Clay Runnels MD
EVP/Chief Phys Exec · Ballad Health
EVP/Chief Phys Exec at Ballad Health. Listed as an officer, director, or key employee across 3 organizations on the Form 990 record.
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Dr. Clay Runnels, MD is the Chief Physician Executive at Ballad Health, a healthcare system serving 29 counties in East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia.
A licensed emergency physician, he has led various initiatives to reduce treatment time for oncology patients, streamline physician credentialing, and establish regional stroke care protocols and teleneurology programs.
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