Rocco Orlando, MD
Rocco Orlando III, MD, is senior vice president and chief medical officer for Hartford HealthCare, the premier health care network in Connecticut with more than 18,000 employees and $2.4 billion in net revenue. Hartford HealthCare is Connecticut’s only truly integrated health care system. The system offers the full continuum of care with six-acute care hospitals, the state’s only air ambulance service, behavioral health and rehabilitation services, a large physician group and clinical integration organization, skilled-nursing and visiting-nurse services, a laboratory system that spans the state, and a number of services for seniors, including senior living facilities. The first chief medical officer for Hartford HealthCare, Dr. Orlando directs and assists Hartford HealthCare clinical staffs in their efforts to achieve national pre-eminence in patient quality and safety and in creating seamless care coordination across the entire network.
Dr. Orlando is a general surgeon who has been on the medical staff of Hartford Hospital for more than 25 years. Throughout his time at Hartford Hospital, he has held various leadership positions, including president of the medical staff and member of the board of directors. Dr. Orlando is responsible for quality and safety, medical affairs, clinical informatics, and risk management at Hartford HealthCare, including co-managing Hartford HealthCare’s captive professional liability company. Dr. Orlando has a national reputation for research and clinical excellence and has delivered more than 100 medical presentations internationally and across the United States. He has written more than 50 medical publications, abstracts and book chapters.