UCare has named Tenbit Emiru, MD, PhD, as executive vice president and chief medical officer.
Dr. Emiru will lead the nonprofit payer's medical director team and its clinical services, equity and inclusion, mental health and substance use disorder services, pharmacy, population health and quality management departments, according to an Aug. 22 news release.
Previously, Dr. Emiru was chief of neurology and a critical care neurologist at Minneapolis-based Hennepin Healthcare. She currently serves on the board of directors at the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice and the Hennepin Healthcare Foundation.
She was named a "top doctor" by Minnesota Monthly in 2018 and 2020, and among the "top docs and rising stars" by Minneapolis St. Paul Magazine in 2017 and 2018.