Anthony Frank

Anthony Jon Frank, MD, MBA, FACEP, UHM, CPE, FAAPL, serves as the Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President for Medical Affairs for UNC Health Blue Ridge as well as the Designated Institutional Official for their Graduate Medical Education Program. As the CMO, he collaborates with other UNC system CMO’s on quality, patient safety, regulatory compliance, medical staff services and credentialing. Dr. Frank currently serves as the system Chairman for the CMO Privileging Subgroup, which recently guided the UNC Central Credentialing Office during a major transition of software vendors, requiring a complete review of hospital delineation of privileges throughout the UNC system to a standard set of documents.

As a physician of 29 years, Dr. Frank has had significant opportunities to develop relevant
experience in healthcare leadership, academic emergency medicine, hospital operations and graduate medical education. Beginning in residency and serving as a chief resident in emergency medicine to several ED medical directorships from community to tertiary academic medical centers, oversight of regional ED operations for large hospital systems and as the Vice Chair for Operations in an academic ED. He has had the opportunity to participate in many physician development programs and leadership offerings in several different health systems as well as national training programs. He has participated in the leadership of medical executive committees at multiple facilities and continues to develop regional systems of leadership and patient care integration within his healthcare system.