For University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Thomas Zoch ’79, of Neenah, the
time spent as an undergraduate at UW Oshkosh gave him the foundation he
needed to start his medical career and was the home plate for his
journey.
His success in the medical field and his leadership of the Network
Health HouseCalls program has made him one of this year’s recipients of
the 2014 Alumni Association Distinguished Alumni Award.
As a student at UW Oshkosh, Zoch balanced his time between sports and
academics. He played on the basketball team from 1974 to 1975, and on
the baseball team from 1975 to 1976 and again from 1978 to 1979.
Zoch made the Wisconsin State University Conference (WSUC)
All-Conference in basketball in 1979 and the WSUC Scholastic Honor Roll
three times.
Academically, Zoch also was highly successful. He made the Dean’s
List every year and was named the Biology Major of the Year in 1979. He
graduated magna cum laude with bachelor’s degrees in biology and
chemistry.
Immediately following graduation, Zoch went to medical school at the
Medical College of Wisconsin and earned his master’s degree. He then
completed his internal medicine residency at Marshfield Clinic and
achieved board certification in internal medicine in 1986.
He worked as a staff physician at the Marshfield Clinic until 1995.
During his time there, he helped develop the clinic’s emergency
department, urgent care department and sports medicine clinic.
As the emergency department education director, he was responsible
for teaching surgery, internal medicine, pediatric, dermatology and
transitional residents, medical students, EMT and paramedic students,
physician assistants and nurse practitioners.
In 1995, Zoch began working as a staff emergency physician at Theda
Clark Regional Medical Center. He was the medical director of the Theda
Clark Regional Medical Center Emergency Department and the president of
Fox Valley Emergency Medicine from 1997 to 2003.
Zoch also served as the team physician for the Timber Rattlers from
1995 to 2005, and now serves as one of their associate board members. He
became a staff physician with ThedaCare and joined their occupational
medicine department from 2003 to 2005, and then their internal medicine
department from 2005 to 2008, before joining the ThedaCare orthopedics
plus as a sports medicine specialist until 2010.
In 2010, Zoch was recruited by Affinity Health System’s Network
Health as their associate medical director. He has since completed his
certification as a Healthcare Insurance Executive (CHIE) and works in
this position today. He also is the medical director for Network
Housecalls.
The HouseCalls program provides in-home health assessments to Network
Health Medicare Advantage members. The program sends licensed
HouseCalls healthcare professionals to members’ homes, where they
complete a review of the patient’s health history, current health status
and any health concerns.
“Dr. Zoch has led this program since its launch in Oct. 2011,”
Network Health President Sheila Jenkins said. “More than 4,000 exams
have been completed and the program continues to grow.”
Zoch’s vision has helped the program provide in-home exams and healthcare for more than 10,000 patients as of 2013.
In addition, Zoch is the executive leader of Ministry Health Care,
the medical director for the Fox Valley Technical College Paramedic/EMS
program and a board member for Ministry Home Care.
Zoch has been involved in the American Heart Association (AHA). In
2002, he received the Dr. Dean Stueland AHA Award for his dedication to
Advanced Cardiac Life Support leadership. He led the National AHA First
Aid Guidelines for 2005, received the AHA Above and Beyond recognition
award and the Certificate of Appreciation from the National First Aid
Science Advisory Board. He also was part of the AHA National Faculty for
Advanced Cardiac Life Support, where he represented Wisconsin for four
years.
In addition to his extensive involvement in the healthcare community,
Zoch has continued to play baseball for the Wisconsin State League, a
semi-professional baseball league, in Marshfield, Green Bay and Oshkosh.
He was inducted into the Wisconsin State Baseball League Hall of Fame
and the Marshfield’s Baseball Hall of Fame.
His athletic ability has been recognized by his coach, Tom Kraus.
“He has demonstrated outstanding character and wisdom throughout his
tenure as a baseball player,” Kraus said. “Not only did he use his
God-given talent as a greater player, he also made decisions which have
done more for the well-being of mankind.”
Despite experiencing an athletic injury early in his college career
that affected his confidence in further college athletic participation,
he learned a valuable lesson about pursuing and playing the sport that
he loves.
“Life has a consistent way of knocking you down, but what really matters is how you get up and move forward,” Zoch said.
Zoch’s success in the medical field has been a home run, but he
remembers his time at UW Oshkosh as the foundation for his achievements
and accomplishments in healthcare.
“UWO gave me a great start on advanced education and provided many
educational opportunities,” Zoch said. “Very few individuals in my
extended family were granted these opportunities. Therefore, I have
never taken these opportunities for granted and I feel very blessed and
deeply appreciative of the education I received at UWO.”
Zoch and nine other award winners will be recognized at the Alumni Award Celebration during Homecoming 2014 on Friday, Oct. 17.
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