Dr. Shaun Carpenter, Chief Executive Officer of MedCentris, is a nationally recognized expert in the specialty of Wound Medicine. He leads a team of over 50 wound specialist physicians and nurse practitioners throughout the southeast region of the United States. Dr. Carpenter has developed patents for innovative wound healing devices and has authored multiple international publications regarding the science of wound healing. He is board certified in Emergency Medicine and is a certified Wound Medicine Specialist™. He is also board certified by the American Board of Wound Medicine & Surgery. Dr. Carpenter has Bachelors’ Degrees in both Molecular/Cell Biology and English Literature from the University of California, Berkeley. He received his medical degree from Tulane University School of Medicine and completed his Louisiana State University Emergency Medicine residency at the Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans (“Charity Hospital”) and has been in practice for over 20 years. He is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Tulane University School of Medicine in the Department of Surgery.

Dr. Todd P. Shaffett serves as the President of MedCentris. Mr. Shaffett earned his Doctorate of Nursing Practice from Southeastern Louisiana University. He earned his MSN degree from the University of South Alabama and has been a Family Nurse Practitioner for more than 15 years. He is a certified Wound Medicine Specialist™, a Fellow of the College of Clinical Wound Specialists® and has been treating wounds for more than 20 years. Mr. Shaffett's expertise is in strategic modeling for advanced wound healing programs across the healthcare continuum that achieve the greatest outcomes while providing the most cost-effective methods of delivery of care. He is an advocate for the advancement of education and training for NP’s and PA’s within the specialty of Wound Medicine.

Tasha Mears, RN, BSN, MHI, has over twenty years in health care experience as a Registered Nurse with a focus in information technology, quality, and revenue cycle management in post-acute healthcare settings. Mears has a Master’s in Health Informatics from Louisiana Tech University. She previously worked at Amedisys, a premier home health and hospice company, from 1998 as a Clinical Director to 2015 as the Senior Vice President of Clinical Informatics and was instrumental in the design and implementation of their point of care technology. Ms. Mears has served as the Chair of the Quality Working Group for the Alliance for Home Health Quality and Innovation. In 2009, she was appointed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) as a member of the Technical Expert Panel Project: Care Transition Measure Development; a prestigious panel formed to develop measures used to deliver quality care to Medicare beneficiaries. Ms. Mears also served on the National Quality Forum, led the CMS Home Health Pay for Performance demonstration project for Amedisys, and was active in their CMS Innovation project for Model 3 Bundles. Ms. Mears is currently the Chief Operating officer of MedCentris, responsible for operations that ensure a unified and integrated strategy of care for an at-risk population of patients suffering from both acute and chronic wounds.

Amanda Estapa ACNP-BC, CWS, FACCWS, DAPWCA, is the Chief Clinical Officer for MedCentris, LLC. Amanda earned her Master of Science in Nursing from Vanderbilt University as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner in 2004. She is a certified Wound Medicine Specialist™ and a Diplomat of the American Professional Wound Care Association®. Her experience includes years of trauma and surgical critical care prior to narrowing her practice to focus on Wound Medicine in 2010. She has worked throughout the continuum of care in the acute, long term, hyperbaric and outpatient wound care settings. Amanda’s passion for education on the management of complex wounds and patient advocacy has taken her to the national stage as a speaker to help bring awareness to the specialty of Wound Medicine.

David Monic is the Senior Vice President of Business Development and Marketing for MedCentris. He has over 30 years of healthcare experience in various roles, including Business Development, Marketing, Operations, and Clinical Informatics. He has grown healthcare sales teams to scale from local, to regional, to national models. Monic provides market evaluation and strategic analysis regarding company expansion and growth. He has considerable expertise in assessing, launching, and managing CRMs for healthcare providers. His role in developing a home health physician portal and its marketing strategy, which resulted in more than 11,000 providers in 42 states adopting it, garnered Monic the 2011 Louisiana Governor’s Innovator of The Year Award. He served on various committees and boards during his 22-year employment stint with nationwide home health provider Amedisys, including the Quality and Technology Board, Medical Director Advisory Group, the American Heart Association Steering Committee, and functioned as Chairman of their Charitable Activities Committee. At MedCentris, Mr. Monic has been responsible for launching and leading the regional sales force, marketing team, acquisitions, and implementation of an enterprise CRM.

Guy Ranzino is the Senior Vice President of Operations for MedCentris. A native of New Orleans, Louisiana, Ranzino is a Registered Nurse. He graduated from Charity Hospital School of Nursing in New Orleans. He has over 30 years as an experienced healthcare leader with a demonstrated history of roles in the Med-Surgical and Critical Care areas of East Jefferson General Hospital. Ranzino served over 20 years with Amedisys, a national leader in home health and hospice where he was positioned as an Area Vice President in both Operations and Business Development. His other leadership experiences include Chief Operating Officer for a Louisiana-based Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital and a Regional Clinical Administrator with MedCentris before accepting this role. Ranzino’s strengths include strong skills in Enterprise Healthcare Operations and Business Development Management, Corporate Structure Design and Team Building, Strategic Planning as well as Integrating Staff and Processes with Mergers and Acquisitions. He has served on various committees and boards throughout his extensive healthcare career and is a member of the American Nurses Association and Louisiana State Nurses Association.

