3 recent health system AI chief moves

Health systems are reshuffling the deck on AI leadership, with three organizations marking major transitions in the first months of 2026.

Here are three AI leadership moves as reported by Becker’s since January:

• In January, Divya Pathak, chief data and AI officer of NYC Health + Hospitals announced she would be leaving the organization.

• In April, Salt Lake City-based University of Utah Health appointed Kensaku Kawamoto, MD, PhD, as its inaugural chief health AI transformation officer.

• In April, Orange, Calif.-based UCI Health named Deepti Pandita, MD, as its new chief medical informatics and AI officer.

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