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40 180 CMOs to know Becker's Healthcare is proud to recognize outstanding hospital and health system chief medical officers. ese physician leaders play a pivotal role in advancing patient safety, maintaining high quality standards, bridging the gap between leadership and medical staff, and managing risk. As key drivers of continuous improvement, their efforts have earned numerous quality and safety accolades for their organizations. Note: Becker's Healthcare developed this list based on nominations and editorial research. Leaders do not pay and cannot pay for inclusion on this list. is list is not exhaustive, nor is it an endorsement of the leaders or organizations mentioned. Leaders are presented in alphabetical order. Contact Anna Falvey at afalvey@beckershealthcare.com with questions or comments. Sponsored by: SCP Health is a clinical company, passionately delivering exceptional patient care within the communities we serve by leveraging our clinical and operational expertise. A clinical services provider for emergency, hospital, and critical care medicine, we partner with clinicians, hospitals, and health systems to deliver high-quality, cost- effective patient care. Joshua Adler, MD. Executive Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer at UCSF Health (San Francisco). Machelle Allen, MD. Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of NYC Health + Hospitals (New York City). Andy Anderson, MD. Executive Vice President and Chief Medical and Quality Officer of RWJBarnabas Health (West Orange, N.J.). Douglas Apple, MD. Chief Clinical Officer of Ascension Michigan (Warren). Dustin Arnold, DO. Chief Medical Officer for UnityPoint Health - St. Luke's Hospital (Cedar Rapids, Iowa). Hoda Asmar, MD. Executive Vice President and System Chief Clinical Officer at Providence (Renton, Wash.). Hany Atallah, MD. Chief Medical Officer at Jackson Memorial Hospital (Miami). Heather Babe, MD. Chief Medical Officer for Shenandoah (Iowa) Medical Center. David Baker, MD. Vice President and Chief Medical Officer at Carson Tahoe Health (Carson City, Nev.). David Battinelli, MD. Executive Vice President and Physician-in- Chief of Northwell Health (New Hyde Park, N.Y.). Eric Beshires, MD. COO, Chief Medical Officer and Vice President of Medical Affairs at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Centennial (Frisco, Texas). Padmini Bhadriraju, MD. Chief Medical Officer at Harlingen Medical Center (Mission, Texas). Kavitha Bhatia, MD. Chief Medical Officer of Strategy at Prime Healthcare (Ontario, Calif.) Sunny Bhatia, MD. President and Chief Medical Officer at Prime Healthcare (Ontario, Calif.). Andrew Bindman, MD. Executive Vice President and CMO at Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals (Oakland, Calif.). Patrick Brennan, MD. Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer at e University of Pennsylvania Health System (Philadelphia). Andrew Brotman, MD. Executive Vice President, Vice Dean for Clinical Affairs and Strategy and Chief Clinical Officer at NYU Langone Health (New York City). David Brumbaugh, MD. Chief Medical Officer for Children's Hospital Colorado (Aurora). James Butler, MD, PhD. Chief Medical Officer at Oceans Healthcare (Plano, Texas). Benjamin J. Camp, MD. Executive Vice President, Chief Medical Officer and Chief Quality Officer for Tanner Health System (Carrollton, Ga.). Hijinio Carreon, DO. Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Executive for MercyOne (Des Moines, Iowa) and COO of MercyOne Central Iowa Division. Paul Casey, MD. System Chief Medical Officer for Rush University System for Health (Chicago). Hans P. Cassagnol, MD. Senior Vice President and Region Chief Medical Officer for Virginia Mason Franciscan Health (Tacoma, Wash.). Teri Caulin-Glaser, MD. Senior Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer of OhioHealth (Columbus). Jeremy Cauwels, MD. Chief Physician at Sanford Health (Sioux Falls, S.D.). Joseph Chang, MD. Chief Medical Officer of Parkland Health (Dallas). Michael Chang, MD. System Chief Medical Officer and Associate Vice President for Medical Affairs at USA Health (Mobile, Ala.). Tina Cheng, MD. Chief Medical Officer at Cincinnati Children's. Robert Cherry, MD. Chief Medical and Quality Officer at UCLA Health (Los Angeles). Vincent Chiang, MD. Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer at Boston Children's Hospital. Chris Chisholm, MD. Chief Medical Officer for Central Puget Sound at Providence Swedish (Seattle). Norman C. Christopher, MD. Chief Medical Officer and Vice President of Pediatric Emergency Services for CHRISTUS Children's Hospital (San Antonio, Texas). Dai Chung, MD. President and Chief Medical Executive at Children's Health and UT Southwestern Joint Pediatric Enterprise (Dallas). Scott Corcoran, MD. Chief Medical Officer for St. Joseph Medical Center (Kansas City, Mo.). Michael Cuffe, MD. Executive Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer at HCA Healthcare (Nashville, Tenn.). Reka Danko, MD. Chief Medical Officer for Saint Mary's Health Network (Reno, Nev.). Ramin Davidoff, MD. Executive Medical Director and Board Chair for the Southern California Permanente Medical Group (Pasadena).