Dr. Tang leads Atrium Health Lincoln with more than 20 years of healthcare operations and strategy experience, grounded in his early service as a U.S. Army combat medic. Under his leadership, the hospital achieved its first-ever Magnet Recognition with distinction, expanded spinal surgery services, launched hospital at home, and grew a school-based virtual therapy program. The virtual program now operates across 10 counties and 170 schools, making it the largest such program in the Southeast, completing nearly 4,000 virtual visits with 69% of students returning to class the same day. Dr. Tang partnered with Gaston College and Lincoln County Schools to launch the Lincoln County Health Academy in fall 2024, the first program in the state to offer a practical nursing pathway for high school students, earning the 2025 Governor’s “NCWorks Award of Distinction” for outstanding innovative partnership. Atrium Health Lincoln has earned consecutive “A” Leapfrog hospital safety grades, a CMS 5-star rating and recognition on Newsweek‘s “World’s Best Hospitals” list. Dr. Tang currently serves as a lieutenant in the Navy Reserve Medical Service Corps, chairs the American Hospital Association “LEAD Roundtable” and is a recipient of the American College of Healthcare Executives’ “Regent Award.”
