By Cristina D’Imperio
On July 1, 2023, Joon Sup Lee, MD, started his position as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Emory Healthcare in Atlanta where he will oversee 11 hospitals, 250 provider locations, and more than 24,000 employees.
Dr. Lee will remain an affiliated faculty member at McGowan.
Oscar C. Marroquin, Associate Professor in the Division of Cardiology at the University of Pittsburgh, will succeed Dr. Lee. He has been appointed to the role of Vice Dean for Clinical Affairs for Pitt’s School of Medicine, as well as promoted to Senior Vice-President of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) and president of UPMC’s Physician Services Division.
In an interview with Emory University’s News Center, Ravi Thadhani, MD, who is the Executive Vice President for Health Affairs at Emory, noted, “Dr. Lee is an outstanding leader who is ambitious, talented and prepared to serve our world-class health care enterprise on day one.”
“He has tremendous experience as an executive,” continued Dr. Thadhani, “and he also has a deep understanding of the patient perspective as well as the power of research to save and improve lives, which he developed during his time as a practicing cardiologist. He is poised to make great contributions and elevate Emory Healthcare.”
Dr. Lee goes to Emory Healthcare after a 25-year tenure at UPMC where he served in various leadership roles, including Executive Vice President and President of UPMC Physician Services. He was also one of the inaugural Co-Directors, and the first Executive Director, of the UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute. He is credited with being integral in the growth of UPMC from a five-campus hospital system to a system with more than 40 hospitals.
Emory University President Gregory L. Fenves stated to Emory News Center that he is “thrilled that Dr. Lee will take on this important leadership role at Emory Healthcare. He is a problem-solver who cares deeply about the patients and families he serves and the doctors, nurses and health care staff he works with.”
Dr. Lee stated he will continue to pursue his mission “to deliver the highest quality care with the utmost compassion while training the health care workforce of tomorrow and creating innovations in health sciences that will set the new paradigm for health care.”
Read the article by the Emory News Center here.
Find the story at the Pittsburgh Business Times here.
Image courtesy of Emory News Center.