Leadership Team

A. John Blair, III, MD, F.A.C.S

A. John Blair, III, MD, F.A.C.S., has been the Chief Executive Officer of MedAllies since its inception in 2001. Dr. Blair is a health care and technology executive with broad experience across the health care industry including clinical practice, hospital planning and governance, revenue cycle management, managed care, public health and health care informatics. Prior to establishing MedAllies as a top healthcare interoperability networks provider company, Dr. Blair worked as a general surgeon for twenty years before becoming the President of the Taconic Independent Practice Association (TIPA), a network of over 5,000 physician members. Through Dr. Blair’s leadership, TIPA was at the national forefront of transforming health care delivery by implementing and ensuring the adoption of the meaningful use of health IT and pay-for-performance incentives throughout the TIPA practices. A recognized industry expert, Dr. Blair has served on various national government and industry boards, committees and workgroups. 

Dr. Blair received his medical degree from Rush Medical School in Chicago, completed his surgical training at the University of Texas Medical Center in Dallas and performed his gastrointestinal fellowship at the Middlesex Hospital in London, England.

Dianne Koval, MHSA, RHIA, CPEHR

Dianne Koval has been with MedAllies since its inception in 2001 and the company’s Chief Operating, Privacy, and Compliance Officer since 2015. She was appointed Corporate Compliance Officer in 2021. She is responsible for all customer-facing operations including professional services, legal, customer support, customer success, government programs, account management, and compliance for all lines of business. She also oversees several corporate programs including employee engagement and diversity/equity/inclusion. With Dianne’s collaborative leadership, MedAllies has grown from a regional to a nationally recognized healthcare technology organization. 

Previously, Dianne was a director of health information management for several healthcare organizations and worked in professional consulting engagements. Dianne is involved in multiple national organizations and serves as a career mentor for the University of Pittsburgh health information management program. She is also a registered health information administrator (RHIA).  

Dianne received her MS in health services administration from St. Joseph’s College and a BS in health information management from Ithaca College. She has published articles in the Journal of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA): Real-World RHIO: a Regional Health Information Organization Blazes a Trail in Upstate New York and Plugging in Physician Practices:  Software Implementation Offers Insights on EHRs, Community Networking. Dianne was profiled in the University of Pittsburgh FACETs magazine for her work as a Clinical Preceptor for Health Information Management (HIM) students. She is also a regular contributor to compliance education through professional organizations (HCCA, SCCE). She has presented various compliance topics both in-person and for virtual conferences, as well as leading virtual lunch-and-learns.

Gene Curtis

Gene Curtis joined the MedAllies team as Chief Technology Officer in 2021. Gene is a global technology executive with over 25 years’ experience leading product development and growing successful SaaS technology organizations. Gene has responsibility over technology, including product development, systems operations and enterprise architecture. Prior to MedAllies, Gene served as Vice President, Software Development at CSG International as well as Chief Architect / Vice President of Technology, at Tangoe, Inc. 

Gene graduated magna cum laude from New York University with a Bachelor of Science degree in technology and is certified as both a Scaled Agile Framework Program Consultant (SPC) and an ITIL practitioner.