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Marjorie Kovacevich

Marjorie M. Kovacevich recently joined the management team in Victory Lakes as business manager for the UTMB Specialty Care Center. She holds a  degree in business administration from Texas A&M University in College Station and an MBA from St. Mary’s University in San Antonio. After working for a physician-owned Preferred Provider Organization, Marjorie joined UTMB in 1998. She has worked as a management analyst for the Faculty Group Practice, a senior practice manager and a physician services manager. After Hurricane Ike, Marjorie relocated to League City, where she has served as the senior practice manager of a UTMB clinic while retaining her financial/budgetary responsibilities for the Community Based Clinics (CBC); she also served as the CBC liaison to the physicians for contracting and compensation. In her role at Victory Lakes, Marjorie will be analyzing the performance of business operations, reviewing trends, studying  performance and identifying opportunities for improvement.

Victory Lakes Administration is happy to announce that Jesse Seelbach has joined our team. Jesse began working for UTMB in 1996. He worked for UT-MED Financial Services in various roles from 1996 to 2001, while attending the University of Houston–Clear Lake. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in HealthCare Administration in 2001. Upon graduating, Jesse was hired as a clinic manager for UTMB’s Geriatric Service Line, a Division of Internal Medicine. In 2005, Jesse began working as the operational projects & planning manager for Clinics Administration. Jesse’s duties included working on outpatient clinic expansions and renovations for both on and off-campus outpatient clinics in Galveston County. This May, Jesse is looking forward to completing work on his MBA. He will serve as project manager for the entire facility at Victory Lakes and we are excited to have him as a part of our management team.

To date there have been more than 3000 applicants for jobs at Victory Lakes. UTMB’s Human Resources department is doing a great job providing us with the most skilled candidates for the positions. The first offers have been made to new Patient Service Specialists, and we’re excited to get these great people on board and started on their training. Next, we’ll be working to fill the manager positions, so that those managers in turn can build their teams. Qualified candidates are encouraged to apply. We’re buidling a fantastic UTMB team at Victory Lakes!

Kim Tindel, RN

UTMB’s clinical leadership recently announced the promotion of Kim Tindel to a critical new role. A 1987 graduate of the UTMB School of Nursing, Tindel will now serve as the director for the Specialty Care Clinics at Victory Lakes. She’ll be working closely with physicians and department administrators to bring the clinics at Victory Lakes online.

Tindel’s service at UTMB began as a staff nurse on a medical–surgical inpatient unit. She began working in the clinics in 1990; in 1996 she became a practice coordinator for UTMB Urology, and then a senior practice manager. She has been part of multi-disciplinary management teams at several specialty clinics, most recently Friendswood Pediatric Associates, Adult and Specialty Care Clinic.

In her new role, she’ll be drawing on past experience as a facilitator for the Clinic Management Group, consisting of practice and nurse managers from all primary and specialty care clinics. Kim is also chair of the newly formed Ambulatory Education Council, charged with assessing educational needs and developing strategies to serve ambulatory patients and the employees who assist them.

If you are passionate about excellence, love the work you do and are great at it, there may be a place for you on the Victory Lakes team. We are building a team that is committed to total patient service as well as patient and physician satisfaction. An initial batch of more than 20 positions for the UTMB Specialty Care Center has been posted, and more are coming later this week. To learn more or apply, go online: http://www.utmb.edu/hcm/