Chad W. M. Ritenour, MD

Chad W. M. Ritenour, MD serves as the Strategic Advisor of the Emory WHSC Office of Well-Being (EmWELL). He is also the Correll Distinguished Clinician for the Woodruff Health Sciences Center and the Chief Medical Officer for Emory University Hospital. He is passionate about improving processes that support the well-being of healthcare teams.

Dr. Ritenour is the Executive Vice Chair and the James C. Kennedy Professor of Prostate Health in the Department of Urology at Emory University School of Medicine, where he also serves as an Associate Dean for Clinical Services. He is the national Co-Chair of Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Clinical Learning Environment Review (CLER) Evaluation Committee and is the current President-Elect of the Southeastern Section of the American Urological Association. As Director for Men's Health/Infertility and General Urology, he worked to develop efficient care processes, including use of video-assisted consents for the urologic patients. He previously served as Interim Chair for the Emory Department of Urology in 2010-2013 and Residency Program Director from 2002-2019.

Dr. Ritenour graduated from the University of Virginia as an Echols Scholar and subsequently received his medical degree from the Medical College of Virginia before completing his urological surgery training at Emory University. In 2010, he served as a Fellow in the American Urological Association-Japanese Urological Association Academic Exchange Program. He was also a Fellow in the Woodruff Leadership Academy (2005).