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Richard Zane, MD

Chief Medical Officer and Chief Innovation Officer

UCHealth

Aurora, CO

Dr. Zane serves as chief medical officer and chief innovation officer of UCHealth, a $9 billion nonprofit health system with more than 35,000 employees, where he oversees clinical, quality and safety programs across the enterprise. He works closely with operational leaders, the University of Colorado School of Medicine and UCHealth Medical Group to advance care delivery and embed innovation into systemwide practice. UCHealth includes 14 hospitals, including the state’s only academic medical center, and more than 2,500 inpatient beds and over 200 clinic locations spanning Colorado, southern Wyoming and western Nebraska. Prior to assuming the CMO role, Dr. Zane was the George B. Boedecker, Jr. and Boedecker Foundation Professor and Chair of Emergency Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. He joined UCHealth in 2012 after serving as associate professor and vice chair of emergency medicine at Boston-based Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.

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