Bruce Van Cleave.

Bruce Van Cleave, MD, is chief medical officer and senior vice president for strategic management at Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin. Van Cleave is responsible for clinical leadership, care management, quality improvement, patient safety, clinical integration, health care transformation, research and clinical innovation. He also leads strategic planning for Aurora and oversee the Aurora UW Medical Group and Aurora's participation in the Center for Urban Population Health. Previously, Van Cleave was president and chief executive officer of Carondelet Health in Kansas City, Mo., part of the Ascension Health system. At Carondelet he instituted a quality management program for the organization's two hospitals, receiving recognition for top-decile quality performance from the federal government's Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Prior to Carondelet, Van Cleave was executive vice president of clinical and physician services for Trinity Health in Novi, Mich. Trinity Health is an integrated system with 10,000 physicians and 47 hospitals in seven states. He also previously held senior clinical leadership positions in the Milwaukee area at Wheaton Franciscan Services and the Medical College of Wisconsin.

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