
UVA Health has named John C. Bennett its new chief ambulatory operations officer, overseeing all UVA Health clinical outpatient operations effective July 1.
Bennett comes from PeaceHealth, a nonprofit health care system with facilities in Alaska, Oregon and Washington, where he was chief executive of ambulatory services.
“UVA Health provides significant outpatient services throughout the commonwealth,” Dr. K. Craig Kent, executive vice president for health affairs and CEO of UVA Health, said in a statement. “John is an innovative leader who will further enhance our efforts to maintain the highest quality of care for patients and to increase accessibility for the over 1 million patients who seek care at UVA Health each year.”