Leadership and Key Staff

The leadership of CHKD The Virginia Children's Hospital, Virginia's only free-standing children's hospital, supports the efforts of its clinicians, providers and staff to promote the best care possible to our patients.

Leadership at CHKD

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• President and Chief Executive Officer, James D. Dahling
• Vice President, Finance, Kathy Abshire
• President of The King's Daughters, Julie Beck
• Vice President, Information Services, and Chief Information Officer, Deborah Barnes
  
• Vice President, Chief of Medicine, Dr. Christopher Foley
• Vice President, Clinical Integration and Quality, Dr. Sandip Godambe
• Chief Operating Officer, John Harding
• Vice President, Facilities and Support Services, Tamika Harris
  
• Vice President, Chief of Surgery, Dr. Robert Kelly
  
• Vice President, Physician Practice Management, Jalana McCasland
• Vice President, Patient Care Services, Karen Mitchell
• Vice President, Human Resources and Occupational Health, Paul Morlock
  
• Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer, Dennis Ryan
• Senior Vice President, Chief Engagement and Innovation Officer of CHKD Health System, Amy Sampson
• Vice President, Ancillary Services, Allison Silva