Name: Dr. Cristy Page

Previous title: Interim CEO, UNC Health

New title: CEO, UNC Health

Page will take her post effective Monday , according to a Thursday news release. She will also serve as dean of the UNC School of Medicine and vice chancellor for medical affairs at UNC-Chapel Hill.

She has held all titles on an interim basis since July, following the departure of former CEO Dr. Wesley Burks.

Page previously served as president of UNC Health Enterprises, the health system’s innovation arm, and as chief academic officer, according to the news release. She has particular expertise in primary and rural health, the system said.

Page steps into the role as 16-hospital UNC Health seeks to expand. Earlier this year the health system announced a $2 billion partnership wit

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