Lodi Memorial names new medical officer
Adventist Health Lodi Memorial announced on Wednesday that Dr. Patricia Iris has been appointed medical officer and will serve on the hospital’s executive team. Iris brings with her 15 years of experience in hospital administration and clinical practice transformation.
“Dr. Iris’ devotion to patient care and her extensive physician leadership experience are the qualities we’ve been searching for in a medical officer,” said Adventist Health Lodi Memorial president Daniel Wolcott. “She will help us enhance patient safety and support our growing team of physicians.”
As medical officer, Iris will serve as a liaison between Adventist Health Lodi Memorial’s 400 physicians and hospital and system administration, reporting to Wolcott. She also will oversee numerous hospital initiatives focusing on patient care and quality.
Iris most recently served as chief clinical innovation officer with Navvis Healthcare in Honolulu, where she led specialty physicians, physician organizations and health care systems in developing quality improvement strategies around safety and patient-and-family engagement.
Iris’ experience in public health, population health quality and safety led her to Lodi.
“I love Adventist Health because they’re known for quality. I’m very passionate about quality and patient safety,” Iris said. “I am looking forward to working with Lodi’s doctors and getting to know and be a part of the executive team, as well as the Lodi community.”
Iris earned her bachelor’s degree from Texas A&M University, medical degree from Texas A&M University Health Sciences Center and Master of Public Health at the University of Washington. She completed a pediatric residency program at University of Arizona Health Sciences Center in Tucson.
Iris will begin her new Lodi role on Oct. 8.