Wael Haidar, MD

Chief Clinical Officer

Biography

Wael Haidar, MD serves as Bon Secours Mercy Health’s chief clinical officer. He is accountable for providing strategic clinical leadership for service lines, physician and ambulatory services, nursing, medical informatics, clinical research, pharmacy and ancillary services, and population health across the ministry’s core operations.

Dr. Haidar previously served as senior vice president of provider networks for Bon Secours Health System, a role he assumed in January 2017. Prior to joining Bon Secours, Dr. Haidar worked at Mercy Clinics in Des Moines, Iowa, for 10 years where he served as a staff physician, medical director of the Adult Hospitalist Program, vice president of hospital-based physicians and ultimately as chief physician executive and president of Mercy Clinics.

Dr. Haidar earned his medical degree from American University of Beirut in Beirut, Lebanon, and a master’s degree in business administration from Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management. He completed fellowships with the Mayo Clinic in behavioral neurology and geriatrics.