinsey & Company in New York City, focusing on strategy and operations for its health care and media clients.

Dr. Schwartz is an avid health and fitness enthusiast and lives in Brookfield with his wife, three children and two golden retrievers.

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Mark Thompson, MBA, is chief transformational investments and value integration officer for Froedtert ThedaCare. He is responsible for identifying trends in health care, influencing strategy and partnering internally and externally to drive investments and realization of transformation. He leads the enterprise’s investment portfolio of initiatives and projects to transform the way health care is delivered.

Mark joined ThedaCare as chief operating officer and chief financial officer in 2017, leading the organization’s strong financial performance. He directed major community investments for health care programs and services to advance ThedaCare’s mission of improving the health and well-being of communities served.

Mark previously served as regional chief financial officer for Mercy Hospital in Toledo, Ohio. He also served as COO at Lourdes Hospital, Kentucky; COO/CFO at Morristown Hamblen Hospital in Tennessee; COO at Murray Calloway County Hospital in Kentucky; CFO at WestCare in North Carolina and controller at Pacific Medical Center in Washington. Mark also was a CPA with KPMG in Washington.

Mark earned his Master of Business Administration from Seattle University. He received his Bachelor of Science in accounting from the University of Washington.

Mark and his wife, Georgie, have four children and five grandchildren. In his off-time, he enjoys traveling and visiting family residing in many areas of the country.

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Paul Van Den Heuvel, JD, is chief legal officer for Froedtert ThedaCare. He leads the legal, compliance, and governance functions for the system and provides legal and business counsel relating to system operations, strategic partnerships and new growth opportunities.

Prior to joining ThedaCare as chief legal strategist in 2022, Paul served as vice president of network strategy and interim executive director for Aspirus Network, Inc. in Wausau, Wis. Paul began his career with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Wisconsin, where he served in both a legal and management role. He has more than 25 years of experience in health care and health insurance, providing expertise in law, business development, strategy and negotiation.

Paul received a Juris Doctorate (cum laude) from Marquette University Law School and Bachelor of Arts in history from Marquette University. He is active in professional and community service and is a member of the State Bar of Wisconsin and the American Health Law Association, in which he previously served as vice chair of its In-House Counsel Practice Group and Accountable Care Organization Task Force.

Paul and his wife, Melissa, currently reside in the Town of Ellington and Milwaukee and have two grown children, Jackson and Grace.