Frank Opelka, MD, FACS is a nationally recognized surgeon who serves as the American College of Surgeons as chair of patient safety, quality improvement and in health policy. Dr. Opelka works closely with the Brookings Institute on the Quality Alliance Steering Committee, National Quality Forum, and the National Center for Quality Assurance, the Agency for Health Research and Quality, the Surgical Quality Alliance, and the National Priorities Partnership. Dr. Opelka is a national recognized colon and rectal surgeon.
 
Dr. Opelka is the president and chief executive of the LSU Healthcare Network. He joined LSU in the spring of 2005. Dr. Opelka is a physician executive and a recognized national leader in patient-centric health care for the surgical patient. He serves LSU Health Sciences Center as the Vice Chancellor of Clinical Affairs. Dr. Opelka is the LSU Health Sciences Center's advocate for improving patients' health through quality improvement programs, the e-health record, the personal health record, and e-prescription program, as the national co-chair for the e-RxNow program in hopes of providing safe, effective patient medication prescriptions.