Mr. Arner oversees Carilion Clinic, a $2.9 billion nonprofit, integrated health system and academic medical center that serves nearly 1 million people across Virginia and West Virginia. The network includes seven hospitals, more than 1,400 physicians and advanced practice providers, and trains more than 330 residents and fellows annually in partnership with Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC and Radford University Carilion. He began his career at Carilion in 1996 as a financial analyst, rose to COO in 2012, and was promoted to president and CEO in October 2024. Under his leadership, the academic medical center has undertaken a $1 billion capital improvement initiative, including a $500 million Crystal Spring Tower expansion at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital and an expanded emergency department that is now among the largest in Virginia. He is also overseeing construction of the six-story Carilion Taubman Cancer Center, slated to open in 2028 with proton beam therapy previously unavailable in the region, along with the launch of a new kidney transplant program. Carilion Clinic Innovation, which Mr. Arner helped create in 2019, serves as a catalyst for the system’s clinician-led research and discoveries.
