Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast appoints Claudia Emami as chief medical officer.

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    "title": "Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast appoints Claudia Emami as chief medical officer.",
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    "excerpt": "Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast appoints Claudia Emami as chief medical officer.\n\nClaudia Emami, chief medical officer at Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast | Official Website\n\nAscension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast announced on Apr. 2 the appointment of Claudia Emami, MD, MBA, MPH, FACS, as its new chief medical officer, effective March 30.\n\nEmami brings over two decades of clinical and physician leadership experience from academic and community health systems. Her expertise in quality improvement, patient safety, and physician engagement is expected to support the hospital's care delivery and medical staff.\n\nPrior to joining Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast, Emami served as associate chief medical officer at Memorial University Medical Center in south Georgia. In that role she oversaw quality and patient safety initiatives, managed medical staff operations, ensured regulatory readiness and fostered physician engagement at a Level I trauma center with 711 beds.\n\n\"Dr. Emami's experience will be invaluable as we continue our commitment to the patients we serve,\" said Trey Abshier, president and CEO of Sacred Heart Emerald Coast.\n\nA board-certified pediatric surgeon with master's degrees in business administration and public health, Emami said: \"Ascension's Mission aligns perfectly with my values, particularly its commitment to providing compassionate, spiritual care to...",
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    "article_sentence": "Prior to joining Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast, Emami served as associate chief medical officer at Memorial University Medical Center in south Georgia."
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