Matthew Wayne MD, CMD, president of the American Medical Directors Association (AMDA)
Matthew Wayne MD, CMD, president of the American Medical Directors Association (AMDA), received his medical degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and is certified in both Internal Medicine and Geriatric Medicine. He currently is the Chief Medical Officer for CommuniCare Family of Companies, a multi-faceted health care company providing superior, comprehensive health care services in the post acute sector. CommuniCare currently operates 44 nursing homes across 4 states.
Dr. Wayne was named to the Best Doctors in America database for 2009-2013. In 2006, he was recognized by Crain’s Cleveland Business and received their “40 under 40” award for leaders in the Northeast Ohio business community. In 2005, Dr. Wayne attended the Physician Executive Institute, Leadership Core, at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University.
Dr. Wayne has been a member for 15 years and has just begun his term as president of AMDA, a national medical society of over 7000 physicians dedicated to practicing medicine in the post-acute and long-term care setting. He was chair of the Program Committee for 2010 and 2011 and a current member of AMDA’s Core Curriculum faculty. In addition, he is on the Education Committee, working on projects to develop clinical competencies for long-term care medicine as well as further developing AMDA’s on-line educational offerings. Dr. Wayne recently completed his service as chair of the Advancing Culture Change Together advisory panel and is a co-author of the AMDA white paper The Role of the Medical Director in Person-Directed Care. He also contributed to the development and writing of the Multidisciplinary Medication Management toolkit. He has served on the Board of Directors of the American Medical Directors Certification Program and is a past president of the Ohio Medical Directors Association.
Dr. Wayne is a frequent presenter at the annual meeting and in the past year has been an invited speaker at Creating Home in the Nursing Home II: A National Symposium on Culture Change and the Food and Dining Requirements; the annual meetings for the New York, Ohio and Michigan Medical Directors Association; and the annual meeting of the Ohio Assisted Living Association. He has also collaborated with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to develop educational materials and several webcasts on medication management and culture change. Locally, Dr. Wayne has served on the board of directors of the Cleveland Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association from 2006-2012.
When not at work, Matt cherishes spending time with his wife, Susan, and their two children Jessica and Michael. In the summertime you can find him at Progressive Field cheering on his beloved Cleveland Indians.
