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CIOs of Hospitals and Health Systems to Know | 2025

Chief information officers are harnessing cutting-edge technologies to enhance, streamline and elevate the delivery of healthcare.

The IT leaders featured here are driving forward-thinking strategies that create meaningful improvements for both patients and providers. Working closely with their skilled teams, they’re transforming their hospitals and health systems through initiatives like EHR upgrades, advanced cybersecurity solutions and expanded telehealth offerings.

Note: Becker’s Healthcare developed this list based on nominations and editorial research. This list is not exhaustive, nor is it an endorsement of included leaders or associated healthcare providers. Leaders cannot pay for inclusion on this list. Leaders are presented in alphabetical order. We extend a special thank you to Rhoda Weiss for her contributions to this list. 

Contact Anna Falvey at afalvey@beckershealthcare.com with questions or comments.

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Aaron Miri, DHA

Executive Vice President and Chief Digital and Information Officer

Baptist Health

Jacksonville, FL

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Adriana Guzman

CIO

Loretto Hospital

Chicago, IL

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Alan “Al” Smith

Senior Vice President and CIO

Lifepoint Health

Brentwood, TN

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Amanda Hammel

Senior Vice President and CIO

Memorial Hermann Health System

Houston, TX

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Amy Trainor, RN

CIO and System Vice President

Ochsner Health

New Orleans, LA

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Andrew Rosenberg, MD

CIO

Michigan Medicine-University of Michigan Health System and Medical School

Ann Arbor, MI

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Andy Price

Vice President, CIO and CISO

St. Claire HealthCare

Morehead, KY

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Audrius Polikaitis, PhD

CIO

University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System

Chicago, IL

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Barbara Ballard

CIO

Valley Health System

Winchester, VA

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Billy Helmandollar

CIO

DCH Health System

Tuscaloosa, AL

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Bobbie Byrne, MD

Senior Executive Vice President and CIO

Advocate Health

Charlotte, NC

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Brad Reimer

CIO

Sanford Health

Sioux Falls, SD

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Brian Lancaster

Senior Vice President and CIO

Children’s Mercy Kansas City

Kansas City, MO

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Brian Sterud

CIO

Faith Regional Health Services

Norfolk, NE

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Bruce Darrow, MD, PhD

CIO and CMIO

Mount Sinai Health System

New York, NY

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Bruk Kammerman

Senior Vice President and CIO

Avera

Sioux Falls, SD

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Carson Seelinger

CIO

CARTI

Little Rock, AR

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Chad Wasserman

Senior Vice President and CIO

HCA Healthcare

Nashville, TN

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Charles “Chuck” Podesta

CIO

Renown Health

Reno, NV

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Cherodeep “Chero” Goswami

Chief Information and Digital Officer

Providence

Renton, WA

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Chris Akeroyd

CIO

Lee Health

Fort Myers, FL

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Chris Paravate

CIO

Northeast Georgia Health System

Gainesville, GA

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Darrell Bodnar

CIO

North Country Healthcare

Whitefield, NH

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Dave Fiser

Senior Vice President and CIO

The MetroHealth System

Cleveland, OH

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David Hall, MD

CIO

OSF HealthCare

Peoria, IL

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David Reis, PhD

Vice President and CIO

University of Miami Health System

Miami, FL

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David Seo, MD

Senior Vice President and Chief Digital and Information Officer

Nicklaus Children’s Health System

Miami, FL

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David Singer

CIO

LCMC Health

New Orleans, LA

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Deb Anderson

CIO

Endeavor Health

Evanston, IL

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Deb Muro

CIO

El Camino Health

Mountain View, CA

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Deborah Cancilla

CIO and Executive Vice President of Data Strategy

Temple Health

Philadelphia, PA

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Deepesh Chandra

Chief Digital and Information Officer

Montefiore Einstein

Bronx, NY

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Don MacMillan

Senior Director

Information Services and Regional CIO of Maine Medical Center

Portland

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Donette Herring, RN

CIO

ECU Health

Greenville, NC

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Donna Roach

System CDIO

University of Utah Health

Salt Lake City, UT

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Edmund Siy

Chief Information and Technology Officer

Bon Secours Mercy Health

Cincinnati, OH

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Edward McCallister

Senior Vice President and CIO

UPMC

Pittsburgh, PA

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Ellen Pollack, MSN, RN

Former CIO of UCLA Health Sciences (Los Angeles)

