• Press Release

Mount Sinai Health System Appoints Lisa S. Stump, MS, FASHP, as Chief Digital Information Officer and Dean for Information Technology

Expert in clinical informatics to lead Mount Sinai’s digital strategy

  • New York, NY
  • (September 12, 2024)

Mount Sinai Health System has appointed Lisa S. Stump, MS, FASHP, as Chief Digital Information Officer of the Mount Sinai Health System and Dean for Information Technology (IT) of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She will serve as a key bridge between the clinical, educational, and research missions of the Health System as she leads the effort to further strengthen Mount Sinai’s digital strategy. 

In her new role, Mrs. Stump will lead in planning and directing the implementation of a comprehensive enterprise digital ecosystem, drive innovation in collaboration with Health System leaders and faculty, and ensure integration of new technologies that create value and drive growth. Her major areas of responsibility will be core information technology (IT) and digital functions, cybersecurity and risk, data privacy and governance, application portfolio management, data democratization, the digital experience, data and analytics, and artificial intelligence and machine learning. Mrs. Stump will also help define the five-year strategic direction for the Health System, executing the IT and digital aspects of that plan.  

“We are pleased to announce Lisa Stump as our new Chief Digital Information Officer,” said  Brendan Carr, MD, MA, MS, Chief Executive Officer of the Mount Sinai Health System. “Lisa’s deep expertise in informatics in the clinical and academic environments, in partnership with our amazing clinical, research and education leaders, will propel Mount Sinai to the cutting edge in digital innovation.“ 

Mrs. Stump brings a background in informatics with a clinical perspective to the Health System. She most recently served as Senior Vice President, and Chief Information and Digital Transformation Officer, for Yale New Haven Health and Yale Medicine. Mrs. Stump joined Yale in 1996 and held several roles including Director of Pharmacy, Administrative Director in Clinical Informatics, and Vice President of the Epic Project, consolidating multiple electronic medical record and revenue cycle platforms. As Associate Chief Information Officer, she led the integration of Information Technology Services staff across the Yale New Haven system and Yale Medicine. Mrs. Stump also spearheaded the consolidation of multiple technology platforms in enterprise resource planning, bed management, radiology information, infection control, laboratory information, and blood bank; led the pilot and launch of the InSight Tele-ICU platform; and launched several innovation partnerships with technology and applications vendors.  

Mrs. Stump graduated from the University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy and The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy with a master’s degree in Pharmacy Administration. She is a Fellow of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (FASHP) and is the inaugural Chair of the ASHP Section of Digital and Telehealth Providers. 

“I am thrilled to join the Mount Sinai Health System as the Chief Digital Information Officer and Dean for Information Technology,” Mrs. Stump said. “Together with the talented team at Mount Sinai, renowned for its commitment to patient care and clinical excellence, I look forward to harnessing cutting-edge technology and innovative strategies to shape the future of healthcare and make a meaningful impact on the lives and communities we serve.” 


About the Mount Sinai Health System

Mount Sinai Health System is one of the nation’s leading integrated academic health systems and one of the largest in the New York metropolitan area. Its comprehensive system includes seven hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, over 600 research and clinical laboratories, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, and the Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nursing. Together, the Health System comprises approximately 48,000 employees, more than 9,000 physicians, and 8,600 nurses.

As a leading learning health system, Mount Sinai combines clinical expertise with scientific discovery to improve patient care while training the next generation of health care and biomedical leaders. The Health System provides care across every stage of life, from prenatal care through geriatrics, while advancing personalized medicine through artificial intelligence, data science, and biomedical research.

Mount Sinai is consistently recognized among the nation’s leading academic health systems for patient care, research, and education. The Mount Sinai Hospital is ranked No. 1 in New York by Newsweek and No. 5 on the magazine’s World’s Best Hospitals list. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai ranks No. 11 among U.S. medical schools and No. 1 among freestanding medical schools for National Institutes of Health funding, reflecting the strength of its scientific enterprise and leadership in biomedical research.