10 chief data officers in hospitals
Chief Data Officer and Chief Data & Analytics Officer are among the current titles held by these ten chief data officers in hospitals, at health systems including UCLA Health, Advocate Health, Ascension and Yale New Haven Health. A reader can learn how chief data officers lead data organizations at hospitals and health systems.
Professionals to explore
Albert Duntugan
LinkedInExperience: Chief Data & Analytics Officer · UCLA Health
Albert Duntugan has been Chief Data & Analytics Officer at UCLA Health since November 2020 and has also held the title Chief Data Officer there since the same month, based in Los Angeles, California. At UCLA Health, Albert Duntugan was also Senior Director of Enterprise Information Architecture from 2015 to 2020 and Senior Director of Analytics from 2014 to 2015.
Brandon Jacobs
LinkedInExperience: Chief Data Officer · Riverside University Health System
Brandon Jacobs has been Chief Data Officer at Riverside University Health System since May 2025, based in Moreno Valley, California, and has been Deputy Director Quality Management at Riverside University Health System - Behavioral Health since March 2020. Brandon Jacobs has also been an Adjunct Professor at Claremont Graduate University since 2024.
Caroline D. Chung
LinkedInExperience: Vice President and Chief Data & Analytics Officer · UT MD Anderson
Caroline D. Chung has been Vice President and Chief Data & Analytics Officer at UT MD Anderson since September 2024 and Radiation Oncologist there since April 2016. At UT MD Anderson, Caroline D. Chung was also Vice President, Chief Data Officer from 2021 to 2024 and VP, Chief Data Officer from 2018 to 2021.
Charles Torre Jr.
LinkedInExperience: Chief Data & Analytics Officer · Yale New Haven Health
Charles Torre Jr. has been Chief Data & Analytics Officer at Yale New Haven Health since May 2019 and VP ITS, Chief Data & Analytics Officer there since March 2022, based in New Haven, Connecticut. At Yale New Haven Health, Charles Torre Jr. was also System Executive Director, ITS from 2014 to 2019.
Deborah O'Dell
LinkedInExperience: Chief Data Officer · BJC Health
Deborah O'Dell has been Chief Data Officer at BJC Health since September 2020. Deborah O'Dell was VP, Business Intelligence at CHI from 2015 to 2019 and Senior Director, Business Intelligence Operations at CHI from 2009 to 2015, and describes a history of working in the hospital & health care industry.
J.R. Allen
LinkedInExperience: Chief Data Officer · HCA Healthcare
J.R. Allen has been Chief Data Officer at HCA Healthcare since January 2025, based in Nashville, Tennessee. At HCA Healthcare, J.R. Allen was also Vice President, Accelerated Technologies from 2022 to 2025, AVP, Data Science from 2017 to 2022 and Director, Portal Services from 2014 to 2017.
Krushanu Joseph
LinkedInExperience: Chief Data Officer · Ascension
Krushanu Joseph has been Chief Data Officer at Ascension since August 2022, based in Chicago, Illinois; Ascension is a non-profit and Catholic health system. Krushanu Joseph was Vice President - Data, BI & Analytics at National General Insurance (Allstate) from 2018 to 2022.
Roshan Hussain
LinkedInExperience: SVP & Chief Data Analytics Officer · RWJBarnabas Health
Roshan Hussain has been SVP & Chief Data Analytics Officer at RWJBarnabas Health since January 2025, based in Lexington, Kentucky. Roshan Hussain was Chief Data Officer at UK HealthCare from 2019 to 2025 and Senior Director of Analytic & Public Reporting at Boston Medical Center (BMC) from 2015 to 2019.
Russ Scoville III
LinkedInExperience: Chief Data Officer · Sentara Health
Russ Scoville III has been Chief Data Officer at Sentara Health since January 2026, based in New Albany, Ohio. Russ Scoville III was VP, Enterprise Data Services at CareSource from 2022 to 2026, AVP Data Management at CareSource from 2020 to 2022 and Director of Business Intelligence at Quantum Health from 2019 to 2020.
Tina Esposito
LinkedInExperience: Chief Data Officer · Advocate Health
Tina Esposito has been Chief Data Officer at Advocate Health since April 2023, based in the Greater Chicago Area, and was Chief Health Information Officer at Advocate Aurora Health from 2018 to 2023. Tina Esposito describes executive oversight and deployment of organizational measurement, information management, analytic and data warehousing strategies.
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Match the person's setting, such as an academic medical center, a multi-hospital system or a cancer center, to the decision you face. Check when each person started in the current role to judge how much of the data organization they have shaped.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you decide which data and analytics requests your team takes on first?
- 02What did you focus on first when you took on your chief data officer role?
- 03How have you organized the data team you lead, and how does it work with clinical and IT leaders?
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