Penn Medicine Appoints Mitchell Schnall as Inaugural SVP for Data and Technology Solutions

(US and Canada) Mitchell Schnall, MD, PhD, has been appointed to a newly created role as Senior Vice President for Data and Technology Solutions for the University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS), following two terms as Chair of Radiology in Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine. In his new role, he will lead teams and projects that will pave a path for Penn Medicine to lead the healthcare industry into a new, technology- and data-driven era.

Schnall will spearhead the health system’s efforts to understand new tools and approaches and determine how best to implement them across UPHS to improve the provider experience, boost health outcomes for patients, and drive efficiency across the health system.

“Penn Medicine is excited to seize emerging opportunities to use technology in ways that will transform the healthcare industry,” said UPHS CEO Kevin B Mahoney. “Dr. Schnall is a talented and visionary leader who will help us draw on our institution’s long-standing culture of innovation and continuous learning in this new space, and provide a roadmap for health systems across the nation.”

In his new role, Schnall will lead the offices of the Chief Information Officer, Chief Medical Information Officer, and Chief Analytics Officer. Together, they will analyze the clinical and business impact of innovations, and work to build on Penn Medicine’s success with tools for automating patient access, monitoring, and self-serve transactions.

During his two terms as chair of Radiology, Schnall doubled both the size of the department and its research funding portfolio. He developed training programs and funding pathways for clinician-scientists in Radiology, unified academic programs across UPHS’s Philadelphia hospitals, and created a single Penn Medicine Radiology residency that has been named the top radiology program in the nation.

Schnall also developed strong collaboration between the department’s community-based physicians and its academic programs. Additionally, he built a framework for “One Penn Medicine Radiology,” which he will continue to lead as he assumes his new role. He will continue to serve in a leadership role in the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group.

He has a strong national reputation, having been elected as a member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation, the Association of American Physicians, and the National Academy of Medicine.