management bios

Bart Ashley, DPh, J.D., Chairman
Bart Ashley is a founder of Metro Medical Supply, Inc. in Nashville, Tennessee, where he serves as CEO.  Mr. Ashley is licensed to practice both pharmacy and law, and maintains over 25 years of experience in the healthcare industry.  As an officer and director of Metro Medical Supply, a national distributor of pharmaceutical and medical products with sales exceeding $1 Billion, he oversees the company’s participation in all ventures.  These include specialty pharmacies, group purchasing organizations, outpatient disease management services, and health data marketing.

Michael Cooper, General Manager
mcooper@bellwetheroncology.com
Mr. Cooper’s extensive skills have resulted in over 25 years of successful ventures in the healthcare industry. At present, he serves as President of Metro Medical Supply, which is a national distributor of pharmaceutical and medical surgical products. Additionally, he serves as the Executive Director of the most dominant Group Purchasing Organization in the nephrology field (Renal Purchasing Group). Finally, linked to his capacity at Metro Medical Supply, Mike also functions as the general manager of a specialty medical-surgical manufacturing plant in Asia.

Robby Adams, Executive Director
radams@bellwetheroncology.com
Mr. Adams brings over 20 years of sales experience, with over 8 years utilizing that experience in community oncology. He has extensive knowledge of distribution and group purchasing organizational operations in the field of community oncology, along with comprehensive oncology sales. Presently, he serves as the Oncology Business Manager of Metro Medical Supply, a national distributor of pharmaceutical and medical surgical products.

Robbie Durham, Contracts Manager
rdurham@bellwetheroncology.com
Mr.Durham comes to Bellwether Oncology Alliance with over 30 years experience in the medical industry. He was with Metro Medical Supply, a national distributor of pharmaceuticals and medical supplies, for 27 years, serving in a variety of roles covering all aspects of the business. While at Metro Medical, he held management positions in the areas of purchasing, distribution, and operations. Robbie also managed the sales and data collection for Metro Medical's proprietary renal GPO. Most recently, Robbie served as sales & marketing manager for Metro-Pacifica supplying gloves, sponges and personal protective apparel to the renal community. Metro-Pacifica is the import division of Metro Medical.