Here are five takeaways:
1. Dr. Pitts has previously served as senior vice president for the Kansas City and Wichita region for IPC-The Hospitalist Company, which was acquired by Knoxville, Tenn.-based TeamHealth.
2. She has also served as medical director for Kindred Transitional Care Hospital in Kansas City.
3. She completed a fellowship in hospital medicine leadership at the University of California-San Francisco.
4. She is the past chair of the National Post-Acute Task Force.
5. Dr. Pitts succeeds James S. Bower, MD, who has served as Research Medical Center CMO since 2012.
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