Huntington Hospital Names Dr. Ranjit S. Hundal Senior VP and CCO

Dr. Ranjit S. Hundal on Tuesday was named senior vice president and chief clinical officer (CCO) of Huntington Hospital, hospital officials announced.

With more than 20 years of health care experience, Hundal has firsthand experience working in a nationally integrated health care system, having trained and practiced in the UK National Health Service. His lengthy career encompasses practice in many specialties, including internal medicine, general surgery, urology, emergency medicine, cardiology, and gastroenterology.

At Huntington Hospital, Hundal, who begins Jan. 11, will leverage his experience to enhance quality, safety and growth that furthers the facility’s tradition of clinical excellence and improve clinical processes, clinical operations, and services while utilizing evidence-based medicine to enhance quality outcomes for patients.

“I’m so pleased to welcome Dr. Hundal to the Huntington Enterprise and its executive management team,” said Huntington President and CEO Dr. Lori J. Morgan.

“Dr. Hundal’s extensive clinical leadership and vision will advance quality and safety, build upon our strong medical staff culture, and enhance clinical growth to further our tradition of clinical excellence,” Morgan said.

Hundal joins Huntington from Sutter Health Mills-Peninsula Medical Center in Burlingame, where he served as chief medical executive. In this role, he oversaw quality, safety, risk management, regulatory affairs, and institutional research for the regional health services organization, as well as group and individual physician contracting.

Hundal will work in concert with the hospital’s medical staff to oversee and enhance peer-review, by-laws, and credentialing systems. He will also lead Huntington’s graduate medical education program which trains future generations of physicians.

As CCO, Hundal will also oversee the community-based physician group associated with the hospital, Huntington Health Physicians (HHP), and lead its continued expansion while enhancing value-based care programs.

Hundal received his medical training at Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospitals Medical School, University of London, and completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at St. Mary’s Hospital and Medical Center in San Francisco. There he was named resident of the year as well as chief resident in internal medicine.

He holds an MBA in health care leadership from Haslam College of Business, University of Tennessee, and is a certified physician executive from the American College of Physician Executives.