C. Brennan Fitzpatrick, MD, was chosen as the first chief medical officer of The Women's Hospital in Newburgh, Ind., the hospital said April 13.
Dr. Fitzpatrick is a veteran of The Women's Hospital, serving as medical director for perinatal medicine and ultrasound since 2008.
He will remain in this role, and in maternal fetal medicine patient care on a reduced basis, as he takes over the new CMO duties, the hospital said.
Dr. Fitzpatrick holds a medical degree from the University of Louisville (Ky.) and an MBA from Duke University in Durham, N.C.
The Women's Hospital, which opened in 2001, is part of Evansville, Ind.-based Deaconess Health System.
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