Arlene Vernon, MD, is now the chief of staff for Dignity Health's St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach (Calif.).
Her term as chief of staff will be from January 2024 through December 2025, according to a news release shared with Becker's. Dr. Vernon has been an attending emergency physician at St. Mary since 1989. In those 30-plus years, she has served as vice chief of staff and chair of multiple committees