EyeSouth Partners, an eye care-focused management services organization and leading provider of medical and surgical eye care services, today announced the addition of industry veteran Kenneth Zongor as Chief Financial Officer. Zongor succeeds Jason Shafer, who has taken on the newly created role of Chief Development Officer.

“Kenneth brings tremendous depth and breadth of industry-specific experience to EyeSouth at a critical inflection point in the organization’s growth,” said CEO Rex Adams. “In just the last few years, EyeSouth has grown from one affiliated practice to 25, and Kenneth’s experience leading large-scale medical-practice management organizations will be instrumental in our continued expansion and parallel focus on high-quality patient care and service. In addition, Jason Shafer’s nearly 20 years of business development experience and knowledge of how EyeSouth helps affiliated practices grow will be incredibly valuable in EyeSouth’s newly created role of Chief Development Officer.”

Backed by Shore Capital Partners, EyeSouth’s affiliate network consists of over 200 doctors providing medical and surgical eye care services at approximately 115 locations, including 13 surgery centers, throughout Georgia, Texas, Louisiana, Florida, Tennessee, Ohio, Kentucky and Alabama.

Zongor spent the past decade in financial leadership roles at Envision Healthcare, one of the nation’s largest medical groups, and Amsurg, a national network of specialty surgery centers, including ophthalmology, now owned by Envision. He served as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer (2017-2021) and Vice President of Financial Reporting (2010-2017) at Envision. During his time at Envision, Zongor was instrumental in multiple pivotal transactions, including Envision’s privatization, the merger between Amsurg and Envision and several other acquisitions and divestitures, public equity offerings and debt refinancings.

Shafer, in his new role as Chief Development Officer, will be instrumental in the company’s continued growth as well, applying his more than two decades’ experience of M&A and principal investment responsibilities in investment banking and private equity.