Anita Chandrasena, MD

Anita Chandrasena, MD is the Chief Physician Executive (CPE) for the Northern California Division of CommonSpirit Health, the second-largest not-for-profit hospital system in the United States. Dr. Chandrasena grew up in Southern California and attended UC Davis for undergraduate studies and earned a B.S. in Chemistry. She then went on to Yale University School of Medicine and subsequently remained at Yale to complete her residency in internal medicine. Dr. Chandrasena returned to California to complete her Pulmonary and Critical Care fellowship at UC San Francisco.

She later joined a community, private practice group at Sequoia Hospital where she held leadership roles in medical informatics and utilization review. She later became Chief Medical Officer at Sequoia Hospital in April of 2015. In October 2017, she added on the role of the CPE for the Bay area in October of 2017 which then ultimately led to the Northern California Division CPE position she holds today. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband, two teenage children, and dog.