Craig D. Thorne MD, MPH, MBA, FACP, FACOEM

Dr. Craig D. Thorne serves as the Medical Director for Enterprise Occupational Health at the Cleveland Clinic. He is responsible for the strategic, clinical, operational, and financial oversight of all Occupational Health programs including Caregiver Occupational Health Services (for internal employees), Cleveland Clinic At Work (for external clients),  Caring for Caregivers (including the internal Employee Assistance Program), and the Center for Workplace Violence Prevention and Caregiver Well-Being. In addition, he is responsible for working collaboratively with Environmental Health and Safety, Infection Prevention and Wellness to protect the health and promote the well-being of the 82,000 Cleveland Clinic caregivers globally. He serves as the co-chair of numerous caregiver safety program committees and is an active member of various other committees, including those for disability management, infection prevention and workplace violence prevention.

He earned his Medical Degree from Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, followed by a rotating internship at the University of Ottawa, Ontario. He went on to complete his residency and chief residency in Internal Medicine at the Department of Medicine, Georgetown University/Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C. He earned a Master of Public Health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and completed a fellowship in Occupational and Environmental Medicine at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, Maryland, and a Master of Business Administration focusing on Medical Services Management from the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School. Dr. Thorne is board-certified in both Internal Medicine and Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

Before joining Cleveland Clinic in 2023, Dr. Thorne served as the Chief Medical Director for Occupational Medicine and Business Health Services for the Yale New Haven Health System (from 2018-2023), Vice President and Medical Director, Employee Health and Wellness for Erickson Living (from 2007-2018), and as an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Medical Director, Employee Health and Safety at the University of Maryland Medical Center and the Baltimore V.A. Medical Center (from 2001-2007).  Under his leadership, in 2016, Erickson Living was awarded the Corporate Health Achievement Award by the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine for excellence in integrated employee health, safety, and well-being programs and services.