Hospitals
10 CIOs in Hospitals
These ten executives hold or have held the chief information officer title at hospitals and health systems. A reader can learn how hospital technology leaders set IT strategy, run clinical and enterprise applications, and organize their IT teams inside care delivery organizations.
Professionals to explore
01—10Aurelio Gracia Jr.
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer · Stamford Health
Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer at Stamford Health since February 2022; the profile notes Stamford Health serves patients at Stamford Hospital. Before that he spent 2007–2022 at Weill Cornell Medicine, most recently as Deputy CIO, Clinical Systems (2021–2022) and Senior Director, Enterprise Epic (2017–2021).
Chif Umejei
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer · NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital since January 2026, a role the profile describes as shaping strategy, coordinating integration and improving performance in information technology. At the same hospital he was System Vice President Laboratory Operations and Clinical Applications (2021–2026), Vice President Information Technology (2019–2021) and Corporate Director - Clinical Transformation (2016–2019).
Craig Kwiatkowski
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer · Cedars-Sinai
Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer at Cedars-Sinai since March 2022. His earlier roles at Cedars-Sinai include Vice President, Associate Chief Information Officer, Applications (2018–2022), Executive Director, Enterprise Information Services (2014–2018), Senior Manager, Enterprise Information Services (2012–2014) and Pharmacy Services Manager (2009–2012).
Debbie Cancilla
LinkedInExperience: EVP Data Strategy and Chief Information Officer · Temple Health – Temple University Health System
EVP Data Strategy and Chief Information Officer at Temple Health – Temple University Health System since July 2020. She was previously SVP, CIO at UPMC (2014–2017) and at Grady Health System (2008–2014), and CIO at Erie County Medical Center Corporation (2001–2008), with a Vice President role at Atlantic Health (2017–2020) between UPMC and Temple.
Debbie Mullins
LinkedInExperience: VP and Chief Information Officer · UofL Health
VP and Chief Information Officer at UofL Health since May 2021; her profile headline gives the title as SVP and Chief Information Officer. The profile describes UofL Health as a not-for-profit, fully integrated regional academic health system with nine hospitals and four medical centers.
Glynis Cowart, MPA, CPHIMS, CPPM, CPC
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Chief Information Officer · Montefiore St. Luke's Cornwall
Former Vice President Chief Information Officer at Montefiore St. Luke's Cornwall (2019–2025), where she earlier held Assistant Vice President, Information Technology, Director, Information Technology and Manager, Informatics & Systems roles (2015–2019). Since January 2026 she has been Senior Vice President Chief Information Officer at Woman's Hospital.
Keith Rivera
LinkedInExperience: Chief Information Officer · Nebraska Medicine
Chief Information Officer at Nebraska Medicine since June 2026; the profile describes Nebraska Medicine as a health network with two major hospitals and 40 clinics. He was previously Chief Information Officer at Presbyterian Healthcare Services (2022–2026), where he also served as VP of Clinical and Business Applications (2019–2022) and Executive Director Clinical and Business Applications (2018–2022).
Rivka Rudensky
LinkedInExperience: Chief Information Officer · Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem
Chief Information Officer at Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem since July 2020, after serving there as Deputy Chief Information Officer (2015–2020) and Head of Development and Applications (2015–2020). Before joining the medical center she was a Program Manager at Amdocs (2012–2015). Her profile lists digital transformation and healthcare innovation as focus areas.
Robert Adamson
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer · RWJBarnabas Health
Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer at RWJBarnabas Health since December 2021, responsible, per his profile, for strategic planning, technology leadership and vision for the health system. At RWJBarnabas Health he was also Senior Vice President & Operational Director of EPIC Implementation (2019–2022) and Chief Pharmacy Officer (2015–2020).
Vijay Kumar
LinkedInExperience: Vice President & Chief Information Officer · Union Hospital
Vice President & Chief Information Officer at Union Hospital since 2017. Before that he was a Regional Director at Mercy Health (2007–2017) and a Director at Premier Inc. (2004–2007). His profile lists strategic planning, patient safety, information technology and revenue cycle among his areas in the hospital and healthcare industry.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's path to your question: CIOs who came up through clinical applications or EHR programs suit questions about clinical systems, while those with infrastructure or technology officer backgrounds suit architecture and operations questions. Check each person's current title and tenure to judge how recent their hospital CIO experience is.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you decide which clinical and enterprise technology projects get funded each year, and who has a say in that decision?
- 02What did major EHR or clinical system changes teach you about working with physicians and nurses?
- 03How do you structure the IT organization and vendor relationships to keep hospital systems reliable around the clock?
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