Hospitals and health systems are making changes in their leadership ranks based on organizational needs in today's healthcare environment. Some of the changes have involved adding inaugural roles to their C-suites.
Here are the new roles hospitals and health systems have added to their leadership teams:
Editor's note: This list was created on April 11 and updated on Dec. 10.
November and December
1. Sayre, Pa.-based Guthrie appointed its inaugural chief academic officer, Jean Miner, MD. Dr. Miner will step into the role on Jan. 2.
2. Raj Mitra, MD, was appointed to an inaugural dual role — chief academic officer of Premier Health and dean of the Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, both based in Dayton, Ohio. Dr. Mitra will step into the role on March 10.
3. Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Broward Health appointed Jose Baez-Escudero, MD, as the system's first chief of cardiology.
4. Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham named Patrick Ellinor, MD, PhD, as the inaugural executive director of the system's Heart and Vascular Institute.
5. Seattle-based Fred Hutch Cancer Center selected Nicole Fleming, MD, as its inaugural deputy chief medical officer.
6. BJC Health System and Washington University School of Medicine, both based in St. Louis, launched a joint Center for Health AI. The new center will be led by Philip Payne, PhD, associate dean for health information and data science at WashU Medicine, who will serve as the inaugural chief health AI officer, and Deborah O'Dell, chief data and analytics officer at BJC Health System.
September and October
1. Kiran Gupta, MD, was selected as the inaugural associate chief quality officer at Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health.
2. M. Madan Babu, PhD, was selected as the inaugural chief data scientist of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. Dr. Babu was also appointed senior vice president for data sciences and will lead the hospital's newly formed research enterprise.
3. Thomas McGinn, MD, was appointed senior executive vice president and chief physician executive officer of Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health. He is the first person to take on the role.
4. Nazleen Bharmal, MD, PhD, was selected as the first chief health equity officer at Stanford Health Care in Palo Alto, Calif.
5. Sunny Bhatia, MD, was selected as the first national president of Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare.
August
1. Mercy Health-Springfield (Ohio) named Austin Al-Kazaz, MD, its inaugural vice president of medical affairs. Dr. Al-Kazaz will start his new role on September 1, focusing on physician engagement, alignment, and recruitment efforts.
2. Atlantic City, N.J.-based AtlantiCare appointed Kevin McDonnell its first chief hospital executive to lead hospital operations. Most recently, Mr. McDonnell served as vice president of medical services organization at West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health Medical Group.
3. Baton Rouge, La.-based Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System named Catherine O'Neal, MD, its inaugural chief academic officer. Dr. O'Neal will oversee the organization's strategic academic vision and ensure alignment with academic partners.
4. Cleveland Clinic selected Melissa Stoudmire, MSN, as the inaugural vice president of advanced practice providers. Ms. Stoudmire started her new role on Aug. 1, leading more than 3,600 advanced practice providers in the Ohio and Florida markets.
May through July
1. Buffalo, N.Y.-based Catholic Health named Catherine (Kate) Mohr, RN, DNP, its first systemwide chief nursing officer. Dr. Mohr previously was CNO at two organizations: Dosher Memorial Hospital in Southport, N.C., and Guthrie Clinic in Sayre, Pa.
2. Amanda Connoyer, DNP, APRN, was selected by Lewes, Del.-based Beebe Healthcare as its first chief advanced practice clinician. Most recently, Dr. Connoyer served as director of advanced practitioners at Springfield (Ill.) Clinic.
3. Riverside Smithfield (Va.) Hospital selected Justin Billings, MD, as its first chief medical officer. Dr. Billings serves as associate medical director of hospitalist services at Riverside Regional Medical Center in Newport News, Va.
4. Riverside Smithfield (Va.) Hospital selected Michelle Wooten, BSN, RN, as its inaugural chief nursing officer. Ms. Wooten is CNO at Riverside Doctors' Hospital Williamsburg (Va.).
