Who We Are
Aim High Recruiting and Consulting is a veteran-owned firm led by physician recruiters with decades of experience across the U.S. Air Force, the Department of Veterans Affairs and rural hospitals. We have sat in the in-house recruiter’s chair, and we bring that experience to every search.
Pat Youngblood, DBA, SPHR
Managing Partner
Pat has spent 30 years recruiting physicians, 25 of them in Texas. He retired from the U.S. Air Force after 20 years of service, where he recruited physicians for the Air Force, then spent 12 years at the Department of Veterans Affairs directing the Health Professional Scholarship Program and growing a recruiting team from 6 to 25. In the private sector he built a 63-physician roster across 26 hospital facilities, and on contract he built the physician recruiting process at McAlester Regional Health Center in Oklahoma. His doctoral research at the University of the Incarnate Word studied why physicians choose rural practice. He also holds an MBA and Cornell certificates in Executive Healthcare Leadership and Change Leadership.
James Marfield, MHA, MBA
Managing Partner
James brings nearly 30 years of recruiting experience, including 18 years with the Veterans Health Administration. He co-leads VHA’s national physician and provider recruitment operations, directing a 22-person national office, conducting on-site recruitment and retention assessments for VA medical centers, and teaching at VA Recruiter University. Earlier he recruited physicians and providers for two VA medical centers in Kansas, worked on Honeywell’s recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) program, and served 10 years in the U.S. Air Force, including as an officer accessions recruiter on the nation’s top-ranked team. He holds an MHA and a BS from Park University and an MBA from Webster University.