As of Ampliz 2025, there are 14,542 list of hospital Chief Medical Officers in United States.
Chief Medical Officers (CMOs) play a pivotal role in every hospital. They are senior clinician leaders responsible for clinical governance, quality and safety, physician engagement, clinical strategy, and aligning medical staff with organizational goals. Whether you sell medical devices, diagnostics, clinical software, or services such as clinical education and consultancy, understanding who CMOs are, where they sit in the hospital hierarchy, and how to reach them is essential for successful healthcare marketing.
As of Ampliz 2025, there are 14,542 hospital CMOs in the United States. This dataset reflects CMOs across all hospital types — from large academic medical centers and integrated delivery networks to community hospitals and specialty hospitals. Here, we’ll define the role, present a curated top-20 table of leading hospital CMOs (by hospital), discuss the overall population size and distribution, walk through best practices for marketing to CMOs, and explain how Ampliz healthcare data intelligence makes outreach both efficient and more effective.
Who is a Chief Medical Officer (CMO)?
A Chief Medical Officer is typically a physician who acts as the senior clinical leader for a hospital or health system. Core responsibilities often include:
- Clinical quality & patient safety oversight
- Physician credentialing and privileging processes
- Clinical program development and service-line strategy
- Regulatory compliance and clinical policy development
- Leading clinical performance improvement initiatives
- Serving as a bridge between administration, nursing leadership, and medical staff
CMOs often hold board-level reporting lines and sit in executive leadership teams. Their influence over clinical decision-making makes them indispensable targets when your product or service impacts clinical workflow, patient outcomes, or regulatory compliance.
Why CMO of Hospital matter to healthcare marketers?
CMO of hospitals influence or decide on many clinically oriented purchasing choices. Reasons they are high-value targets:
- Clinical credibility: CMOs validate clinical claims, assess safety and efficacy evidence, and guide pilot program design.
- Gatekeeping power: Many hospital committees (formulary, technology assessment, clinical operations) seek the CMO’s input or approval.
- Strategic alignment: CMOs help align vendor solutions with hospital strategy — patient safety, readmission reduction, or value-based care targets.
- Network influence: A CMO at an academic medical center often has broad peer networks — endorsements there can cascade to affiliates.
Targeting CMO of a Hospital with tailored evidence, outcome-driven case studies, and pilot proposals raises close rates and speeds decision cycles for clinically relevant solutions.
How many Hospital Chief Medical Officers in US?
As mentioned earlier, Ampliz 2025 identifies 14,542 Chief Medical Officers US hospitals. That number includes CMOs at: large health systems, independent community hospitals, specialty hospitals (e.g., children’s hospitals, cancer centers), and hospital-based clinics that list a clinical executive with the CMO title.
Distribution highlights (representative):
- Academic/teaching hospitals & major systems: Tend to have more formalized CMO roles (often several CMOs across system-level and hospital-level).
- Community hospitals: Typically have a single hospital-level CMO or a combined Chief Medical Officer/Chief of Staff role.
- Specialty hospitals: Children’s hospitals and cancer centers commonly maintain CMOs focused on specialty clinical strategy.
Understanding this universe (14,542 professionals) allows marketers to segment by hospital type, bed size, geography, and clinical focus for precision targeting.
