CDPHP names new chief medical officer
Warner to become insurance group’s first woman to assume title
The CDPHP health insurance group is promoting Dr. Elizabeth Warner to executive vice president and chief medical officer.
She is the first female physician to be named to the role within the organization. Sixty percent of CDPHP’S leadership team are women.
Warner joined CDPHP in January 2015 as a medical director. She was promoted to vice president and senior medical director in 2018, and to senior vice president of member health in 2020. She succeeds Dr. Anthony Marinello, who has announced his retirement. Marinello joined CDPHP in March of 2018 after serving for many years on the CDPHP board of directors. Prior to that, he was a family physician for more than 30 years.
“This is a historic moment for CDPHP, as we celebrate Dr. Warner as the health plan’s first female chief medical officer in our nearly 40 years of serving our great community,” said John D. Bennett, MD, president and CEO of CDPHP. “Dr. Warner has established herself as a go-to resource within CDPHP and a true leader among her peers. She has unequivocally earned the most prominent clinical role within our organization.”
Prior to joining CDPHP, Warner practiced general surgery at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center with a special focus on breast surgery. She chaired the breast program leadership at SVMC, earning certification by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers. She also served as the cancer liaison physician at SVMC.
Board-certified in general surgery, Warner earned her medical degree from Albany Medical College as well as a Master of Health Care Delivery Science degree from Dartmouth College. She holds a Bachelor of Science in human development and family studies from Cornell University and completed her surgical residency at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C.