Christopher Longhurst, MD, MS

Christopher Longhurst, MD, MS
  • Children's Title: Chief Executive Officer

  • Biography

    As CEO of Seattle Children’s, Christopher Longhurst, MD, MS, leads a world-class team of healthcare providers, researchers and staff who are united by Seattle Children’s mission to provide hope, care and cures to help every child live the healthiest and most fulfilling life possible.

    A practicing pediatrician for the past 25 years, Dr. Longhurst joined Seattle Children’s in 2026 after serving in a dual role as chief medical officer (CMO) and chief digital officer (CDO) at UC San Diego Health, as well as professor of biomedical informatics and pediatrics at UC San Diego School of Medicine. Combining a passion for innovation with the drive to improve quality, safety, equity and patient experience, Dr. Longhurst was instrumental in securing a philanthropic gift to establish the Joan & Irwin Jacobs Center for Health Innovation, where he served as the center's founding executive director leading the AI portfolio across the system.

    Dr. Longhurst now serves as an affiliate professor of pediatrics and biomedical informatics at the University of Washington and continues to contribute thought leadership and scholarship in care quality, patient safety and health informatics. He has published over 150 peer-reviewed articles in journals like the New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Pediatrics, and serves on the National Academy of Medicine steering committee for Patient Safety in the AI Era.

    Before joining UC San Diego Health, Dr. Longhurst spent 15 years at Stanford University, serving as chief medical information officer for Stanford Children's Health, where he led efforts to improve children's health and provider workflow using information technology. He also founded and led the nation's first accredited clinical informatics fellowship at Stanford, where he was a clinical professor of pediatrics and biomedical informatics.

    Dr. Longhurst is an elected fellow of the prestigious American College of Medical Informatics. He earned his medical degree and Master of Science in medical informatics from UC Davis, completed his residency at Stanford University and holds a Bachelor of Science from UC San Diego.

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