Rush University Medical Center in Chicago has named Omar Lateef, MD, as its new CMO.
Dr. Lateef has served as the hospital's associate CMO since 2009, senior vice chair of the department of medicine since 2012 and associate dean of medical sciences at Rush Medical College since 2013.
As the hospital's new CMO, he will be Rush's senior physician leader, responsible for designing, implementing and overseeing Rush's clinical quality, patient safety and performance improvement projects.
Dr. Lateef earned his medical degree from Des Moines University and is a pulmonary and critical care medicine specialist. He completed his fellowship at Rush.
Dr. Lateef succeeds David Ansell, MD, as Rush's CMO. Dr. Ansell was recently named senior vice president of system integration.