Leigh S. Hamby, MD, MHA
Leigh is the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for Piedmont Healthcare. He joined Piedmont Hospital in 2001 as a physician advisor and later became its first Chief Quality Officer, expanding to system CMO in 2010. As system CMO, Dr. Hamby oversees medical staff issues across Piedmont hospitals, supplements entity CMOs, and focuses on quality and safety programs. An Atlanta native, Leigh earned a bachelor’s in chemistry and biology and a Doctor of Medicine from Emory University, as well as a master’s in health administration from the University of Alabama in Birmingham in 2000. He completed a general surgery residency at the University of Kentucky Medical Center and a healthcare improvement fellowship at Dartmouth Medical School. Board-certified in Surgery, he practiced in Dothan, Alabama, until 2001. He is currently pursuing a Master’s in Christian Education at Dallas Theological Seminary.