Dr. Mohan Suntha is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS), a nationally recognized academic health system that employees 28,000 people across the state of Maryland at more than 150 locations, including a network of academic, community and specialty hospitals. 

In 1991, he joined the University of Maryland SOM, training as a resident in the Department of Radiation Oncology and eventually joining the faculty in 1995.  He became a tenured professor and the inaugural Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum endowed Professor of Radiation Oncology in 2008 and continues to maintain his faculty and clinical appointments.  Throughout his career, Dr. Suntha has also served in numerous roles with UMMS, including the Vice President for System Program Development from 2009-2012, the President and CEO of St. Joseph Medical Center from 2012-2016, and the President and CEO of the University of Maryland Medical Center, 2016-2020.

Dr. Suntha is a member of the American College of Radiation Oncology and the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology. He received his MD from Jefferson Medical College, his MBA from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and his BA from Brown University.