Here are four takeaways:
1. The CMO role is a newly created, part-time position.
2. Dr. Lifferth has served as an emergency department physician at the hospital since 2005.
3. During that time, he has served as the hospital’s chief of medical staff. He is currently chair of the hospital’s ethics committee.
4. Dr. Lifferth completed emergency medicine training at Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Boston Children’s Hospital, all based in Boston.
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