Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai named Ravi Thadhani, MD, executive vice president of clinical affairs and chief medical officer for the system and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
Dr. Thadhani is an internationally recognized leader in nephrology and preeclampsia, according to an Oct. 3 system news release. In his new role, he will oversee clinical quality and safety, medical affairs and medical practice standards of care for the health system and affiliated hospitals.
He served as vice dean for research and graduate research education and chair of the biomedical sciences department at Cedars-Sinai from 2017 to 2019 before taking a leadership positions at Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham. Most recently, he was executive vice president for health affairs at Atlanta-based Emory University and executive director of Emory’s Woodruff Health Sciences Center.
Dr. Thadhani will step into his new role Oct. 15. He succeeds Richard Riggs, MD, who is leaving at the end of the year for other opportunities.
