Paul Sternberg

Chief Experience Officer Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Dr. Sternberg is the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) and Chief Patient Experience Officer (CXO) at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. As CMO, he serves as executive director for the 2500 physician Vanderbilt Medical Group. In his CXO role, he oversees key programs related to service, including patient and family engagement, patient relations, guest relations, and patient satisfaction surveying. Dr. Sternberg is a graduate of Harvard College and University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. After a residency in ophthalmology at Johns Hopkins, he completed a vitreoretinal fellowship at Duke. In 1985, he joined the faculty at Emory University in Atlanta. Dr. Sternberg came to Vanderbilt in 2003 as G. W. Hale Professor of Ophthalmology and to chair the Vanderbilt Eye Institute. He is a renowned retinal specialist and has been named one of the Best Doctors in America every year since 1994. In 2009, he was named Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs and CMO and was appointed CXO in 2014. Dr. Sternberg has a long history of leadership, highlighted by serving as President of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and as the President of the Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology. He has received a number of honors, including the Award of Merit in Retinal Research from the Retina Society, the Heed Ophthalmic Foundation Award, the Founder’s Award from the American Society for Retina Specialists, the EnergEyes Award for Mentorship from the American Academy of Ophthalmology and both the J. Donald M. Gass Medal and the Arnall Patz Medal from the Macula Society. Dr. Sternberg is married to Gloria Sternberg, and they have two sons, Matthew and Zachary. Dr. Sternberg is the past Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art in Nashville and serves on the Board of Trustees for Leadership Nashville.