University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center has named Phillip K. Chang, MD, vice president and CMO.
Dr. Chang, who assumed his new roles lastwinter, has played a key role in maintaining the medical center's surge readiness amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the hospital said in a May 20 news release.
He will continue to play an active role in initiatives as the medical center moves into a reopening phase, said medical center President Daniel I. Simon, MD.
Before joining the medical center, Dr. Chang was system CMO at University of Kentucky HealthCare in Lexington and a faculty member in the university's surgery department.
He earned his medical degree from Norfolk-based Eastern Virginia Medical School and a master's degree in business administration from University of Kentucky Gatton College of Economics and Business in Lexington.