Dr. Jacob T. Kilgore named chief quality officer for Marshall Health Network

Marshall Health Network (MHN) has named Jacob T. Kilgore, M.D., M.P.H., FAAP, chief quality officer (CQO), a newly established role designed to advance quality improvement and patient safety initiatives across the academic health system.

Kilgore is a board-certified, fellowship-trained pediatric infectious disease specialist at Marshall Health Network - Hoops Family Children’s Hospital at Cabell Huntington Hospital and associate professor of pediatrics at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine. As CQO, he will provide vision, direction and oversight to strengthen MHN’s culture of quality, safety, high reliability and value. In this role, he will oversee the development and implementation of evidence-based programs and support collaboration across MHN’s clinical teams—all with a strong focus on enhancing patient quality and safety outcomes.

Working closely with MHN's chief physician executive, chief medical officer and chief nursing officer, he will align and monitor systemwide quality and safety priorities, support consistent standards of care, promote improvement efforts across hospitals and clinics and foster an environment that encourages innovation and consistent performance.

“Dr. Kilgore’s leadership will help strengthen our ongoing commitment to safe, high-quality care,” said Scott Raynes, president and CEO of MHN. “His experience and strategic approach to improvement will serve our patients, providers and communities well and will help position Marshall Health Network among the nation’s top-performing systems in quality and outcomes.”

Kilgore is a Wayne County, West Virginia, native who earned his medical degree from the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, where he also completed his internal medicine-pediatrics residency. He completed a fellowship in pediatric infectious diseases and a chief residency in quality improvement & patient safety at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. He also completed a Master of Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill before returning to join Marshall’s clinical faculty in 2021. While at Marshall, Kilgore co-founded the West Virginia Antimicrobial Awareness initiative and continues to serve as medical director of Hoops Family Children’s Hospital.  

“I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to continue furthering MHN’s mission of advancing health, inspiring hope, and serving our community and beyond as CQO,” Kilgore said. “Together, we rise for those we serve.”