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Rohit Uppal, MD

Rohit Uppal, MD

  • Chief Clinical Officer, Hospitalist Services

Rohit Uppal, MD, MBA, SFHM, serves as chief clinical officer of TeamHealth Hospitalist Services. In this role, Dr. Uppal leads the clinical and operational aspects of the Hospital Medicine service line as well as the specialty service lines of orthopedics, general surgery and obstetrics, including:

  • quality and safety
  • clinical guidelines
  • policies and procedures
  • performance improvement

Prior to this role, Dr. Uppal served as a system medical director for TeamHealth Acute Hospital Medicine and has more than 17 years of clinical and leadership experience. Dr. Uppal is an accomplished physician executive with a proven track record of collaborating with and engaging clinicians, clients and stakeholders across the healthcare continuum. Additionally, he excels at organizational health, building cohesive leadership teams and clinician leadership growth and mentorship.

Dr. Uppal received his Bachelor of Science in health sciences from University of Nevada, Reno, and his medical degree from Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health. He received his Master of Business Administration from Cleveland State University and completed his residency at Grant Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio. Dr. Uppal has been named a Senior Fellow in Hospital Medicine by the Society of Hospital Medicine. He is a certified trainer with the Institute for Healthcare Communication and previously served as a certified facilitator for the “Crucial Conversations” course.