David Wood Jr., M.D. Executive Vice President, Chief Medical Officer

David Wood Jr., M.D. is executive vice president and chief medical officer at Beaumont Health, ’s largest health care system, based on inpatient admissions and net patient revenue.

Dr. Wood’s responsibilities include oversight of the Beaumont Medical group that is the 1000 physician strong employed medical group and Beaumont Physician Partners, which is responsible for development and implementation of physician/ strategies to provide optimal care for Beaumont’s patients. In addition, he oversees the educational and research programs for Beaumont.

Dr. Wood came to Beaumont from the University of Michigan Health System. A nationally and internationally recognized cancer surgeon, he was chief of U-M’s Division of Urologic Oncology from 2002-2011. Before joining U-M Health System, Dr. Wood held a series of leadership positions with the Medical Center, Wayne State University and the Karmanos Cancer Institute, including chief medical officer of the Karmanos Cancer Hospital.

An active researcher, he has participated in 25 grant-funded studies and served as principal investigator or co-investigator of three clinical trials at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center. He has presented at numerous conferences around the world, authored more than 175 articles in peer-reviewed journals and more than 20 book chapters and has co-authored two books.

Dr. Wood received his medical degree from the University of Michigan. He served his residency at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation and a three- year fellowship in urologic oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York.

Beaumont Health is Michigan’s largest health care system and is most preferred for health care in , according to NRC Health survey data. The not-for-profit organization was created to provide patients with greater access to compassionate, extraordinary care, every day. Beaumont has a total net revenue of $4.7 billion and consists of eight with 3,429 beds, 145 outpatient sites, nearly 5,000 physicians, 38,000 employees and 3,500 volunteers. In 2018, Beaumont had 178,196 inpatient discharges, 17,790 births and 572,597 emergency visits. For more information, visit beaumont.org.