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10 Chief Procurement Officers in Hospitals
These ten executives hold or have held a chief procurement officer title at hospitals and health systems. A reader can learn from them how hospital procurement is organized across clinical supplies, purchased services and capital equipment, and how procurement leaders work with clinicians and finance on cost decisions.
Professionals to explore
01—10Edith Chen
LinkedInExperience: Chief Procurement Officer · NYU Langone Health
Chief Procurement Officer at NYU Langone Health since August 2022. She was previously Head of Supply Chain Operations at Glossier, Inc. (2019–2022), SVP, Sales and Operations at Meiyume (2014–2019), VP Prod Development & Production at Stella & Dot (2012–2014) and Director, Global Supply Chain at Avon (2009–2012).
Milrose Mercado, MPA
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President, Supply Chain & Chief Procurement Officer · Hartford HealthCare
Senior Vice President, Supply Chain & Chief Procurement Officer at Hartford HealthCare since 2023. She was previously Senior Vice President, Management Services at Nexera, Inc. / Premier (2020–2022), Senior Vice President, Nexera (2019–2020) and Vice President, Nexera (2017–2018) at the Greater New York Hospital Association, and Vice President, Supply Chain at Legacy Health (2014–2017).
Munish Mittal
LinkedInExperience: Chief Procurement and Supply Chain Officer · Sterling Hospitals
Chief Procurement and Supply Chain Officer at Sterling Hospitals since April 2026. He was previously Group Vice President Supply Chain at Metro Hospitals & Heart Institutes (2025–2026), Group Head at AMERICAN ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE - Precision Cancer Care (2024–2025) and Head of Procurement at StratMed (2022–2023); his profile describes experience across hospital operations, procurement and strategic sourcing.
Pascal Buyse
LinkedInExperience: Chief Procurement Officer · Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc
Chief Procurement Officer at Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc since September 2023. His other roles include Chief Procurement Officer at Hôpitaux Iris Sud - Iris Ziekenhuizen Zuid (2022–2023), Chief Procurement Officer at Hôpital Universitaire de Bruxelles (H.U.B) - Academisch Ziekenhuis Brussel (H.U.B) (2021–2022) and Purchasing manager at Paediatric Hospital Huderf (2014–2023).
Pia Larsen MBA FCIPS
LinkedInExperience: Chief Procurement Officer · Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Chief Procurement Officer at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust since June 2023; the profile describes the trust as one of the UK's leading providers of hospital and community-based healthcare. She was previously Director of Procurement & Supply Chain at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (2014–2023) and Head of Procurement (Interim) at Oxford University Hospitals (2012–2013).
Pradeep Menon
LinkedInExperience: Chief Procurement Officer · Presbyterian Healthcare Services
Chief Procurement Officer at Presbyterian Healthcare Services since June 2025. He was previously Sr Director, COE & PMO at Dart Container (2024–2025), Chief Procurement Officer at Fox Factory (2021–2023), Head of Purchasing, Americas at Imerys (2019–2021) and Chief Procurement Officer at Prysmian (2016–2018).
Rawle M Howard
LinkedInExperience: AVP & Chief Procurement Officer · Howard University & Howard University Hospital
AVP & Chief Procurement Officer at Howard University & Howard University Hospital since 2019; his profile says he is part of the CFO & Treasurer's leadership team and manages the Office of Procurement & Contracting, including materials management, along with the accounts payable and travel offices. He was earlier Regional Director, Supply Chain Management at Specialty Hospitals of America (2009–2010).
Sam Banks
LinkedInExperience: Chief Procurement Officer and VP Supply Chain · Indiana University Health
Former Chief Procurement Officer and VP Supply Chain at Indiana University Health (2022–2025); his profile says he led a supply chain team with nine direct reports and 525 supply chain professionals in 22 locations across Indiana. He was previously Vice President Global Procurement at Wright Medical (2019–2021) and Vice President Direct Materials Procurement at Smith+Nephew (2015–2019).
Scott Wilkerson
LinkedInExperience: Chief Procurement Officer · University of California Health, Office of the President
Chief Procurement Officer at University of California Health, Office of the President since 2021. He was previously Chief Procurement Officer and Global Lead for Transformation at Bonduelle Americas (2017–2021), Vice President, Enterprise Sourcing & Business Optimization at McKesson (2014–2017) and Director, Global Strategic Sourcing at The Clorox Company (2007–2014).
Sean Farley
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Supply Chain Management and Chief Procurement Officer · Seattle Children's
Vice President Supply Chain Management and Chief Procurement Officer at Seattle Children's since November 2023. He was previously Division Vice President Supply Chain Operations at CommonSpirit Health (2021–2023), and at Virginia Mason Franciscan Health he was Senior Director Supply Chain (2018–2021) and Director, Organizational Procurement (2015–2018).
Choose the right perspective
Match the organization type to yours, since a large multi-hospital system, a children's hospital, an academic medical center and a public health service trust buy under different rules. If your question is about a specific area such as clinical supplies, purchased services or group purchasing contracts, ask each candidate about that scope before choosing.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you involve physicians and nurses in decisions about clinical products and preference items?
- 02How do you decide what to buy through a group purchasing organization and what to contract directly?
- 03What has worked for you in reducing supply cost per case without affecting patient care?
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