Top 20 Hospital Chief Medical Officers in US
| CMOs Name | Practicing Hospital | Location | Access Data |
| Jairo Mejia | Access Community Health Network | Chicago, IL, USA | Signup |
| Hoyt Burdick | Cabell Huntington Hospital | Huntington, WV, USA | Signup |
| Vardhan Reddy | Weirton Medical Center | Weirton, WV, USA | Signup |
| Michele Bauer | Group Health Cooperative of Eau Claire | Altoona, WI, USA | Signup |
| Esteban Miller | Black River Memorial Hospital | Black River Falls, WI, USA | Signup |
| Rachel Thompson | Snoqualmie Valley Hospital | Snoqualmie, WA, USA | Signup |
| Paul Sherman | Community Health Plan of Washington | Seattle, WA, USA | Signup |
| Christopher Chiantella | Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg, VA, USA | Signup |
| Carnell Cooper | Reston Hospital Center | Reston, VA, USA | Signup |
| Trey Dobson | Southwestern Vermont Medical Center | Bennington, VT, USA | Signup |
| Nicholas Masozera | Health By Design | San Antonio, TX, USA | Signup |
| Marjie Lundquist | Katherine Shaw Bethea Hospital | Dixon, IL, USA | Signup |
| Sean Murphy | Nutex Health | Houston, TX, USA | Signup |
| Glen Garner | Memorial Hermann Pearland Hospital | Pearland, TX, USA | Signup |
| Ellert William | Tenet Healthcare | Dallas, TX, USA | Signup |
| Bodie Correll | Seton Medical Center Harker Heights | Harker Heights, TX, USA | Signup |
| Jasmine Sulaiman | Health Center of Southeast Texas | Cleveland, TX, USA | Signup |
| Daniel Cano | Citizens Medical Center | Victoria, TX, USA | Signup |
| Samuel Breeding | Holston Medical Group | Kingsport, TN, USA | Signup |
| Amanda Dupont | Kyle Er & Hospital | Kyle, TX, USA | Signup |
Date Source: This is updated data as per Ampliz 2025. Access data now
Channels to reach CMOs (and how Ampliz helps)
- Email (direct & verified): High-value but requires verified professional addresses. Ampliz provides validated emails and role-specific filters.
- Phone / Direct dial: For executive outreach, direct dials are invaluable. Ampliz includes phone numbers and phone-extension metadata where available.
- LinkedIn & professional networks: Use LinkedIn InMail but pair it with verified email to avoid single-channel dependency. Ampliz’s firmographic details help craft personalized LinkedIn sequences.
- Conferences & medical society events: Attend specialty conferences where CMOs present or participate. Ampliz can target CMOs by conference-presenting specialties and hospital affiliations.
- Peer introductions & KOLs: Use Ampliz to identify physician champions and connected networks for warm introductions.
- Targeted content & CME offerings: Offering accredited CME content or clinical outcome webinars draws CMOs who are actively seeking evidence-based innovations.
Ampliz accelerates multichannel campaigns by centralizing validated contact and firmographic data in one platform — enabling coordinated sequences and accurate measurement.
Conclusion — Why Reaching CMOs Matters & How Ampliz Helps
Hospital Chief Medical Officers (CMOs) sit at the center of clinical leadership, quality improvement, and strategy execution. Their decisions influence technology adoption, care delivery models, patient outcomes, and operational efficiency. With 14,542 CMOs across the United States (Ampliz 2025), companies selling healthcare solutions must engage these clinical executives strategically and responsibly.
Reaching CMOs requires a combination of verified contact intelligence, deep segmentation, and clear clinical value. CMOs respond best to evidence-driven messaging, concise proposals, and outreach that aligns with their hospital’s quality, safety, and cost-reduction goals.
FAQ: CMO of Hospitals
Q1: What does a Chief Medical Officer do in a hospital?
A Chief Medical Officer oversees clinical operations, quality programs, patient safety, physician relations, clinical strategy, and compliance. They act as the bridge between medical staff and hospital administration.
Q2: How many hospital CMOs are there in the U.S.?
According to Ampliz 2025, there are 14,542 Chief Medical Officers across U.S. hospitals.
Q3: Why should marketers target CMOs?
CMOs influence decisions related to clinical technology, patient safety tools, diagnostics, medical devices, and digital health platforms. Their endorsement accelerates adoption across service lines and entire systems.
Q4: What is the best way to reach CMOs?
A multichannel strategy works best: verified email, direct phone outreach, LinkedIn, conference engagement, and evidence-led content. Ampliz provides clean data to support all channels.
Q5: Can Ampliz provide direct contact details for CMOs?
Yes. Ampliz provides validated emails, direct dials, role hierarchy, hospital affiliation, and segmentation filters for all 14,542 CMOs.
Q6: What information about CMOs does Ampliz provide?
Ampliz includes job titles, specialty alignment, hospital system relationships, executive hierarchy, contact details, and key organizational attributes.
Q7: Do CMOs make final purchasing decisions alone?
No. CMOs heavily influence clinical decisions but typically collaborate with committees, finance, IT, and administrative leaders. They often approve pilots and clinical validation phases.
