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16 Washington, D.C. His research centers on cardiac critical care and pul- monary hypertension, as well as new perioperative care therapies for in- fants with congenital heart disease. He has more than 150 publications and is a principal investigator and member of the steering committee for the Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network sponsored by the National Institutes of Health. Thomas Whalen, MD. CMO of Lehigh Valley Health Network (Allentown, Pa.). Dr. Whalen is a pediatric surgical specialist and CMO of Lehigh Valley Health Network. The health system includes more than 1,340 primary care and specialty physicians, and around 750 of those physicians are employed by the health network. Lehigh Valley has eight hospitals and 40 primary and specialty clinics to deliver the most convenient care possible. Dr. Whalen was named CMO in 2011 af- ter serving as the chair of surgery and associate CMO, overseeing obstet- rics and gynecology, emergency medicine and dental care. Robert Wiebe, MD. Executive Vice President and CMO of Dignity Health (San Francisco). Dr. Wiebe is the executive vice president and CMO of Dignity Health, leading the system's organization- wide clinical and patient care efforts. He focuses on achieving quality, patient safety, patient satisfaction and risk management goals in addition to physician leadership development and Dignity's home health services. Dignity's staff includes 60,000 caregivers across 21 states and 400 care sites. David Wood Jr., MD. CMO of Beaumont Health (Royal Oak, Mich.). Dr. Wood serves as the CMO of Beaumont Health, a nonprofit health system comprising eight hospitals and 153 outpatient sites. Dr. Wood oversees a medical staff of around 5,000 physicians and maintains his role as president of Beaumont Physician Partners, where he focus- es on developing, implementing and monitoring the physician-hospital strategic plan for Beaumont's medical administrative arm. He also man- ages the Beaumont Physician Practice Plan, focused on recruitment and retention. Prior to joining Beaumont, Dr. Wood was a nationally known cancer surgeon and served as chief of the Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan Health System's division of urologic oncology for nine years. Robert Wyllie, MD. Chief Medical Operations Officer of Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Wyllie has been chief of medical operations at Cleveland Clinic since 2011, responsible for business intelligence, phar- macy and continuous improvement of the health system. He also over- sees the system's efforts in surgical operations, hospital throughput and critical care transportation. His mission is to help Cleveland Clinic drive down the cost of care while improving quality and the patient experience. Dr. Wyllie, a gastroenterologist, previously served as chief of Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital and chairman of the Pediatric Institute at Cleveland Clinic. Thomas N. Zweng, MD. Executive Vice President and CMO of Novant Health (Winston-Salem, N.C.). Dr. Zweng spent eight years as the senior vice president of medical affairs for Novant's five Charlotte, N.C.-based hospitals and Novant Health Gaffney (S.C.) Medi- cal Center, supporting 2,500 medical staff members, before being named executive vice president and CMO in 2014. A general surgeon, Dr. Zweng spent 10 years practicing medicine in Charlotte and has experience as a chief of general surgery for Novant Health Presbyterian Hospitals in Charlotte. Prior to joining Novant, Dr. Zweng was an assistant professor of surgery at the Lexington-based University of Kentucky Medical School from 1990 to 1995, where he developed the university's laparoscopic gen- eral surgery program. n