Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare has named Wayne Lipson, MD, senior vice president and chief medical officer for the system. Lipson will lead initiatives advancing the healthcare system's clinical excellence in quality, patient and physician experience and patient safety.

Lipson joins MLH from Baptist Health in western Kentucky, where he most recently served as lead physician executive for the system's West Region and chief medical officer for their 410-bed regional academic acute care hospital. While there, he led efforts to reduce hospital readmission rates and created a physician-led regional leadership council, tasked with improving safety, quality and patient experience.

A board certified cardiovascular surgeon, Lipson devoted seven years to building a state-of-the-art cardiothoracic and vascular surgery practice. He earned both a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and a master's degree in biomedical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He earned his medical degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, and completed general and thoracic surgery residencies at Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School. More recently, Lipson earned an MBA from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.