Dr. Seth Kaufman, M.D., is the new chief medical officer for NorthBay Healthcare. He assumed his new role on Feb. 13. “Dr. Kauffman is a dedicated clinician and an exceptional physician leader,” said Aimee Brewer, president of the hospital division of NorthBay Healthcare Group. “He has the energy, the experience and the compassion that this position and our community require, and we’re thrilled he has accepted the job.”

Dr. Kaufman has been affiliated with NorthBay since 2005, most notably in the Emergency Department as a staff physician and medical director of TeamHealth and Solano Gateway Medical Group. He has represented NorthBay Healthcare on the Solano Emergency Medical Services Cooperative Board of Directors, an agency that oversees the county trauma system and EMS response network. He was also on the board of NorthBay Health Advantage.

Dr. Kaufman earned his medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco. He completed his residency in emergency medicine at the University of Chicago. He is a diplomat of the American Board of Emergency Medicine and a fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians.