Dr. Ash was promoted to his current position from his prior role as executive vice president and COO of Nebraska Medicine. As president and COO of the Omaha-based academic health system, Dr. Ash grows his strategic focus on expanding clinical services across Nebraska and into neighboring states, and optimizing health system operations, access, capacity and innovative AI implementations in the clinical and administrative spaces. Throughout Dr. Ash’s 10 years of executive leadership, Nebraska Medicine has achieved national prominence in patient quality, safety and innovation. Prior to joining Nebraska Medicine, Dr. Ash worked at health IT company Cerner Corporation, holding roles as chief medical officer and vice president for physician strategy and innovation. He also practiced as an internal medicine physician. Dr. Ash has been granted a dozen technology patents ranging from health forecasting to management of complex order sets.
