Peter Paige

Peter Paige, MD, MMM, CPE, FACEP, FAAPL, is UVA Health’s inaugural chief clinical officer. He is responsible for the efficiency and standardization of clinical operations and enhancing quality across all four UVA Health hospitals and all areas where clinical care is provided. Paige guides clinical operations and quality of care across the entire health system, ensuring the maintenance of best practices to secure and elevate patient satisfaction and outcomes.

In his prior role, Paige served as chief executive officer of the Albany Medical Center Hospital, providing day-to-day oversight and leadership for Albany’s academic medical center. He worked to shore up the hospital’s finances, erasing a budget deficit while maintaining high-quality patient care as well as an excellent educational experience for doctors-in-training. He previously worked at Jackson Health System/University of Miami Health, where he served as an executive vice president, chief physician executive, and chief clinical officer. He oversaw care quality, patient safety, clinical research, graduate medical education and all the health system’s chief medical officers. He also led Jackson Health System’s emergency management and disaster programs, which included preparation for infectious disease outbreaks.

Paige received a bachelor’s degree from Lemoyne College and studied medicine at SUNY Upstate Medical University, earning a master’s in medical management from Carnegie Mellon University. He completed his residency in emergency medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.