UnityPoint names new chief medical officer

WEST DES MOINES — UnityPoint Health has named Dr. Gregory R. Johnson Chief Medical Officer of the organization, effective July 8.

As Chief Medical Officer, Johnson will lead UnityPoint Health’s provider workforce and enterprise-wide initiatives focused on quality of care, patient experience, safety, care coordination and service line development.

Johnson comes to UnityPoint Health with more than 15 years of clinical executive experience, most recently as Chief Executive Officer — Hospital Medicine and Chief Health Equity and Diversity Officer at Sound Physicians in Tacoma, Wash., a multispecialty medical group practicing community-based medicine in 400-plus hospitals across 45 states, UnityPoint said in a press release.

Johnson also served as Chief Medical Officer — Hospital Medicine and Chief Medical Officer — Gulf Region while at Sound Physicians.

Johnson is a graduate of Dartmouth College and the McGovern School of Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston.

He completed his residency training in both internal medicine and family practice at the Ochsner Clinic in New Orleans, where he also served as chief resident.