5. New York City Health + Hospitals selected Omer Cabuk as its inaugural chief decarbonization officer. Mr. Cabuk will head the system's sustainability efforts citywide.
6. St. Louis-based SSM Health selected Saad Chaudhry as its inaugural chief digital officer. Most recently, Mr. Chaudhry served as chief digital and information officer at Annapolis, Md.-based Luminis Health.
7. D. Brandon Chapman, MD, was selected as the inaugural vice president of medical affairs for Fleming Island, Fla.-based Baptist Medical Center Clay and Jacksonville, Fla.-based Baptist Medical Center South.
8. Portland-based MaineHealth named Susan Doliner, who has served as vice president of philanthropy at Maine Medical Center, as the first systemwide chief development officer. In her new role, Ms. Doliner will oversee the creation of a systemwide philanthropy department until her planned retirement in January, according to a news release shared with Becker's. A search for a permanent chief development officer is underway.
9. Mobile, Ala.-based USA Health's Children's & Women's Hospital named Manimaran Ramani, MD, its inaugural chief medical officer. Dr. Ramani is division chief of neonatology and medical director for the neonatal intensive care unit and will continue in these roles, in addition to working as chief medical officer, according to a system news release shared with Becker's.
April 12-30
1. Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine named Mitchell Schnall, MD, PhD, the inaugural senior vice president for data and technology solutions. Dr. Schnall will be responsible for interpreting new tools and approaches to determine how to implement them at Penn Medicine, according to an April 30 news release from the health system.
2. Baltimore-based University of Maryland Medical System named Christine Andrews as its first vice president for philanthropy shared services. Ms. Andrews will work with chief development officers across UMMS member organizations to develop a collaborative model that supports the health system's strategic priorities and philanthropic operations, according to an April 24 news release.
3. Phoenix-based Banner Health named Michael Reagin as its first executive vice president and chief technology officer. Mr. Reagin most recently served as chief information and innovation officer of San Diego-based Sharp HealthCare.
4. Newark, Del.-based ChristianaCare named Wren Lester, PhD, its inaugural chief experience officer. Dr. Lester joins the organization from SUNY Downstate Health in New York City, where she also served as chief experience officer.
Feb. 1 to April 11
1. Cleveland Clinic appointed Tommaso Falcone, MD, executive vice president and president of international and emerging markets, the health system announced March 29. Dr. Falcone most recently served as interim president of Cleveland Clinic London.
2. Atlanta-based Piedmont named Mary Kane, BSN, RN, the inaugural chief nursing informatics officer. Lacy Knight, MD, chief health informatics officer at Piedmont, said in a March 11 news release that adding the role "will ensure we thoughtfully balance the risks and opportunities that come with introducing innovative technology in a healthcare setting."
3. Yale Cancer Center in New Haven, Conn., named Amer Zeidan, MD, as its inaugural chief of the division of hematologic malignancies. In addition to the new role, Dr. Zeidan continues to lead the leukemia program and serves as assistant director of the clinical trials office.
4. Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine appointed Marc Overcash as its inaugural deputy CIO, the health system said Feb. 15. He previously served in the same role at Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare.
5. Boston Medical Center Health System announced its first chief officers for strategy, transformation and digital information on Feb. 14. Cindy Bo was named senior vice president and chief strategy officer, Jesse Souweine was named senior vice president and chief transformation officer, and Joy Brown was named senior vice president and chief digital information officer.
6. Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare selected Rosemary Sheehan as its inaugural chief people officer, the health system said Feb. 5. Ms. Sheehan previously spent 25 years at Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham, including as chief human resources officer.
7. Atlanta-based Emory University tapped Madhu Behera, PhD, as its first chief research informatics officer, the university said Feb. 1. In her new role, Dr. Behera will focus on research-related informatics, data analytics, data science and artificial intelligence initiatives across Emory University and Emory Healthcare.