Here are four takeaways:
1. Dr. Smith currently serves as executive vice president and COO at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, Mass.
2. He previously served in several leadership roles at Milwaukee-based Aurora Health Care, including as executive vice president and interim chief clinical officer.
3. An internal medicine physician, Dr. Smith also holds a juris doctor degree from Milwaukee-based Marquette University Law School and a master’s degree in medical management from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.
4. He will succeed Mark Gavens as Cedars-Sinai COO. Mr. Gavens is retiring.
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