Health systems are rethinking how many technology executives they need at the top.
In 2026, several systems have let IT C-suite titles lapse when leaders retired or left, folded those duties into a broader job or left the seats unfilled. At the same time, Becker’s has tracked a steady stream of newly created AI, data and digital roles, suggesting many systems are reshuffling technology leadership rather than simply shrinking it.
Here are the IT C-suite changes Becker’s has reported in 2026, starting with the most recent:
1. Mass General Brigham (Somerville, Mass.): Nallan Sriraman departed as chief technology officer after nearly four years, announcing his exit Oct. 1. No successor has been announced. Jane Moran, chief information and digital officer since 2021, leads the system’s technology organization.
2. Memorial Hermann Health System (Houston): Eric Smith retired as senior vice president and chief digital officer Sept. 30 after more than six years. Senior Vice President and CIO Desiree Gandrup-Dupre will now oversee both IT and digital at the 17-hospital system, she told Becker’s.
3. Temple University Health System (Philadelphia): Following the August retirement of Debbie Cancilla as executive vice president of data strategy and CIO, Temple Health began searching for an executive vice president and chief information and digital officer. The broadened role will oversee IT, digital health, data and analytics, clinical informatics and cybersecurity, according to a Sept. 24 job posting. Vinay Bharel, senior vice president of information systems operations, is serving as interim CIO.
4. UMass Memorial Health (Worcester, Mass.): Robin Sodano retired as senior vice president of information services and CIO Sept. 1. Kendall White, previously vice president and chief technology officer, was named senior vice president of information services.
5. HCA Healthcare (Nashville, Tenn.): Vice President and Chief Nursing Informatics Officer Sherri Hess retired in April, while HCA named Sarah Bryant to a new vice president and chief nursing transformation officer role.
6. UCHealth (Aurora, Colo.): CT Lin, MD, retired as chief medical information officer June 30, passing on duties to Patrick Guffey, MD, chief informatics and outcomes officer.
7. Michigan Medicine (Ann Arbor): Chief Technology Officer Tim Calahan, MD, left in February after four years leading the system’s infrastructure modernization and move to public cloud. Michigan Medicine also named Anika Gardenhire, RN, its first chief digital and information officer.
8. Ardent Health (Brentwood, Tenn.): Chief Digital and Transformation Officer Anika Gardenhire, RN, departed for Michigan Medicine in January. Ardent has not named a successor.
