Brent R. Asplin

Brent R. Asplin, MD, MPH, in November 2013 became Chief Clinical Officer (CCO) for Mercy Health, a new leadership role for Ohio's largest health system.
Dr. Asplin provides system-wide strategic leadership for the organization's physician network and clinical imperatives. His areas of focus are physician integration, clinically integrated networks, population health management, and Mercy Health's quality and clinical transformation function.
Dr. Asplin came to Mercy Health from Fairview Health Services, a $3.3-billion, eight-hospital system in Minneapolis, where he was the organization's President and Chief Clinical Officer and President of Fairview Medical Group, a multi-specialty group with more than 550 physicians. Before joining Fairview in 2011, he was chair of the department of emergency medicine at Mayo Clinic. Dr. Asplin's career also includes serving as a clinical leader with Regions Hospital and HealthPartners in St. Paul and serving on the Committee on the Future of Emergency Care in the U.S. Health System with the Institute of Medicine in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Asplin received a bachelor's of arts, music performance from Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. He earn his doctor of medicine degree from Mayo Medical School in Rochester, Minn., completed his residency in emergency medicine at the University of Pittsburgh and attended Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program at the University of Michigan. He earned his master's degree in public health (health management and policy) from the University of Michigan and is certified as a health insurance executive.