Metro Health-University of Michigan Health, based in Wyoming, Mich., appointed Ronald Grifka, MD, as CMO.
Five things to know:
1. Dr. Grifka, a pediatric cardiologist, previously served as director of the cardiology outreach program at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital and associate medical director for strategic planning and business development for the University of Michigan Health System, both based in Ann Arbor.
2. He joined University of Michigan as professor of pediatrics and an attending cardiologist at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital in 2012.
3. He also has 20 years of experience working at Texas Children's Hospital/Baylor College of
Medicine in Houston, where he was awarded the Charles Mullins MD Endowed Chair in
Cardiology.
4. Dr. Grifka is a member of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services' Sudden Cardiac Death Committee and Neonatal Oxygen Screening Committee.
5. He succeeds Peter Hahn, MD, who was promoted to president and CEO of Metro Health-University of Michigan Health.