Avant Healthcare Professionals Names Greg Turkanik Vice President of Global Operations
May 01, 2023
Avant Healthcare Professionals, the premier staffing provider of internationally experienced nursing and allied health professionals, today announced the promotion of Greg Turkanik into the new role of vice president of global operations.
“I am honored to announce Greg’s promotion,” said Marisa Zaharoff, president, Avant Healthcare Professionals. “For nearly six years, Greg has been instrumental in building an agile infrastructure and robust supporting processes to scale our business, leading to significant organizational growth.”
In this position, Turkanik will provide strategic direction for global growth, global business development and global recruitment. His role also will hold responsibility for assessing new markets, developing international partnerships, and delivering results relative to Avant’s healthcare professional recruitment pipeline.
“I am super proud to work for a company whose values and mission align with mine,” shared Turkanik. “This is much more than a job. We are changing the lives of international healthcare professionals and positively impacting individuals and communities here in the United States."
Turkanik holds an Executive Doctorate in Business Administration from Rollins College. He joined Avant Healthcare Professionals in July 2017.
About Avant Healthcare Professionals
Need nurses? Avant Healthcare Professionals is the premier staffing specialist for internationally educated registered nurses, physical therapists and occupational therapists. Avant has placed thousands of international healthcare professionals across U.S. facilities to help improve the continuity of their care, fill hard-to-find specialties, and increase patient satisfaction, revenue and HCAHPS scores. Avant is a Joint Commission accredited staffing agency and founding member of the American Association of International Healthcare Recruitment (AAIHR). Avant Healthcare Professionals is a member of the Jackson Healthcare® family of companies.
