BCA - Behavioral Centers of America

Dr. Zyama Goldman, CMO Buddy Turner, President/CEO Board of Directors

Zyama Goldman, M.D., Chief Medical Officer

Dr. Goldman is a board certified psychiatrist who received his medical degree from the Institute of Pediatrics Medical School, USSR. His post-graduate training included a residency in psychiatry at Hadassah Hospital, Eitanim Mental Hospital and Ezrat Nashin Mental Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel; advanced studies in psycho geriatrics at the University of Nottingham Medical School, England; and a clinical and research fellowship at Baycrest Centre in Toronto, Canada. Dr. Goldman has served in numerous positions including Medical Director at Massillon Psychiatric Center and Chief of Psychiatric Service at Mount Sinai Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. His teaching experience includes a current post as Clinical Assistant Professor at Northeastern Ohio College of Medicine and prior teaching roles at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York and Tel Giborim Government Hospital in Tel Aviv, Israel. Dr. Goldman maintains an active psychiatry practice in the BCA owned Shaker Clinic, Shaker Heights, Ohio.

Buddy Turner, President/Chief Executive Officer

Buddy Turner oversees the BCA Executive Team and is responsible for driving all aspects of the company's growth, development and operations. Mr. Turner has over 15 years of healthcare management experience in both the non-profit and the proprietary sector combined. Prior to joining Behavioral Centers of America in 2008 as SVP Operations, he served as a Divisional Vice President with Universal Health Services (UHS). During his tenure at UHS, Mr. Turner was responsible for the operational oversight of a division of Residential Treatment Facilities located throughout the states of Virginia, Florida, Alabama and Tennessee. Prior to UHS, Mr. Turner was a Regional Vice President of Operations with Keystone Education and Youth Services where he was responsible for operations to include both residential and acute product lines as well as non-public educational programs. Prior to Keystone, Mr. Turner served as a Regional Vice President with Children's Comprehensive Services and fulfilled several leadership roles to include that of Chief Executive Officer of an Acute Care Psychiatric Hospital.

Mr. Turner is an active supporter of youth sports and has coached multiple teams through both the YMCA of Middle Tennessee as well as the Nashville Diocesan Athletic Council via St. Edward School. Mr. Turner has a BA through Western Kentucky University and a MSSW through the Kent School of Social Work with the University of Louisville.

Board of Directors

The Board of Directors for Behavioral Centers of America, LLC consists of:

Eric C. Larson, Chairman
Zyama Goldman, MD, Vice Chairman
Mary Beth Berkes
Anthony B. Davis
Gary Kagan
William Moeller
Richard H. Stowe