Our Chief Academic Officer Cabinet
The Chief Academic Officer (CAO) Cabinet leads and coordinates academic programs across Advocate Health to build the preeminent national academic model.
In collaboration with Wake Forest University School of Medicine, the academic core of Advocate Health, and in partnership with other academic institutions, the CAO Cabinet advances graduate medical education, professional development and community partnerships. They create new care models and foster translation of research discovery into clinical practice, with an intentional focus on Advocate Health’s growth as an academic learning health system.
More collaboration. More partnership. More opportunity.
Our Chief Academic Officer Cabinet members
MD, FACS, FRCSEd(Hon), DFSVS, MAMSE; CEO and Chief Academic Officer, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, Chief Academic Officer and EVP, Advocate Health
L. Ebony Boulware
MD, MPH; Dean, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Chief Science Officer and Vice Chief Academic Officer, Advocate Health
Andrea Ellis
PhD, NCC, BCC; Chief of Staff for Chief Academic Officer and Chief Operating Officer, Associate Vice President, Strategy and Operations
Terry Hales, Jr.
MBA; Executive Vice Chief Academic Officer of Administration, Chief Operating Officer of the Health Sciences System, Advocate Health
Thomas J. Hansen
MD, MBA, FAAFP; Vice Chief Academic Officer, Clinical Training and Education
Kevin High
MD, MS, MACP, FIDSA; Vice Chief Academic Officer, Academic Learning Health System, Advocate Health, Professor of Medicine and Translational Science, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Brenda Latham-Sadler
MD; Vice Chief Academic Officer, Justice and Belonging, Advocate Health, Clinical Professor, Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Terry Williams
DrPH, MBA, Dip Econ; Vice Chief Academic Officer – Transformative Solutions, Advocate Health
Terri Yates
PhD; Vice Chief Academic Officer, Health Professions, Advocate Health, Vice Dean, Health Professions, Wake Forest University School of Medicine