The Blue Ridge Academic Health Group was founded in 1993 by Don Detmer, then Vice President for Health Affairs at the University of Virginia. Ernst and Young, the consulting company, served as cofounder and sponsor of the group's seminars and reports through the end of 2001. Starting in 2002, Michael M.E. Johns became co-chair and the Group has been sponsored by the out of the Office of the CEO, Woodruff Health Sciences Center, Emory University.