Los Angeles, CA

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Ellen Wiegand

Senior Vice President and CIO

VCU Health

Richmond, VA

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Eric Carey

Vice President and CIO

Valley Health System

Ridgewood, NJ

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Eric Gasser, RN

CIO and Vice President

Information Systems for Wooster Community Hospital Health System

Wooster, OH

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Eric Jimenez

CIO

Artesia General Hospital

Artesia, NM

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Erin Parker

Senior Vice President and CIO

Arkansas Children’s

Little Rock, AR

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Gagan Singh

Senior Vice President and CIO

Ascension

St. Louis, MO

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Geoff Hook

Senior Vice President and CIO

Nuvance Health

Danbury, CT

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Geoffrey Brown

CIO

Piedmont Healthcare

Atlanta, GA

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George T. “Buddy” Hickman

Chief Digital and Information Officer

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

Buffalo, NY

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Glynn Stanton

CIO

Yale New Haven Health, Yale Medicine and Yale Health

New Haven, CT

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Heather Nelson

Senior Vice President and CIO

Boston Children’s Hospital

Boston, MA

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Ismelda Garza

CIO

Cuero Regional Hospital

Cuero, TX

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J.D. Whitlock

CIO

Dayton Children’s

Dayton, OH

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Jackie Rice, BSN, RN

Vice President and CIO

Frederick Health

Frederick, MD

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Jake Dorst

Chief Innovation Officer and CIO

Tahoe Forest Health System

Truckee, CA

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Jamie Nelson

Senior Vice President and CIO

Hospital for Special Surgery

New York, NY

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Jane Moran

Chief Information and Digital Officer

Mass General Brigham

Boston, MA

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Jason Joseph

Chief Digital and Information Officer

Corewell Health

Grand Rapids, MI

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Jennifer Stemmler

CIO

Adventist Health

Roseville, CA

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Jeremy Meller

CIO

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

Atlanta, GA

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Jerry Fox

Chief Information and Digital Officer

BJC Health System

St. Louis, MO

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Jim Daly

Vice President and CIO

Washington Regional

Fayetteville, AR

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Joel Klein, MD

Senior Vice President and CIO

University of Maryland Medical System

Baltimore, MD

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Joel Vengco

Senior Vice President of Information Technology Services and Chief Information and Digital Officer

