Dr. Holloway has multiple educational accomplishments. He earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Sociology from Illinois State University, and a Ph.D. from the University of Miami in Medical Sociology. After completing his Ph.D., he was a fellow in Psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, working at the Mental Health Research Center. He later attended Washington University in St Louis where he earned a master’s degree in Healthcare Administration.
Dr. Holloway has held operational positions in several types of hospitals, including a large, urban, academic medical center; a suburban facility; and a small, rural facility. Subsequently, he spent several years of his career working in the health care insurance industry in companies — such as Blue Cross Blue Shield — as a provider contractor, strategic planner and cost of care manager. After working in the insurance industry, he pursued several entrepreneurial endeavors in medical travel where he consulted for international facilities, including Health City Cayman Islands. He also worked in a company that provided on-call medical procedures for small rural hospitals, and he spent time with a specialty pharmacy distribution company where expensive, “ultra-orphan” pharmaceuticals were distributed to rare disease patient populations.