SSM Health in Illinois is excited to announce the addition of Dr. Jayanthi Suppiah to their executive leadership team. Dr. Suppiah has accepted the role of Regional Chief Medical Officer and Medical Group President for the Southern Illinois Region.
In this role, Dr. Suppiah will be responsible for the overall direction and management of medical affairs for SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Mt. Vernon and SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital in Centralia. She will provide regional oversight for patient safety, clinical quality, regulatory and patient experience programs, and clinical initiatives in the region. She will also be responsible for Medical Staff Office functions and physician engagement.
Additionally, Dr. Suppiah will provide clinical expertise to enhance Medical Group operations and to improve overall health care delivery and population management for the region. She will oversee all Medical Group physicians and will work closely with Jayceen Ensrude, Vice President Operations – Medical Group, and Jenny Sims, Administrator - Medical Group.
Dr. Suppiah has been in clinical practice since 2006 and brings seventeen years of experience, managing complex patient populations. She comes to SSM Health from Banner University Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona, where she served as Medical Director and Clinical Endocrinologist/Internal Medicine Physician.
She earned her Medical Degree from Spartan Health Sciences University in St. Lucia, West Indies. Dr. Suppiah completed her residency in Internal Medicine at St. Luke’s Hospital in Chesterfield, MO, and a fellowship in Endocrinology at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Springfield, IL. She also received her MA in Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Madison, WI.
Dr. Suppiah, originally from Salem, Illinois, has relocated with her family to Southern Illinois and began her journey with SSM Health on October 30, 2023.
About SSM Health Illinois
SSM Health Illinois is a Catholic, not-for-profit health system serving the comprehensive health needs of communities across southern Illinois through a robust and fully integrated health care delivery system. The organization’s 1,000 team members and more than 100 providers are committed to providing exceptional health care services and revealing God’s healing presence to everyone they serve.
With care delivery sites in Benton, Centralia, Mt. Vernon, Nashville, and Salem, SSM Health Illinois includes 2 hospitals, more than 43 physician offices and other outpatient and virtual care services, comprehensive home care and hospice services, and an intensive outpatient adult behavioral health program. It is one of the largest employers in every community it serves.
