Finding the Ideal Medical Director for Your Nursing Home

When asked to describe the ideal medical director, nursing home administrator Mike Moranz’s face beamed with a broad smile. “Well, to understand today’s ideal, you must understand how far we have come over the past 20 years.” Mike Moranz, MPH, started his health care career as a respiratory therapist 50 years ago and ventured into nursing home administration in Maryland 20 years ago. “My first nursing home medical director was an internist with a busy office and hospital practice. He did not have the time or knowledge to really help the nursing home staff in any sort of leadership role.