Cristy Page

Cristy Page, a faculty member who has risen in leadership roles at UNC Health, was named the chief executive officer of UNC Health. She will also serve as dean of the UNC School of Medicine and vice chancellor for medical affairs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Page, who has served in the positions on an interim basis since July, was elected by the UNC Board of Governors following recent action by the UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees and the UNC Health Board of Directors. She will begin the roles Nov. 24.

Page earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology at UNC-Chapel Hill as a Morehead Scholar, a master’s in public health, and an MD at the medical school she will now lead. She has published extensively and won numerous grants and awards focused on rural health.