Hartford HealthCare

Hartford, CT

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Joey Sudomir

Senior Vice President and CIO

Texas Health Resources

Arlington, TX

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John Henderson

Vice President and Chief Information and Digital Officer

Rady Children’s Health

San Diego, CA

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Jordan Ruch

CIO

AtlantiCare Health System

Egg Harbor Township, NJ

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Josh Lee, MD

Senior Vice President and CIO

TMC Health

Tucson, AZ

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Joshua Wilda

Chief Digital and Information Officer

University of Michigan Health-West

Wyoming, MI

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Justin Harlan, RN

Director

Information Technology for Redlands Community Hospital

Redlands, CA

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Keith Perry

Senior Vice President and CIO

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Memphis, TN

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Keith Wiley

CIO

Val Verde Regional Medical Center

Del Rio, TX

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Laura Smith

Senior Vice President and CIO

UnityPoint Health

West Des Moines, IA

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Leigh Williams

Vice President and CIO

Augusta Health

Fishersville, VA

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Leo Bodden

Senior Vice President and CIO

Westchester Medical Center Health Network

Valhalla, NY

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Lisa Avellino

Vice President and Chief Information and Technology Officer

Gaylord Specialty Healthcare

Wallingford, CT

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Lynnette Clinton

CIO

BayCare Health System

Clearwater, FL

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Mac Marlow

CIO

Southwestern Health Resources Farmers Branch

Branch, TX

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Marc Chasin, MD

Senior Vice President and Chief Digital and Information Officer

Onvida Health

Yuma, AZ

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Maria Russo

Chief Digital Information Officer

OU Health

Oklahoma City, OK

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Mark Galea

Senior Vice President and CIO

Willis-Knighton Health

Shreveport, LA

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Mark Moch

Chief Information Officer

American Oncology Network

Fort Myers, FL

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Mark Zeman

CIO and CISO

SUNY Upstate Medical University

Syracuse, NY

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Matt Kull

Chief Information and Digital Strategy Officer

Inova

Falls Church, VA

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Matthew Chambers

CIO

Baylor Scott & White Health

Dallas, TX

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Meridith Coburn

Vice President of IT and CIO

Saint Francis Health System

Tulsa, OK

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Michael Archuleta

CIO

Mt. San Rafael Hospital

Trinidad, CO

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Michael Garcia

Vice President and CIO

Jackson Healthcare

Miami, FL

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Michael Mainiero

Senior Vice President and Chief Digital Information Officer

Catholic Health

Rockville Centre, NY

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Michael Pfeffer, MD

CIO and Associate Dean

Stanford HealthCare and Stanford University School of Medicine

Stanford, CA

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Michael Restuccia

Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer

Penn Medicine

Philadelphia, PA

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Michael Ward

CIO

Anderson Healthcare

Maryville, IL

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Mike Angelakos, DrPH

CIO

Geisinger

Danville, PA

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Mike Elder

Vice President and CIO

Phoebe Putney Health System

Albany, GA

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Mike Ward

Senior Vice President and CIO

Covenant Health

Knoxville, TN

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Muhammad Siddiqui

Vice President and CIO

Reid Health

Richmond, IN

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Myra Davis

Executive Vice President and Chief Information and Innovation Officer

Texas Children’s Hospital

Houston, TX

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Nader Mherabi

Executive Vice President, Vice Dean and Chief Digital and Information Officer

NYU Langone Health

New York, NY

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Naomi Lenane

CIO and Senior Vice President of Information Services

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Boston, MA

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Nolan Hennessee

Vice President and CIO

St. Joseph’s/Candler Health System

Savannah, GA

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Novlet Mattis

Senior Vice President and Chief Digital and Information Officer

Orlando Health

Orlando, FL

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Oliver Banta

Chief Business Services and Information Officer

East Alabama Health

Opelika, AL

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Omer Awan

Vice President and CIO

Fred Hutch Cancer Center

Seattle, WA

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Onyeka Nchege

Executive Vice President and Chief Digital and Information Officer

Novant Health

Winston-Salem, NC

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Pamela McNutt

Senior Vice President and CIO

Methodist Health System

Dallas, TX

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Paola Arbour

Executive Vice President and CIO

Tenet Healthcare

Dallas, TX

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Patrick A. Woodard, MD

CIO

Monument Health

Rapid City, SD

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Paul Browne

Senior Vice President and CIO

Henry Ford Health System

Detroit, IL

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R. Hal Baker, MD

Senior Vice President and Chief Digital and Information Officer

WellSpan Health

York, PA

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Randy Davis

CIO and Vice President

Support Services at CGH Medical Center

Sterling, IL

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Raymond Lowe

Senior Vice President and CIO

AltaMed Health Services

Los Angeles, CA

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Rich Temple

Vice President and CIO

Deborah Heart and Lung Center

Browns Mills, NJ

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Rick Frederick

CIO

Cottage Hospital

Woodsville, NH

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Robecca Quammen

Senior Vice President and CIO

ScionHealth

Louisville, KY

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Robert Eardley

CIO

University Hospitals

Cleveland, OH

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Robert T. Adamson, PharmD

Executive Vice President and CIO

RWJBarnabas Health

West Orange, NJ

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Robin Sodano

CIO and Senior Vice President of Information Services

UMass Memorial Health

Worcester, MA

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Roger Lutz

CIO

Independence Health

Butler, PA

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Ron Double

CIO

Parkview Health

Fort Wayne, IN

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Ross Hurd

CIO

Lake Chelan Community Hospital

Chelan, WA

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Saad Chaudhry

Chief Digital and Information Officer

SSM Health

St. Louis, MO

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Scott Arnold

Executive Vice President and Chief Digital and Innovation Officer

Tampa General Hospital

Tampa, FL

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Scott Holtswarth. Network Vice President and CIO of St. Luke’s Hospital Health System

Chesterfield, MO

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Scott MacLean

Senior Vice President and CIO

MedStar Health

Columbia, MD

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Scott Waters

Chief Information and Technology Officer

Overlake Medical Center and Clinics

Bellevue, WA

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Shafiq Rab, MD

Executive Vice President, Chief Digital Officer and System CIO

Tufts Medicine

Burlington, MA

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Shane Thielman

Corporate Senior Vice President and Chief Information and Digital Officer

Scripps Health

San Diego, CA

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Sheree McFarland

CIO

West Florida at HCA

Tampa, FL and St. Petersburg, FL

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Sonney Sapra

Senior Vice President and CIO

Samaritan Health Services

Corvallis, OR

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Sophy Lu

Senior Vice President and CIO

Northwell Health

New Hyde Park, NY

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Stephen Tuohy

Senior Vice President and CIO

Trinity Health

Livonia, MI

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Steve Ready

Senior Vice President and CIO

Norton Healthcare

Louisville, KY

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Steven Beal

Senior Vice President and CIO

MemorialCare (Fountain Valley, Calif

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Sunil Dadlani

Executive Vice President and Chief Information and Digital Transformation Officer

Atlantic Health System

Morristown, NJ

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Tanya Townsend

Chief Information and Digital Officer

Stanford Medicine Children’s Health

Stanford, CA

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Thomas Gordon

Senior Vice President and CIO

Virtua Health

Marlton, NJ

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TJ Malseed

Chief Digital and Information Officer

Keck Medicine of USC

Los Angeles, CA

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Tom Barnett

Chief Information and Digital Officer

Baptist Memorial Health Care

Memphis, TN

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Tom Bentley, BSN

Chief Information and Digital Transformation Officer

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

Columbus, OH

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Tony Johnston

CIO and Senior Vice President of Information Services

Cincinnati Children’s

Cincinnati, OH

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Tracy Donegan

Chief Information and Innovation Officer

MLK Community Healthcare

Los Angeles, CA

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Vince Doyle

CIO

Medical City Healthcare

Dallas, TX

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William “Bill” Young

CIO

Berkshire Health Systems

Pittsfield, MA

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Yeman Collier

Senior Vice President and CIO

University of Chicago Medicine

Chicago, IL

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