Regional health provider Hartford Healthcare and Hartford Hospital named surgeon Rocco Orlando III, M.D., to be their first chief medical officer.
Orlando, who also was named senior vice president, will lead the clinical staff of three acute care hospitals and several specialty health care providers. He will work to help and inspire Hartford Healthcare clinical staffs to reach national preeminence in patient quality and safety and to create seamless care coordination across the entire network.
“Dr. Orlando is a proven leader with the talents, experience and personality to guide the clinicians of Hartford Healthcare into the future.” Elliot Joseph, president and CEO of Hartford Healthcare and Hartford Hospital.
Orlando was vice president of Connecticut Surgical Group in Hartford and a general surgeon on the medical staff of Hartford Hospital for almost 25 years, the hospital said.
He has a national reputation for research and clinical excellence, and has delivered more than 100 medical presentations internationally and across the U.S. He has written and contributed to more than 50 medical publications, abstracts and book chapters.
Orlando has a degree from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and his undergraduate degree from Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y.
He completed multiple internships and his residency at Hartford Hospital, and later completed a fellowship at the University of Miami-Jackson Memorial Hospital. He is a member of numerous professional societies and was named a fellow to the American College of Surgeons. He resides in Glastonbury.
Hartford Healthcare network includes Hartford Hospital, MidState Medical Center in Meriden and Windham Hospital in Willimantic, Clinical Laboratory Partners, Eastern Rehabilitation Network, Natchaug Hospital, Rushford and VNA HealthCare.
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