Here are 37 chief medical officer appointments since Jan. 1, 2025, as reported by Becker’s:
1. Cardinale Smith, MD, PhD, was selected as the inaugural CMO at New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
2. Mark Brady, MD, was appointed CMO of AdventHealth Lenexa (Kan.) City Center.
3. Christopher Strear, MD, joined Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health as CMO of St. Vincent Regional Hospital in Billings, Mont.
4. Roberto de la Cruz, MD, was appointed CMO at Medical City Fort Worth (Texas) and Medical City Weatherford (Texas).
5. Andrew Popelka Jr., MD, was appointed CMO of Anna Jaques Hospital in Newburyport, Mass., part of Cambridge, Mass.-Beth Israel Lahey Health.
6. Timothy Benton, MD, was appointed CMO for Odessa, Texas-based Medical Center Health System.
7. DeAnn Bullock, MD, was appointed CMO for Nashville General Hospital in Tennessee.
8. Casey Batten, MD, was appointed CMO of the 2028 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games by Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai.
9. Devendranath Mannuru, MD, was appointed CMO of Essentia Health’s West market, which includes the health system’s operations in western Minnesota and eastern North Dakota.
10. Robert Kopec, MD, was appointed CMO and vice president for Clearwater, Fla.-based Morton Plant Hospital.
11. Heather Masters, MD, was appointed CMO of VCU Medical Center in Richmond, Va.
12. Richard Zane, MD, was appointed CMO for Aurora, Colo.-based UCHealth.
13. Mihaela Bujoi, MD, was appointed CMO for St. David’s Round Rock (Texas) Medical Center.
14. William Porter, MD, was appointed CMO for HCA Houston Healthcare West.
15. Ryan McDonough, DO, was appointed CMO for Northwest Hospital in Springdale, Ark.
16. Sirisha Talari, MD, was appointed CMO for Jacksonville, Fla.-based HCA Florida Memorial Hospital.
17. Steven Benedict, MD, was appointed CMO for Norwalk, Ohio-based Fisher-Titus Medical Center.
18. Anjali Rao, MD, was appointed CMO of Redwood City, Calif.-based Dignity Health Sequoia Hospital.
19. Joshua Keithley, MD, was appointed CMO for CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs (Ark.).
20. Jonathan Nedrelow, MD, was named CMO for Fort Worth, Texas-based Cook Children’s Health Care System.
21. Anthony Leazzo, DO, was appointed CMO of Morris (Ill.) Hospital and Healthcare Centers.
22. Matthew Harinstein, MD, was appointed vice president and associate CMO for New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health.
23. Manjula Julka, MD, was appointed CMO of TriStar Centennial Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn.
24. Tomi Pastinen, MD, PhD, was appointed vice president and associate CMO for clinical and research integration at Children’s Mercy Kansas City (Mo.).
25. Jared Friedman, MD, was appointed CMO of the Avera McKennan region at Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center.
26. Michael Kelley, MD, was appointed CMO of the Greenville market at Greenville, S.C.-based Bon Secours St. Francis.
27. Glenn Milos, MD, was appointed vice president and CMO of OSF St. Katharine Medical Center, formally KSB Hospital, in Dixon, Ill.
28. Lana Zerrer, MD, was appointed CMO of Columbia, Mo.-based Boone Health.
29. Gregory Eberhart, MD, was appointed CMO for Las Cruces, N.M.-based Memorial Medical Center.
30. Victor Jaffe, DO, was appointed CMO at HCA Florida Northwest Hospital in Margate.
31. Aida Avdic, MD, was named CMO for Brattleboro (Vt.) Memorial Hospital.
32. Jason Mitchell, MD, was appointed executive vice president and CMO for Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger.
33. Darren Brucken, MD, was appointed CMO for Horizon Health in Paris, Ill.
34. Hassan Beiz, MD, was named CMO of McLaren Macomb Hospital in Mount Clemens, Mich.
35. Malik Merchant, MD, was appointed CMO of St. David’s South Austin Medical Center in Texas.
36. Moiz Master, MD, was appointed system CMO for Atlanta-based Piedmont.
37. Vishal Tiwari, MD, was appointed CMO for Holyoke (Mass.) Medical Center.
