Adam Landman, MD, will take the reins as chief information officer at Boston's Brigham and Women's Health Care, effective May 2.

Landman, a physician in the Department of Emergency Medicine serves as BWHC's chief medical information officer for health information innovation and integration.

As CIO, he succeeds Cedric Priebe, MD, who served as CIO from January 2014 through September 2015.  Priebe took a position as senior vice president and chief information officer of Lifespan in Rhode Island.

As BWHC's CIO, Landman will be responsible for developing system-wide strategic IT initiatives. He is charged with creating the next generation of information systems within BWHC.

"Adam is the best possible leader to assume this role," said Betsy Nabel, MD, president of BWHC, in a statement. "He has been ably overseeing a range of Partners eCare/Epic implementation and optimization responsibilities and is experienced in designing early-stage technology innovation."

Nabel added that Landman would continue to provide leadership on the innovation front at Brigham.

Landman received his medical degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He trained in emergency medicine at UCLA Medical Center, and he is board certified in emergency medicine and clinical informatics.

He received his master's degree in health sciences at Yale University and completed graduate degrees in information systems and healthcare policy and management at Carnegie Mellon University