Gottlieb Memorial Hospital Announces Chief Medical Officer
June 9, 2025CONTACT:
Allison Peters
708-216-6140
MAYWOOD, IL - Sameer Qazi, MD, assumed the role of Chief Medical Officer (CMO) at Gottlieb Memorial Hospital on June 8, 2025.
In his new role, Dr. Qazi will oversee quality and safety, medical staff functions and peer review processes at Gottlieb. Dr. Qazi currently serves as an associate professor in the department of medicine at Loyola University Chicago's Stritch School of Medicine.
Dr. Qazi has served in progressively senior leadership positions since joining Loyola Medicine as a hospital medicine physician in 2014. Serving in his current role as Gottlieb's associate CMO since 2022, he has been instrumental in achieving operational goals, including improvements in length of stay, observation hours, readmission rates and other quality benchmarks. He has also established a complex care committee to manage challenging patient cases and implemented operational strategies to enhance patient safety, performance and physician recruitment.
Dr. Qazi earned his medical degree from Windsor University School of Medicine, completed his internal medicine residency at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, and is board-certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine.
"Dr. Qazi is a respected leader within our organization, and I have no doubt he will excel within this new role, helping Gottlieb continue to provide the best care to its patients," said Shawn P. Vincent, president and CEO of Loyola Medicine.