Dr. Lee C. Kirkman, President
HealthPoint Medical Group

As President of HealthPoint Medical Group, Dr. Lee Kirkman brings to this position the vision of a strong medical group affiliated with St. Joseph’s-Baptist Health Care. He provides a key role in the leadership of HealthPoint Medical Group, assisting in the development of clinical policies and procedures, protocols, and Board Committees. He also maintains an active practice as an Internist and Hospitalist at St. Joseph’s Hospital.

Dr. Kirkman has been in private practice in Internal Medicine and Pulmonary Disease and has been on the St. Joseph’s Hospital Medical Staff since 1981.  His administrative experiences have included numerous board and committee appointments, Chief of Medicine, Medical Director of the Intensive Care Unit and involvement with medical quality improvement and physician peer review issues.

Dr. Kirkman is a native of Utah where he completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Utah.  He received his M.D. from the University of Alabama with honors in 1974.  He completed his Internal Medicine Residency at the University of Washington in 1981 and is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Pulmonary Disease.

Sherry Dorsey, President
HealthPoint Management Services, Inc.

Sherry Dorsey is the President of HealthPoint Management Services and Executive Administrator of HealthPoint Medical Group. HealthPoint employs over 300 practice site, business office and corporate staff, supporting over 90 physicians. Ms. Dorsey provides critical leadership for HealthPoint and leads the team charged with successfully supporting the administrative functions of a group practice. 

During Ms. Dorsey’s tenure HealthPoint has received numerous awards, including “Better Performing Practice” by the nationally known Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), and “Best Management Service Company” for the central Florida region by Florida Medical Business Journal and “Best Group Practice Administrator in Tampa Bay.”

 Ms. Dorsey has over 15 years group practice administration experience and is Board Certified by the American College of Medical Practice Executives. Her background includes extensive experience in the optimization of business operations systems through accountability, controls and workflow design.

Ms. Dorsey served on the Hillsborough County Health Care Advisory Board for 9 years lending her experience to the leadership of Hillsborough County’s nationally acclaimed program for providing healthcare to low-income residents.

Prior to joining HealthPoint, Ms. Dorsey was Assistant Administrator of Business Operations at The Emory Clinic in Atlanta, Georgia.  She was responsible for business operations, including accounts receivable management, patient registration and information systems for 325 multi-specialty physicians.  She began her career in Information Systems consulting and worked on several health care systems implementation projects.  Ms. Dorsey graduated magna cum laude from the University of Alabama with a Masters Degree in Business Administration.

Dr. Patrick T. Cimino, Medical Director
HealthPoint Medical Group

Dr. Patrick Cimino joined HealthPoint Medical Group in 1999. He brought with him extensive experience in the Managed Care industry. He was Medical Director for the Tampa Network of Aetna US HealthCare  where he helped achieve a successful three-year National Committee for Quality Assurance accreditation.  Dr. Cimino was also Medical Director for Aetna Health Plans of Florida, a physician for a staff model HMO at a multi-specialty group, and a Senior Physician at the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services with the Hillsborough County Health Department.

Dr. Cimino earned his Bachelor of Arts in Government at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana and his Doctor of Medicine at the University of Florida College of Medicine (UF) in Gainesville. He completed a Family Practice Internship and Residency at Alachua General Hospital through UF and received a Masters in Public Health, Health Policy and Management, at the University of South Florida College of Public Health (USF-CPH) in Tampa.  Dr. Cimino is Board Certified in Family Practice and is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Florida Academy of Family Physicians.

Dr. Cimino has been directly involved in the growth of HealthPoint Medical Group. He has been involved in recruiting the majority of the Groups’ physicians. His goals include taking advantage of the Group’s size to enhance efficiency and quality.