03 May 2023

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The Tolan Group successfully concludes Riverside Oral Surgery CEO search

Butch Marino tapped as the new chief executive officer

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The Tolan Group (TTG), a Hunt Scanlon Top 50 Healthcare & Life Sciences Executive Search Firm, announced on April 18 the successful placement of Butch Marino as the new chief executive officer of Riverside Oral Surgery.

Based in New Jersey, Riverside Oral Surgery currently operates multiple state-of-the-art surgical facilities across five counties in the state, according to a news release. Each of the practice’s surgeons utilizes cutting-edge technology in digital imaging and scanning and offers a full spectrum of services, from wisdom teeth extractions, dental implants, to surgical management of oral cancer, to temporo-mandibular joint disorder and full reconstructive procedures.

Butch Marino is an entrepreneurial and relational executive with over three decades of health care experience, including corporate development and senior leadership within multi-state, multi-location settings. Butch founded Baltimore-based ChoiceOne Health Advisors, LLC (C1HA) in April 2021, advising hospitals, academic medical centers and physicians in connection with M&A, joint venture strategies, strategic start up and program improvement strategies. His knowledge and experience include working with centers for ambulatory surgery, urgent care, diagnostic imaging and dialysis.

Prior to C1HA, Marino co-founded ChoiceOne Urgent Care in 2014 and led the transaction to merge with Austin, Texas-based MedSpring Urgent Care in 2017. The combined entity represented one of the largest urgent care businesses in the U.S., with multiple centers in Maryland, Georgia, Illinois and Texas.

Marino was also responsible for the overall management, strategy and direction of ChoiceOne/MedSpring Urgent Care. He approved key decisions impacting the enterprise, including long-range strategic plans, capital allocation, joint ventures, mergers and major acquisitions.

Marino earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Delaware. He also completed the executive education, mergers and acquisitions at Columbia Business School and the executive education, mergers, acquisitions and corporate restructuring transactions program at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.

Learn more about the Tolan Group at: https://www.thetolangroup.com/

About MedEquity Capital

Headquartered in Wellesley, Massachusetts, MedEquity Capital is a healthcare private equity firm that focuses on investing in profitable healthcare services business, most often in the lower middle market. Since its founding over 20 years ago, MedEquity has invested over $400 million of equity capital, with top decile returns for its investors. Jeff Ward, co-founding Partner of MedEquity Capital selected The Tolan Group to conduct the search.