Dennis Sutterfield has been named senior vice president and CIO of Hershey, Pa.-based Penn State Health.
He was previously vice president and CIO of Brooklyn, N.Y.-based SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University. He has also served as associate vice president of IT applications at Philadelphia-based Temple University Health System and an Epic consultant at PwC, Nordic and the former Vitalize Consulting Solutions.
Penn State Health is implementing a new Epic EHR, with plans to go live in the fourth quarter of 2026.
Mr. Sutterfield replaces interim CIO Bill Reed, PhD.
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