Advocate Health appoints Ebony Boulware academic officer

ADVOCATE HEALTH

Ebony Boulware M.D. has been appointed chief academic officer at Advocate Health.

Ebony Boulware, M.D., M.P.H. is Advocate Health’s new chief academic officer. 

Boulware will continue as dean of Wake Forest University School of Medicine, a role she has held since 2023. In her new position, Boulware, who succeeds Dr. Julie Ann Freischlag, who retired in December, will be responsible for strategic vision and leadership for Advocate Health’s academic enterprise.

“This transition reflects the unique position of Wake Forest University School of Medicine as the academic core of Advocate Health – expanding upon the health system’s national impact on education,?research?and clinical innovation,” Boulware, a general internist and clinical epidemiologist, said in a statement.

Said Advocate Health CEO Gene Woods: "Advocate Health’s mission to redefine care requires unprecedented coordination between medical research, clinical innovation and education, and we have just the right person to deliver on that promise, in Dr. Ebony Boulware. Ebony is a brilliant doctor and strategist, and her dual role ensures that knowledge and expertise flow in both directions between our academic core, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, and our nearly 70 hospitals across six states.” 

As dean at the medical school, Boulware leads the Winston-Salem and Charlotte campuses as well as programs to advance clinical, research, education,?innovation?and community engagement missions.? 

“Dr. Ebony Boulware is an incredible leader and innovator,” said Wake Forest University President Susan R. Wente. “As dean of the Wake Forest University School of Medicine, she has built an environment of collaboration, curiosity, and service, preparing the next generation of medical professionals and researchers to lead with excellence and integrity. As Chief Academic Officer, Dr. Boulware will undoubtedly extend this commitment further to ensure learning and discovery are catalysts that benefit the broad base of patient communities served by Advocate’s national network.” 

Wake Forest School of Medicine opened its second campus in Charlotte last year, as the academic anchor of The Pearl Innovation District. Its first class of students started in July, with enrollment expected to increase to 100 students per class over the next five years.

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