Cleveland Clinic Appoints Rohit Chandra, Ph.D., as Chief Digital Officer

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Cleveland Clinic has appointed Rohit Chandra, Ph.D., as Chief Digital Officer, effective Feb. 14, 2022. In this new role, Dr. Chandra will oversee the Information Technology Division and lead digital innovation throughout Cleveland Clinic’s global health system.

With more than 25 years of experience in digital technology and engineering, Dr. Chandra will help accelerate Cleveland Clinic’s digital transformations, including in areas such as artificial intelligence, machine learning and big data to improve access to care, and enhance the patient and caregiver experience.

“New technologies are reinventing how we access, deliver and experience the best possible care,” said CEO and President Tom Mihaljevic, M.D. “Dr. Chandra has proved himself a visionary in applying these tools and technologies. His fresh perspective will benefit our patients, caregivers and organization as Cleveland Clinic grows to touch more lives around the world.”

Dr. Chandra joins Cleveland Clinic from Sunshine Products, a technology startup in Palo Alto, Calif., where he was vice president of engineering. Prior to that, he was senior vice president of Search and Advertising at Verizon Media, where he was responsible for bringing together products and teams from Yahoo and AOL after their acquisitions by Verizon. During his 13 years at Yahoo, he helped build technology for search and advertising products in a variety of engineering leadership roles.

Dr. Chandra holds a bachelor of technology degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, and a doctor of philosophy degree from Stanford University, both in computer science.

About Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland Clinic is a nonprofit multispecialty academic medical center that integrates clinical and hospital care with research and education. Founded in 1921 by four renowned physicians with a vision of providing outstanding patient care based upon the principles of cooperation, compassion and innovation, Cleveland Clinic has pioneered many medical breakthroughs, including coronary artery bypass surgery and the first face transplant in the United States. Cleveland Clinic is consistently recognized in the U.S. and throughout the world for its expertise and care. Among Cleveland Clinic’s 83,000 employees worldwide are more than 6,600 salaried physicians and researchers, and 21,900 registered nurses and advanced practice providers, representing 140 medical specialties and subspecialties. Cleveland Clinic is a 6,725-bed health system that includes a 173-acre main campus near downtown Cleveland, 23 hospitals, 300 outpatient facilities, including locations in northeast Ohio; Florida; Las Vegas, Nevada; Toronto, Canada; Abu Dhabi, UAE; and London, England. In 2025, there were 15.9 million outpatient encounters, 343,000 hospital admissions and observations, and 336,000 surgeries and procedures throughout Cleveland Clinic’s health system. Visit us at clevelandclinic.org. Follow us at x.com/CleClinicNews. News and resources are available at newsroom.clevelandclinic.org.

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