Along with his role as Chief Executive Officer, Greater Cincinnati Market at Solaris Health, Earl Walz serves as the Chief Executive Officer of The Urology Group. He brings with him decades of operational experience in both the business and clinical aspects of healthcare. Prior to his appointment as CEO, he was Chief Operating Officer for The Urology Group.

​A Certified Medical Practice Executive, Walz sits on several corporate and government medical advisory boards and is co-founder of the Large Urology Group Practice Association (LUGPA). He has given numerous presentations across the country about best practices in healthcare, and his abstracts have been published nationally.

​Before joining The Urology Group, Walz was Chief Operating Officer of Urology Specialists, a practice of six physicians. He was the Chief Administrative Consultant at the Northern Kentucky Multi-Specialty Practice, with 52 physicians, and the Chief Operating Officer of Hoxworth Blood Center of Cincinnati.

Walz earned his master’s degree in business administration from Xavier University in Cincinnati. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from Northern Kentucky University.