Robert Bessler

Biography

 Dr. Robert Bessler founded Sound Physicians in 2001, and as Sound’s chief executive officer, he continues to provide strategic vision and leadership to the organization. From a startup to a thriving organization, Dr. Bessler’s vision is to be the leader at improving quality and lowering cost of healthcare for patients in communities throughout the U.S. He ensures the organization seamlessly partners with hospitals, community providers and payers to drive meaningful performance improvements throughout the acute care episode. As a physician leader, Dr. Bessler is dedicated to creating a better career opportunity for providers while advancing quality and satisfaction outcomes for patients. A better career starts with manageable workloads then arming physicians with the tools, resources and education required to make a measurable difference in outcomes. From the onset, Dr. Bessler invested in physician development to ensure physicians and advanced care providers are prepared to become effective clinical leaders. Dr. Bessler led the development of Sound Connect, a technology platform for providers incorporating practice management tools, workflows and an efficient way of collecting charge capture and performance data. Advancing the platform with more than a decade of experience, Sound built the next generation of physician-designed technology, Brio. Leveraging the success of Sound Connect, the Brio platform incorporates both mobile and desktop applications with new clinical workflows, communication and practice management tools to optimize efficiency and benchmark clinical and operational performance. Dr. Bessler is board certified in emergency medicine and earned his medical degree and graduated with honors from Case Western Reserve School of Medicine. He completed an emergency medicine residency at The Cleveland Clinic and Metrohealth Medical Center and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Tufts University. Dr. Bessler is an invited speaker at healthcare and business conferences and serves on the boards of companies in the healthcare sector.

Research Interest

Emergency Medicine