MUSC names new chief information officer

CHARLESTON, S.C. (July 17, 2023) – After a national search process, Todd Leach has accepted the role of enterprise chief information officer (CIO) for Information Solutions and will begin his service on July 31. He will oversee a team of technology specialists, providing a mission-aligned vision, leadership and services in support of the institution. 

 

Leach will plan, develop, implement and support all information technology, analytic and informatics initiatives across the enterprise. Originally from Western Pennsylvania, he completed his undergraduate degree in computer science at Slippery Rock University and earned his MBA from the University of Houston-Clear Lake. 

Leach comes to MUSC with more than 30 years of experience in information technology and related positions and a progressive leadership career in information technology that culminated in the CIO position at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston.

He has extensive experience with the management and delivery of information technology services to all areas of a complex academic medical center, including clinical, education, research and institutional support. He has worked as an IT consultant over the last several years for several national firms and is excited to return to a leadership and operational role in an academic health system and university.

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About MUSC 

Founded in 1824 in Charleston, MUSC is the state’s only comprehensive academic health system, with a unique mission to preserve and optimize human life in South Carolina through education, research and patient care. Each year, MUSC educates more than 3,000 students in six colleges – Dental Medicine, Graduate Studies, Health Professions, Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy – and trains more than 900 residents and fellows in its health system. MUSC brought in more than $297.8 million in research funds in fiscal year 2022, leading the state overall in research funding. For information on academic programs, visit musc.edu.

As the health care system of the Medical University of South Carolina, MUSC Health is dedicated to delivering the highest-quality and safest patient care while educating and training generations of outstanding health care providers and leaders to serve the people of South Carolina and beyond. Patient care is provided at 15 hospitals with approximately 2,500 beds and four additional hospital locations in development; more than 350 telehealth sites, with connectivity to patients’ homes; and nearly 750 care locations situated in all regions of South Carolina. In 2022, for the eighth consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report named MUSC Health the No. 1 hospital in South Carolina. To learn more about clinical patient services, visit muschealth.org.

MUSC and its affiliates have collective annual budgets totaling $5.1 billion. The nearly 26,000 MUSC team members include a world-class faculty, physicians, specialty providers, scientists, students, affiliates and care team members who deliver and support groundbreaking education, research and patient care.