Stephanie Duggan, MD, FACEP, FAAPL, CPE

Chief Clinical Officer

As Chief Clinical Officer, Stephanie Duggan is responsible for driving strategies to achieve SSM Health’s objectives in providing exceptional health care and is working toward transforming SSM Health to a value-based care delivery system.

Dr. Duggan became Chief Clinical Officer of SSM Health in November 2023 and serves as senior leadership’s chief lead on clinical strategy and operations and care transformation. She joined SSM Health from Ascension Michigan, where she led strategic growth and operations as President and Chief Executive Officer of the system’s northern Michigan region for five years.

Dr. Duggan previously served as Ascension Alabama’s Chief Clinical Officer and worked as the dyad leader with the Chief Operating Officer to oversee all medical and operational components of the six-hospital health system. Prior to that, she held various leadership positions at Ascension Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola, Florida, including Chief Medical Officer.

A board-certified emergency medicine physician, Dr. Duggan earned her medical degree and completed her residency at Wayne State University.