Dr. Stone serves as senior vice president and chief medical officer of VHC Health, providing strategic oversight for systemwide clinical operations and leading quality, safety and performance improvement across the organization. He partners with physicians, nursing leaders and executive leadership to set clinical priorities, implement evidence-based standards and reduce unwarranted variation in care, reinforcing a culture of accountability and transparency. A practicing physician with more than 20 years of experience and a former neonatal ICU physician, Dr. Stone leads with frontline credibility shaped by high-acuity environments where teamwork and reliability are essential. He provided steady leadership through major organizational growth, including the opening of the VHC Health Outpatient Pavilion in June 2023, guiding clinical teams through operational change while keeping patient safety and patient experience central. Dr. Stone also remains active in academic medicine as an assistant professor of pediatrics at The George Washington University and a neonatologist at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Under his clinical leadership, VHC Health completed a Joint Commission triennial survey with no conditions and earned recognitions including a CMS 5-star overall hospital rating and American Heart Association “Get With The Guidelines–Stroke Gold Plus” awards.
