Suzanne Kieltyka, RD, CDE

Suzanne Kieltyka has worked in healthcare for 19 years with experience across the care continuum: post-acute care facilities, hospital systems, physician groups and the pharmaceutical industry. She is currently the Health Education Manager for the Value Based Care Division of Summit Strategic Solutions, based in Knoxville, Tennessee. Summit Strategic Solutions specializes in providing population health strategies that drive “better care, lower cost.”® Summit Strategic Solutions includes a Management Services Organization (MS0) that provides practice management and operations support and is a business partner of Summit Medical Group, one of the largest physician-owned, primary care groups in the country and a Level 3 certified Patient Centered Medical Home. The medical group consists of 359 providers, 54 practice locations and 274,000 primary care patients. In her role, Ms. Kieltyka oversees all aspects of the Health Education Department and is responsible for management of various patient programs including embedded behavioral health, shared medical appointments and retinal screening services. Ms. Kieltyka has a Bachelor of Science degree from Middle Tennessee State University and is a registered dietitian and certified diabetes educator.