As chief clinical officer, Dr. Duggan drives strategies to achieve SSM Health’s objectives for exceptional healthcare delivery while helping transform the organization to a value-based care delivery system. She serves as senior leadership’s lead for clinical strategy, clinical operations and care transformation, and she oversees the system’s medical group operations. A board-certified emergency medicine physician, she brings extensive healthcare leadership experience focused on operational excellence and care transformation. She played a key role in the reorganization of SSM Health’s clinical enterprise, including establishing a cabinet to align clinical priorities across the system. She also directed a clinical leadership program designed to enhance multidisciplinary collaboration. Under her leadership, SSM Health achieved significant reductions in hospital-acquired infections. The system has also earned recent recognition, including 10 hospitals named to the Forbes list of top hospitals for 2026.
