Following a nationwide search, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) has named Dr. James Stein as the inaugural senior vice president and chief medical officer, beginning July 1.

Stein will be responsible for developing care delivery systems that will be measured on quality, outcomes, institutional operations and financial performance. He will oversee the Department of Quality and Safety, the Office of Medical Staff and regulatory compliance activities.

“Dr. Stein is an internationally renowned pediatric surgeon and a leader esteemed for championing initiatives that support the delivery of the highest quality patient care across the institution,” said Paul S. Viviano, president and chief executive officer of CHLA. “His commitment to providing groundbreaking life-saving care, combined with his extensive management experience, will ensure CHLA continues to be one of the finest pediatric academic medical centers in the country.”

Since joining CHLA in 1996, Stein has held numerous leadership positions. He was named vice chair for CHLA’s department of surgery before the institution’s move into the Marion and John E. Anderson Pavilion in 2011. From 2004 and 2005, he served as the interim chief of the division of pediatric surgery.

Additionally, he led the division of pediatric surgery’s efforts to offer outpatient care for families in locations that are closer to home, particularly in the San Gabriel Valley.

Stein is associate professor of clinical surgery at Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California.

Additionally, Stein has served as a lead surgeon in six conjoined twin separation surgeries, of which he led four procedures that required intense multidisciplinary planning and coordination, and meticulous execution.

He was part of a CHLA and Keck Medicine of USC team trip to Haiti to separate that nation’s first set of conjoined twins with an abdominal fusion.

The surgery received international attention.

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