MIDDLETOWN, NY — Garnet Health has promoted Pamela Murphy, M.D. to the new position of Garnet Health chief medical officer (CMO). 

The roles of CMO at Garnet Health Medical Center - Catskills and Garnet Health Medical Center have been consolidated into one systemwide position.

Dr. Murphy will oversee medical care provided at Garnet Health’s three hospital campuses—located in Callicoon, Harris and Middletown—and all hospital-based outpatient departments. She will also continue her executive leadership responsibilities in case management and continue to serve as the hospitals’ executive sponsor for the medical directors of pediatrics, trauma and acute surgery, psychiatry, neuroscience, critical care intensivist and hospitalist services.

Dr. Murphy joined Garnet Health in October 1993. She received her bachelor’s degree in chemistry/biology from California State University and her medical degree from St. George’s University School of Medicine. She completed her residency at the Brooklyn Hospital Center in Brooklyn. 

Dr. Murphy is also a board-certified fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians. She holds a master’s degree in health care administration from Mount Sinai Medical School.

Dr. Murphy has held a variety of leadership positions in the region, most notably as the medical director of the Orange County Department of Health; Garnet Health physician advisor; director of Urgent Care Center and Emergency Services for Crystal Run; medical director of the Hudson Valley Regional EMS Council; and a vetted member of the New York State Emergency Medicine Advisory Committee to New York’s Governor, among many other posts and positions.

“I am extremely honored and excited to take on this systemwide position,” said Dr. Murphy. “While the needs of each patient we treat are unique, having and maintaining consistent standards for quality of care throughout our health system will only enhance our ability to provide the very best care and positive outcomes for all we are privileged to serve.”

For more information about career opportunities at Garnet Health, visit www.garnethealth.org/careers.