Franklin Gaylis

Dr. Gaylis serves as Executive Medical Director of Unio Health Partners and Chief Scientific Officer of Genesis P.C. He has practiced as a urologist in San Diego for over 30 years and cofounded Genesis Healthcare Partners in 2011.

Dr. Gaylis’ interest in quality to improve clinical outcomes and cost-effective care led him to serve as Medical Director of the Sharp/Grossmont Hospital clinical outcomes program for more than a decade. At Unio, he continues to lead a team of data analysts focused on improving quality by leveraging technology, tracking physician performance, and developing methods to promote value-based care. He lectures both nationally and internationally on healthcare quality improvement and has published Genesis outcomes data in leading medical journals, including the NEJM and Journal of Urology. Dr. Gaylis holds a voluntary Professor of Urology position at UC San Diego and has consulted for major healthcare companies, including LabCorp.

Dr. Gaylis graduated from the University of Witwatersrand Medical School in Johannesburg, South Africa with an MBBCh (cum laude). He did his general surgical training at the University of Minnesota and urological specialization at Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago.