Overview

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As Chief Clinical Officer, Dr. Birkmeyer works closely with regional leadership and Sound’s hospital partners nationwide to ensure excellence in clinical quality, safety, patient experience, and cost-effectiveness. Dr. Birkmeyer leads efforts to enhance clinical integration across service lines, including emergency medicine, hospital medicine, critical care, anesthesia, population health, telemedicine, and physician advisory services.

Dr. Birkmeyer previously served as the executive vice president of integrated delivery systems and led clinical operations and academic affairs for the Dartmouth-Hitchcock health system. He brings deep insight into value-based clinical care, leveraging his experience in academics, quality improvement, and operational leadership roles.

An elected member of the National Academy of Medicine, he is an author on more than 250 peer-reviewed publications on hospital outcomes and economics. He was a member of the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care Working Group and co-author of its watershed report, “The Quality of Medicare in the United States: A Report of the Medicare Program.”

Dr. Birkmeyer is a graduate of Harvard Medical School. He completed a general surgery residency and medical informatics fellowship at Dartmouth. As a recognized leader in health outcomes, Dr. Birkmeyer is an invited speaker for numerous healthcare conferences. He also serves as an adjunct professor for The Dartmouth Institute.