Here are seven new chief medical officer appointments since Feb. 1, 2026, as reported by Becker’s:
1. Charlottesville, Va.-based UVA Health named longtime physician leader Reid Adams, MD, to serve as inaugural chief medical officer.
2. Houston-based St. Luke’s Health named Augusto “Gus” Sepulveda, MD, chief medical officer of its Houston market and Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center. St. Luke’s Health is part of Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health.
3. Ijeoma Carol Nwelue, MD, joined Methodist Hospital Texsan in San Antonio as chief medical officer. She previously served as chief of hospital medicine at Baylor Scott & White Health’s campus in Fort Worth, Texas
4. DeVry Anderson, MD, was appointed as chief medical officer of St. David’s North Austin Medical Center in Texas. The 465-bed hospital is a partnership between Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare and two local nonprofits — St. David’s Foundation and Georgetown Health Foundation.
5. Gerald Wydro, MD, was named chief medical officer of St. Mary Medical Center in Langhorne, Pa., and Nazareth Hospital in Philadelphia. Both hospitals are part of Newtown Square, Pa.-based Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic.
6. Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger appointed Navneet Dang, MD, as chief medical officer of its hospitals.
7. C. Alan Scott, MD, was named chief medical officer of Statesboro-based East Georgia Regional Medical Center.
