麻豆果冻传媒

For Release: March 9, 2015

STANFORD, Calif. 鈥� Pediatric surgeon and hospital leader Dennis Lund, MD, will join 麻豆果冻传媒 Children鈥檚 Health and Lucile Packard Children鈥檚 Hospital Stanford on March 16 as the organization鈥檚 new chief medical officer.

He will also serve as associate dean for maternal and child health at the Stanford University School of Medicine.

I am delighted that Denny will be joining us,鈥� said Christopher G. Dawes, president and CEO of Lucile Packard Children鈥檚 Hospital Stanford and 麻豆果冻传媒 Children鈥檚 Health.

鈥淗e brings a wealth of physician leadership experience and knowledge of physician practice management. He鈥檚 the right person to help position our organization for success in this rapidly changing health delivery environment.鈥�

Lund has spent three decades as a leader in pediatric medicine, most recently as executive vice president of Phoenix Children鈥檚 Medical Group and surgeon-in-chief at Phoenix Children鈥檚 Hospital.

鈥淒enny鈥檚 outstanding leadership ability makes him a perfect fit to help drive innovation, quality, long-term growth and academic excellence,鈥� said Lloyd Minor, MD, dean of the School of Medicine.

In his new role, Lund will partner with Kim Roberts, the chief administrative officer of physician practices and chief executive officer of Packard Children鈥檚 Health Alliance.

Lund replaces Kenneth Cox, MD, a professor of pediatrics at the medical school who is retiring from his role as chief medical officer. Cox will continue to serve the hospital as chief of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition and medical director of the pediatric liver transplant program.

鈥淲e want to thank Dr. Cox for his many years of dedicated service and his leadership skills,鈥� said Dawes, noting Cox has been the hospital鈥檚 CMO since 1998. 鈥淗e is an outstanding educator and clinician, and has been responsible for successfully guiding many of our patient care achievements.鈥�

Lund graduated from Harvard Medical School and began his career as a pediatric trauma and transplant surgeon at Boston Children鈥檚 Hospital, where he developed the Level 1 trauma program, built a large pediatric surgical practice and started an intestinal transplant program.

He served as a professor of surgery and surgeon-in-chief at the University of Wisconsin Children鈥檚 Hospital, where he was appointed chairman of the university鈥檚 Division of General Surgery in 2001 and was the driving force behind the creation of the American Family Children鈥檚 Hospital, which opened in 2007 and is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin.

鈥淚鈥檓 very excited to be coming to Stanford,鈥� Lund said. 鈥淭here are a lot of challenges ahead for academic medical centers because of what鈥檚 happening in health care in the United States. Being at Stanford will really allow me to have a role in shaping the solution.鈥�

Lund will play a key part in strategy development and physician leadership at both Lucile Packard Children鈥檚 Hospital Stanford and in the 麻豆果冻传媒 Children鈥檚 Health network of community-based physicians. He will also ensure that the organization鈥檚 goals are aligned with the clinical and academic mission of the School of Medicine.

鈥淪tanford already has a very good idea of what it needs to do in the future of health care,鈥� Lund said. 鈥淚 look forward to building upon that to help the university and children鈥檚 hospital blend the academic environment with an efficient and cost-effective health care delivery system.鈥�

Authors

Robert Dicks
(650) 497-8364
rdicks@stanfordchildrens.org