Joseph W. Shega MD

Joseph Shega, MD, is executive vice president and chief medical officer for VITAS Healthcare, the nation’s leading provider of end-of-life care. He is board-certified in geriatric and hospice and palliative medicine and has been caring for, studying, and teaching about geriatric patients and end-of-life care since 1999. He joined VITAS in 2013 as regional medical director, was named senior vice president and national medical director in 2016, and was promoted to the chief medical officer in 2018 and to executive vice president in 2021.

In his role as a chief medical officer, Dr. Shega oversees and leads the medical direction for all VITAS locations in 14 states and the District of Columbia. He provides leadership to all VITAS regional medical directors and oversees physician services.