Bethany Casagranda
Allegheny Health Network appoints chief medical officer
January 13, 2025
Bethany Casagranda
PITTSBURGH, PA (Dec. 19, 2024) — Allegheny Health Network (AHN) today announced the appointment of Bethany Casagranda, DO, MBA, as the organization's new chief medical officer (CMO), and president of Allegheny Clinic, AHN's employed physician organization, effective Jan. 1, 2025.
Dr. Casagranda succeeds Donald Whiting, MD, who has served as AHN's CMO since 2019 and is the long-time chair of the network's Neuroscience Institute. Dr. Whiting will continue in his neuroscience Chair role, which includes developing AHN's new integrative neurologic disease treatment and research center on the Allegheny General Hospital (AGH) campus.
As chair of AHN's Imaging Institute since 2017, Dr. Casagranda has advanced high-quality care, leveraging state-of-the-art imaging technology across the network's expansive system of hospital and ambulatory imaging facilities.
In her new capacity as CMO, Dr. Casagranda will serve as the lead clinical executive for AHN's employed physician organization and AHN hospital medical staffs. AHN has a network of 2,500 employed and affiliated doctors. She will also play a key role in AHN's ongoing clinical transformation, including integrated efforts between AHN and Highmark Health to further develop and execute the organization's "Living Health" clinical model, which advances medical protocols through evidence-based high-quality care redesign.
"Dr. Casagranda is a talented and effective physician executive, and her inclusive, respectful leadership style will foster a dynamic, innovative clinical environment that aligns the goals and objectives of AHN and positions us well to continue achieving our quintuple aim across every discipline," said Jim Benedict, president, AHN. "As the chair of imaging, she has a unique, broad perspective on clinical operations that makes her the ideal candidate to assume this important role for our organization."
Under Dr. Casagranda's leadership, the AHN Imaging Institute has experienced significant growth and investment. Radiologist talent within the network has grown from 28 to 124 physicians during her tenure and in 2024 alone, AHN's Allegheny Valley Hospital, Westfield Memorial Hospital and Jefferson Hospital all opened newly expanded and renovated imaging centers. Last year, AHN also opened a new state-of-the-art imaging center at its Bethel Park Health + Wellness Pavilion, and Allegheny General Hospital is currently completing a $100 million upgrade of its imaging services.
Additionally, the Imaging Institute has recently completed a four-year journey to designate all AHN imaging facilities as Diagnostic Imaging Centers of Excellence (DICOE), as recognized by the American College of Radiology. Considered the industry's most distinguished achievement, DICOE designation identifies imaging programs that deliver patient care quality and radiation safety at the highest levels. Throughout Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio and Delaware, AHN is the only health system to achieve this prestigious designation among adult imaging centers.
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