10 CIOs in Hospitals
Pharmacy, Epic and laboratory jobs show up in the earlier careers of these hospital CIOs: two held pharmacy titles, two held Epic titles and one was a system vice president for laboratory operations and clinical applications. All ten hold a CIO title today, at hospitals from NewYork-Presbyterian and Cedars-Sinai to Union Hospital and Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, a range suited to deciding how to split an IT budget between the EHR, infrastructure and digital work.
Professionals to explore
Aurelio Gracia Jr.
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer · Stamford Health
For Epic and clinical systems questions at a hospital and medical group, there is Aurelio Gracia Jr., Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer at Stamford Health since February 2022, after Deputy CIO, Clinical Systems at Weill Cornell Medicine (2021 to 2022). Gracia's Weill Cornell titles also include Senior Director, Enterprise Epic (2017 to 2021) and Director of Information Services (2011 to 2017).
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Chif Umejei
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer · NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Chif Umejei has been Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital since January 2026, responsible for shaping strategy, coordinating integration and improving performance in information technology. Umejei's other NewYork-Presbyterian titles include System Vice President Laboratory Operations and Clinical Applications (2021 to 2026), Vice President Information Technology (2019 to 2021) and Corporate Director - Clinical Transformation (2016 to 2019).
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Craig Kwiatkowski
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer · Cedars-Sinai
At Cedars-Sinai, Craig Kwiatkowski has been Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer since March 2022, after Vice President, Associate Chief Information Officer, Applications (2018 to 2022). Kwiatkowski's Cedars-Sinai record also includes Executive Director and Senior Manager in Enterprise Information Services and Pharmacy Services Manager (2009 to 2012), a fit for questions on clinical applications and the pharmacy-to-CIO path.
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Debbie Cancilla
LinkedInExperience: EVP Data Strategy and Chief Information Officer · Temple Health – Temple University Health System
Debbie Cancilla has been EVP Data Strategy and Chief Information Officer at Temple Health – Temple University Health System since July 2020. Cancilla was Vice President at Atlantic Health (2017 to 2020) and held CIO titles at UPMC (SVP, CIO, 2014 to 2017), Grady Health System (SVP, CIO, 2008 to 2014) and Erie County Medical Center Corporation (2001 to 2008), so comparing the CIO job across systems is a natural topic.
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Debbie Mullins
LinkedInExperience: VP and Chief Information Officer · UofL Health
UofL Health, a regional academic health system with nine hospitals and four medical centers, has had Debbie Mullins as VP and Chief Information Officer since May 2021, a role also described as SVP and Chief Information Officer. Mullins is a fit for questions on running IT across several hospitals inside one academic system.
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Glynis Cowart, MPA, CPHIMS, CPPM, CPC
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President Chief Information Officer · Woman's Hospital; Former Vice President Chief Information Officer · Montefiore St. Luke's Cornwall
Senior Vice President Chief Information Officer at Woman's Hospital since January 2026, Glynis Cowart, MPA, CPHIMS, CPPM, CPC, was Vice President Chief Information Officer at Montefiore St. Luke's Cornwall from 2019 to 2025. Cowart's earlier Montefiore St. Luke's Cornwall titles were Assistant Vice President, Information Technology, Director, Information Technology and Manager, Informatics & Systems (2015 to 2017).
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Keith Rivera
LinkedInExperience: Chief Information Officer · Nebraska Medicine
In June 2026 Keith Rivera became Chief Information Officer at Nebraska Medicine, after Chief Information Officer at Presbyterian Healthcare Services from 2022 to April 2026. Rivera's Presbyterian titles also include VP of Clinical and Business Applications (2019 to 2022), Executive Director Clinical and Business Applications and IT Director Business Applications, a long applications background that suits questions on stepping into a new CIO job.
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Rivka Rudensky
LinkedInExperience: Chief Information Officer · Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem
Rivka Rudensky has been Chief Information Officer at Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem since July 2020, after Deputy Chief Information Officer (2015 to 2020) and Head of Development and Applications there. Rudensky worked at Amdocs as Program Manager (2012 to 2015) and Integration Line Maneger (2007 to 2012), so digital transformation and the move from Amdocs program roles into hospital IT are good subjects.
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Robert Adamson
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer · RWJBarnabas Health
Epic implementation questions fit Robert Adamson, Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer for RWJBarnabas Health since December 2021, responsible for strategic planning, technology leadership and vision for the health system. Adamson also held Senior Vice President & Operational Director of EPIC Implementation (2019 to 2022), Chief Pharmacy Officer (2015 to 2020) and Corporate Vice President of Clinical Pharmacy Services there.
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Vijay Kumar
LinkedInExperience: Former Vice President & Chief Information Officer · Union Hospital
Since 2017, Vijay Kumar has been Vice President & Chief Information Officer at Union Hospital, after Regional Director at Mercy Health (2007 to 2017) and Director at Premier Inc. (2004 to 2007). Strategic planning, patient safety, information technology and revenue cycle are among the areas of focus Kumar lists, and with a past title of Vice President Of Finance And Operations at Renewal Inc., the budget side of hospital IT fits.
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Choose the right perspective
For an Epic rollout or optimization, Robert Adamson and Aurelio Gracia Jr. held Epic-specific roles; for clinical applications, Craig Kwiatkowski, Chif Umejei and Keith Rivera have the most applications titles. Debbie Cancilla has held a CIO title at four organizations and adds data strategy; Vijay Kumar brings revenue cycle and finance experience, and Debbie Mullins is CIO of a nine-hospital academic system.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01Once the EHR is live, how do you decide between more optimization work and new digital projects?
- 02How do you staff clinical applications teams, and when do you bring in clinicians such as pharmacists or nurses to run them?
- 03How much of the hospital IT budget goes to infrastructure and security versus new projects, and who signs off on the split?
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