Council Members
Antoine A. Agassi,
Chair, Tennessee eHealth Council
Senior VP and CIO, Cogent Healthcare
In addition to his role as Advisor and Chair to the Governor's eHealth Council, Antoine A. Agassi is the Senior Vice President and CIO for Cogent Healthcare, the nation's leading hospitalist company.
Mr. Agassi has over twenty years of experience in healthcare transaction processing and a proven executive that has led a team in building, acquiring and managing large scale, successful and profitable operations.
In prior years, Mr. Agassi served as the Chief Technology Officer and the Chief Operating Officer of Spheris Corporation, a leading healthcare transcription and technology organization, and as the Executive Vice President and Corporate CIO of WebMD. Previously he was the Senior Vice President and CIO of ENVOY Corporation, a leading healthcare EDI transactions company. Mr. Agassi was also the Vice President of Information Systems at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Utica-Watertown in New York. He serves on a number of committees and boards and is a founding principal of Satchel ventures and Holdings. Mr. Agassi earned his MBA from Syracuse University and his Bachelor of Science degree from the State University of New York.