Cleveland Clinic’s Board of Governors has responsibility for standards of medical care and managing and administering the day-to-day medical and surgical activities of Cleveland Clinic, subject to policies established by Cleveland Clinic’s Board of Directors.
The Board of Governors also oversees the integration of research and education with other services provided by Cleveland Clinic, and, subject to the concurrence of the Board of Directors, is responsible for the appointment, promotion and termination of members of the Professional Staff in cooperation with Institute and Department Chairs.
The Board of Governors is chaired by the Chief Executive Officer and President and is comprised of physician leaders elected by their peers and certain officers and key administrative personnel. The Board of Governors annually recommends certain representatives of the Professional Staff for election to the Board of Directors and the Board of Trustees.
Members of the Board of Governors include:
Elected/Voting Members
Delos M. Cosgrove, MD»
Chief Executive Officer and President
Chair of the Board of Governors
Joseph F. Hahn, MD»
Chief of Staff, Professional Staff Affairs
Vice Chair of the Board of Governors
Abby Abelson, MD, FACR»
Department Chair
Rheumatologic and Immunologic Disease
Raed Dweik, MD»
Staff, Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine
Serpil Erzurum, MD»
Vice Chair for External Affairs
J. Stephen Jones MD»
Chair, Department of Regional Urology
Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute
Professor of Surgery (Urology), Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
Matt Kalaycio, MD»
President, Medical Staff
Staff, Transplant Center and Hematologic Oncology and Blood Disorders
Alan Kominsky, MD»
Staff, Otolaryngology and Sleep Disorders Clinic
Deborah Lonzer, MD»
Department Chair, Community Pediatrics
Brian Mandell, MD»
Department Chair, College of Medicine, Education Institute
Editor-In-Chief, Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
Staff, Orthopaedic & Rheumatologic Institute, Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases
Kandice Kottke-Marchant, MD, PhD»
Chair, Tomsich Pathology Laboratories
Clinical Pathology Department, Section Head Thrombosis and Hemostasis
Staff, Molecular Cardiology and Cardiology Medicine Departments, Heart & Vascular Health Institute
Daniel Martin, MD»
Institute Chair, Cole Eye Institute
Thomas Masaryk, MD»
Chair, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Imaging Institute
Staff, Cerebrovascular Center and Neurological Surgery, Neurological Institute
Donald Malone, MD»
Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Neurological Institute
Staff, Center for Neurological Restoration, Neurological Institute
Edmund Sabanegh, MD»
Department Chair, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute
Director, Center for Male Infertility, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute
Staff, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Randall Starling, MD»
Vice Chair for Clinical Operations, Cardiovascular Medicine
Staff, Critical Care Center and Transplantation Center
Robert Weil, MD»
Staff, Neurological Surgery
Staff, Brain Tumor and Neuro-Oncology Center, Taussig Cancer Institute
Robert Wyllie, MD»
Chief Medical Operations Officer
Calabrese Chair of Pediatrics, Pediatrics Institute
Appointed Members
Brian Bolwell, MD»
Vice Chair, Office of the Chief of Staff
Department Chair, Hematologic Oncology and Blood Disorders
Taussig Cancer Institute
Paul DiCorleto, PhD»
Chair, Lerner Research Institute
Tommaso Falcone, MD»
Institute Chair, Women's Health Institute
Vice Chair, Office of the Chief of Staff
Mark Froimson, MD»
President-elect, Medical Staff
Staff, Orthopaedic Surgery
James Stoller, MD»
Chair, Education Institute
Steven C. Glass»
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
William M. Peacock III»
Chief of Operations
David W. Rowan, Esq.»
Chief Legal Officer, Chief Governance Officer & Secretary
Robert Coulton»
Executive Director, Staff Affairs
Cindy Hundorfean»
Chief Administrative Officer, Clinical Services
Linda McHugh»
Executive Administrator to Chief Executive Officer & Board of Governors