Hospitals

10 CISOs in Hospitals

These ten executives hold or have held the chief information security officer title at hospitals and health systems. A reader can learn how hospital security leaders set cybersecurity strategy, protect clinical operations and patient data, and build security teams inside care delivery organizations.

10 professionals10 companiesData retrieved September 28, 2026

Professionals to explore

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  1. Anthony Lakin, CISSP, CDPSE, CRISC

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    Experience: Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer · UT Southwestern Medical Center

    Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at UT Southwestern Medical Center, which the profile describes as a hospital, since March 2023. He was previously Chief Information Security Officer at Moffitt Cancer Center (2021–2023) and at CHOC Children's (2019–2021), and a Senior Advisor at Next Peak (2021–2022).

  2. Dan Holland

    LinkedIn

    Experience: Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer · Tampa General Hospital

    Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer at Tampa General Hospital since August 2026, having joined the hospital as Deputy Chief Information Security Officer in October 2024. The profile describes the role as the executive security leader responsible for establishing and driving enterprise cybersecurity strategy, operations and risk management to safeguard healthcare operations. He also founded Arete Solutions in 2017.

  3. Dennis E. Leber, Ph.D.

    LinkedIn

    Experience: Chief Information Security Officer · Erlanger

    Chief Information Security Officer at Erlanger since February 2026; his profile describes Erlanger Health System as a non-profit Level I Trauma Center and teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Tennessee and says he leads its cybersecurity strategy. He was previously Chief Information Security Officer at Honest Health (2023–2025) and ran Leber Consulting LLC as a virtual CISO, CTO and CIO (2015–2026).

  4. E'Jaaz Ali, CISSP, HCISPP

    LinkedIn

    Experience: Chief Information Security Officer · Alameda Health System

    Chief Information Security Officer at Alameda Health System since May 2020, where the profile says he leads the strategic direction and execution of the organization's information security program; his headline notes a Top 50 CISO Award. Before that he was Senior Security Engineer at El Camino Health (2015–2020), and he held U.S. government intelligence analyst roles from 2007 to 2013.

  5. Hugo Lai

    LinkedIn

    Experience: Chief Information Security Officer · Temple Health – Temple University Health System

    Chief Information Security Officer at Temple Health – Temple University Health System since September 2021; the profile describes Temple Health as a major Philadelphia-based academic health system. He was previously Director of Information Security at The GW Medical Faculty Associates (2018–2021) and Director of Security at Mirixa Corporation (2014–2018), and sits on advisory boards for Rubrik and Trustwave.

  6. Hussein Syed

    LinkedIn

    Experience: SVP & CISO · RWJBarnabas Health

    SVP & CISO at RWJBarnabas Health since January 2025, and listed as Chief Information Security Officer there since 2015, after serving as Director IT&S Security at RWJBarnabas Health (2002–2015). His profile describes a Chief Information Security Officer with a history of working in the hospital and health care industry, skilled in IT strategy, information security and healthcare information technology.

  7. Kim Sassaman

    LinkedIn

    Experience: CISO · Presbyterian Healthcare Services

    Former CISO at Presbyterian Healthcare Services (2018–2021), following Associate CISO (2017–2018) and Director of Information Security, HIPAA Security Officer (2009–2017) roles there. Since November 2021 Kim has been CISO at UHS, which the profile describes as having a mission to provide superior quality healthcare services that patients recommend to family and friends.

  8. Lisa Bazis

    LinkedIn

    Experience: Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) · Nebraska Medicine

    Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Nebraska Medicine from 2018 to 2025, and Chief Information Security Officer & Executive Director of Enterprise Technology there since October 2025. Before Nebraska Medicine she was Senior Security Engineer (2012–2017) and Network Engineer (1999–2012) at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

  9. Michael E.

    LinkedIn

    Experience: Chief Information Security Officer · Baptist Health System KY & IN

    Chief Information Security Officer at Baptist Health System KY & IN since November 2016. His earlier roles there include Executive Director of I.T. Infrastructure and Security (2014–2016) and Corporate Director of I.T. Infrastructure and Security (2005–2014). The profile describes a technology leader with a history of working in the hospital and health care industry, skilled in information security and healthcare information technology.

  10. Richard Leon

    LinkedIn

    Experience: Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer · Memorial Healthcare System

    Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at Memorial Healthcare System since April 2022. His longer tenure at Memorial Healthcare System includes Chief Information Security Officer roles from 2017, Chief Technology Officer & Chief Information Security Officer (2012–2017) and Chief Technology Officer (2006–2012).

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Match the organization's size and structure to yours, since a CISO at a single hospital and one at a multi-hospital system work with different budgets, teams and risks. Look at each person's path to the role, such as infrastructure, security engineering or technology leadership, and pick the one closest to your problem.

Questions to take into the conversation

  1. 01How do you prioritize security investments against clinical uptime needs when budgets are tight?
  2. 02How do you secure connected medical devices and legacy clinical systems that cannot easily be patched?
  3. 03What does your incident response plan look like for ransomware that disrupts patient care?

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