Kelly is a native of the New Orleans area with over 30 years of progressive accounting and finance experience across multiple industries.

She holds a Master of Science Degree in Management from Troy University, Alabama and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from The University of New Orleans.

She began her accounting career at Sysco Food Services of New Orleans as a Staff Accountant before transitioning to healthcare with Universal Health Services, Inc. as a Senior Accountant and then on to HCA as an Accounting Manager for Lakeview Regional Medical Center. She enjoyed an extensive tenure in the hospitality industry with Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, as an Assistant Director of Finance, participating in numerous front- and back-of-the-house system migrations and completing hotel renovations including post-Hurricane Katrina recovery. She further expanded her accounting knowledge by joining a New Orleans law firm that specialized in Medical Malpractice and Environmental Law before returning to the Healthcare Industry.

A native of Hammond, Louisiana, Buras graduated from Southeastern Louisiana University with double Bachelor of Science degrees in Business Management and Marketing. He has 18 years of supervisory experience in healthcare, human resources, marketing, program & project management, quality & risk management, and service management.

In his current role, he manages multiple departments, teams, projects, and resources that include System Support Services, Technology Support, IT Security, Help Desk, Contracting & Credentialing, Revenue Cycle Management, Information Technology, and Human Resources.

 As a volunteer, he is a devoted advocate for many non-profit organizations in Tangipahoa Parish and surrounding communities.

Jeffrey D. Jeter is the Chief Compliance Officer for MedCentris. He is a licensed attorney and has over 25 years’ experience in health care law and corporate compliance. He holds a juris doctorate degree and a master’s in public administration degree from Louisiana State University. He began his career serving as an Assistant Attorney General for the Louisiana Department of Justice where he prosecuted health care fraud and nursing home abuse throughout the state of Louisiana. During his tenure with the Louisiana Department of Justice, the agency was recognized by the Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as the top Medicaid Fraud Control Unit in the nation. In addition, Jeffrey worked with the National Association of Medicaid Fraud Control Units to develop training courses for use by health care fraud prosecutors and investigators and served as an instructor at both the Advanced Medicaid Fraud training course at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center and the Louisiana Law Enforcement Commission’s officer training course. Jeffrey also drafted Louisiana’s criminal anti-kickback statute and testified before the legislature, which subsequently enacted the statute. He left the Department of Justice to become the Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Counsel for Amedisys, Inc., one of the nation’s largest, publicly-traded home health and hospice providers where he worked for 15 years. While at Amedisys, Jeffrey was responsible for overseeing the company’s corporate compliance and HIPAA compliance programs. In this role, he oversaw internal investigations, developed internal controls including automated compliance scorecards and performance metrics, oversaw the company’s medical director program, implemented several Corporate Integrity Agreements, and conducted compliance training for 14,000 employees in 400+ offices across the nation. Jeffrey left Amedisys in 2016 to join the law firm of Jones Walker, LLP, where he provided extensive health care advice and corporate legal services to a wide variety of health care providers, leaving in 2021 to now work directly with his primary client, MedCentris. Jeffrey is also a noted speaker on the topics of corporate compliance, health care fraud, leadership, and ethics. 

Jason MacMorran is a Partner in EAG Gulf Coast’s Financial Advisory Services Group with more than 25 years of experience. He leads the firm’s Forensic and Valuation Services team.  Jason’s practice focuses on business valuation, transaction advisory and support services, and economic damages across a broad range of industries.  In addition, Jason serves as a strategic advisor to management teams in merger and acquisition projects.

Jason has a bachelors’ degree in business administration in accounting from Millsaps College, and a masters’ degree in finance from Louisiana State University. Jason is a licensed Certified Public Accountant and brings considerable training and experience to projects through his study to obtain the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ (AICPA) Accredited in Business Valuation credential (ABV) and Certified in Financial Forensics credential (CFF), and the National Association of Certified Valuation Analyst’s Certified Valuation Analyst credential (CVA).  

Jason has actively served the accounting profession.  He speaks nationally and locally on valuation and litigation topics, has served on the AICPA’s national Business Valuation Committee, has been a faculty  member of the AICPA’s Expert Witness Skills Workshop, and  was honored as the AICPA’s 2014 Business Valuation Volunteer of the Year.  In addition to his service to the AICPA in the valuation and forensic accounting areas, Jason has been an active member of the Society of Louisiana CPAs, serving on its board of directors and as its 2019-2020 chair, and serving on its Forensic and Valuation Services Committee since 2009, chairing that committee in 2013 and 2014. In addition to his involvement in the accounting profession, Jason currently serves as the Finance Chair of a 600-bed independent hospital system.