Marjorie Bessel MD

Marjorie Bessel, MD is the chief clinical officer at Banner Health. Dr. Bessel began her journey with Banner 12 years ago and has served in progressive physician leadership positions. She initially served as chief medical officer for several hospitals, then moved into the Arizona Division chief medical officer role, before accepting vice president roles for Continuum Management and Clinical Integration. She most recently served as vice president/chief medical officer for Community Delivery.

Her clinical background is as a hospitalist and she maintains board certification and active staff privileges. She is also passionate about the empowerment of patients through the transparency of individual clinical information. Dr. Bessel earned a B.S. in biology, magna cum laude, from Syracuse University and she attended Rush Medical College in Chicago, Illinois, where she was presented with the James B. Herrick Award for most outstanding performance in internal medicine. She completed her residency in internal medicine at Rush- Presbyterian St. Luke’s Medical Center, Chicago, and was honored by continuing for an additional year in the capacity of Chief Resident.