Launched in partnership with Henry Ford Health Innovations, alongside one of the country’s leading healthcare organizations

About us

For decades, Henry Ford Health has pioneered value-based healthcare. Protera Health is a joint venture that celebrates the clinical transformation in patient-centered healthcare that was launched from within the health system.  This transformation began with implementation of cutting-edge patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) across multiple service lines in the health system, including musculoskeletal (MSK) health, neurosurgery, oncology, and many others.

These tools were used to improve health outcomes and lower costs of care in ways that had never been done before at such a large scale.  Protera Health is the only virtual MSK solution that was founded and designed by national experts in orthopedic value-based healthcare.

Our Leadership Team

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Eric Makhni, MD MBA

CEO, Co-Founder
Orthopedic Surgeon
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Melvin Makhni, MD MBA

President, Co-Founder
Spine Surgeon
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Ken Yamaguchi, MD MBA

Co-Founder
Orthopedic Surgeon
Former CMO, Centene

Alicia Lawless

MBA, MSN, RN - Chief of Staff/Partnerships

Kyle Casadei

Medical Director

Jon Bolz

Sr. Director of Growth
and Enrollment

Rod Jazinski

CTO

Jake Chase, DPT

Sr. Director, Operations
Physical Therapist

Joseph Medellin, MD

Medical Director
Primary Care Sports Medicine
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Svetlana Makhni

Co-Founder
Finance
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Sonya Makhni, MD MBA

Co-Founder
Data and Informatics

Grey Gibbons

Growth Marketing

Bill Greaves

Design

Abhinav Balu

Strategy and Growth Fellow

Clinical & Technical Expertise

Protera Health services are delivered by our expert clinician team alongside our founding team who have long-standing track records of clinical transformation.

“This was very helpful to me in my journey, will use as a follow-up session to make me better.”
“Staff very helpful and accommodating. Exercises not difficult and process of keeping up with tasks are well explained. I have had some scheduling and reporting issues of my own but overall great program to do at home.”
“I have been very pleased with the Protera staff, especially Brenda who’s been working with me and setting up the various exercises which have helped me very much. I have also enjoyed the Knowledge vignettes. I have learned a lot from many of them. I am so glad to have experienced all of this over the past couple of months. It has helped me tremendously.”
“Tara and Pam have made this an awesome experience with all the attention they have curated. This has been exactly what I needed to help with and prevent the pains coming back so strong. The exercises were so helpful, Tara really listened to and met my needs. Pam sent me great recipes—who would have thought to put rice cauliflower in your smoothie—but it just made it a nice thick consistency. I loved getting the knowledge, always something to take from and use.”
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