Joao de Andrade, MD, MMHC, Professor of Medicine, and Chief Medical Officer/Executive Medical Director of the Vanderbilt Lung Institute, has been appointed Executive Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs in the Department of Medicine at Vanderbilt Health, effective July 1.
He succeeds Bryan Harris, MD, MPH, MMHC, Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases, who was recently named Vanderbilt Health’s Executive Vice President for Shared Clinical Services. Harris holds the Allen Kaiser, MD, Directorship for Clinical Excellence.
de Andrade, who joined the Vanderbilt faculty in 2019, has promoted interdisciplinary and specialized innovative clinical services to enhance access, and expanded clinical care infrastructure to support advanced programs such as lung transplantation and interventional pulmonology.
“Dr. de Andrade’s institutional knowledge, experience with institutional collaboration in multidisciplinary program building, and expertise in organizational efficiency will be tremendous assets in this new role,” said Anna Hemnes, MD, Chair of the Department of Medicine.
de Andrade previously served as Associate Director and Interim Director of the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine.
As Executive Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs, de Andrade will provide leadership and strategic direction for all clinical service lines of the Department of Medicine, Hemnes said.
He will lead efforts to sustain and promote quality and safety, enhance clinical operations in outpatient and inpatient settings, and support clinical faculty and staff as they deliver care that is personal, evidence-based, and of the highest value for patients.
Hemnes expressed gratitude to Harris for his exceptional leadership as Executive Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs during the last three years.
“I look forward to seeing all that the Department of Medicine continues to accomplish under Dr. de Andrade’s clinical leadership,” she said.
