Bevan Yueh, MD, MPH, has been named the inaugural chief physician executive for UI Health Care. He will begin his new role on July 31, pending approval from the Iowa Board of Regents. Yueh will also serve as a professor in the Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery in the Carver College of Medicine.

As UI Health Care continues to expand access to meet the needs of more patients and communities across Iowa, UI Health Care leaders identified a need for a physician to provide executive leadership to integrate clinical care across the entire health system, including hospitals, physician groups, and current and future sites of care. He will report to Denise Jamieson, MD, MPH, UI vice president for medical affairs and the Tyrone D. Artz Dean of the Carver College of Medicine.

“Dr. Yueh is a nationally recognized physician leader who will bring a fresh vision for improving operations across our entire clinical care enterprise,” Jamieson says. “I’m excited to welcome him to UI Health Care and partner with him to further develop our system-wide clinical standards as we evolve as a clinical care enterprise. Working together with clinicians and leaders across the organization, we want to continue to improve access for Iowans and create a more seamless, coordinated patient care experience that aligns with our mission, vision, and values.”
Yueh currently serves as the vice dean for clinical affairs at the University of Minnesota Medical School and chief executive officer of University of Minnesota Physicians.

He is the former chair of the Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Minnesota Medical School and his surgical practice is focused on the ablation of head and neck cancers. He also has expertise in clinical epidemiology and health services research, with a focus on improving hearing health plus function and quality of life of patients after treatment for head and neck cancer.

Yueh earned his medical degree from Stanford University School of Medicine. He completed his residency and fellowship clinical training at Johns Hopkins University and completed a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar research fellowship at Yale University. He earned his Master of Public Health from the Yale School of Public Health.

He has received numerous awards recognizing his exceptional patient care, research, teaching, and leadership, including Minnesota Monthly "Best Doctor," Mpls.St. Paul Magazine "Top Doctor" (2012-2023), and “Best Doctors in America.”

Yueh is president-elect of the American Head and Neck Society. He is a past president of the Association of Academic Departments of Otolaryngology. He is a senior examiner for the American Board of Otolaryngology and a past member of the Ear, Nose, and Throat Devices Panel for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Advisory Council. Yueh serves on the editorial board of multiple journals and is the past associate editor of JAMA Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery.

Jamieson thanked members of the search committee—chaired by Gerry Clancy, MD, senior associate dean for external affairs in the Carver College of Medicine, and Marlan Hansen, MD, professor and chair of the Department of Otolaryngology—for their work in conducting a national search for the position.

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