Jay Shiland

Jay A. Shiland is a partner with MTS Health Partners, L.P. in New York. Since joining MTS in 2001, he has advised many of the nation’s leading companies in the managed care and post-acute sectors. He has also led a number of the health care services sector’s largest and most complex restructurings. Mr.Shiland was previously a vice president in the Mergers and Acquisitions Group of Merrill Lynch & Co.,where he was responsible for strategic advisory assignments for public and private companies across multiple industries, including health care. From 1994-97, he was an associate in the Corporate PracticeGroup of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, a New York City-based law firm, where he spent the majority of his time representing financial sponsors on acquisitions and related financings. Mr. Shiland currently serves on the board of The Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare, the only national nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting compassionate, patient-centered care through programs, education and advocacy. He received his B.S. in economics, with a concentration in finance and accounting, from the he Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1991 and his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1994.