Penny Castellano was appointed President of the Physician Division and interim Director of the Emory Clinic in December 2023. Penny has strategic and operational oversight of all Emory Healthcare (EHC) physician practices, inclusive of Emory Clinic and Emory Specialty Associates. She also serves as the physician liaison between EHC and the School of Medicine and assumes all responsibilities as the Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Castellano has been a faculty member of the Emory University School of Medicine since 1990. She previously served as the Associate Clinic Director and Chief Medical Officer for the Emory Clinic faculty practice and Emory Specialty Associates, the employed non-faculty practice plan for EHC. She is also Professor and Interim Chair for the Emory Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, which provides women’s health services at eight hospital campuses and multiple ambulatory practice sites in Atlanta.
Dr. Castellano received her Bachelor’s degree in Zoology from Drew University in Madison, New Jersey. She received her MD from Emory University School of Medicine and completed her residency training in Gynecology and Obstetrics at Emory Affiliated Hospitals.
Dr. Castellano has previously served as Student Clerkship Director for Gynecology and Obstetrics, Division Director for General Gynecology and Obstetrics, Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs and previous Interim Chair of the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics. She has held medical executive positions in Emory Clinic and Emory Healthcare for over 20 years and has served on a multitude of institutional committees and councils, co-chairing the Emory Healthcare Diabetes Council and the Emory Healthcare Opioid Stewardship Council recently. She is an active member of AAMC and currently serves on the Steering Committee for the Group on Faculty Practice. She has been a member of several teams for Vizient and formerly UHC, including groups on academic practice plans, quality, rankings, a data and analytics committee, and is incoming chair for the Medical Executive Network Advisory Committee. She is active in several national Gynecology and Obstetrics professional groups.