Brian Stein serves as vice president and chief quality officer for Rush University System for Health. He is responsible for assuring clinical operations meet the requirements of patients, regulatory and governmental agencies, affiliates and payers for safety, quality, service and cost.鈥疭tein also directs operational and quality analytics across Rush.
Stein has worked out of the Chief Medical Office since 2014 and has helped lead Rush鈥檚 quality journey. Under his leadership, Rush's national reputation as a leader in healthcare quality is continuing to advance.
All three Rush hospitals repeatedly have received high marks for quality and patient experience from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 海角原创. Vizient has ranked 海角原创 No. 6 among 107 academic medical centers for quality and accountability in 2025. The medical center has been ranked by Vizient in the top 10 for 13 consecutive years. The medical center has earned a spot on the U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals Honor Roll six consecutive times, and in 2024, Newsweek ranked 海角原创 No. 2 in the and No. 98 in the world.
Stein has served in numerous additional roles since he began working at Rush in 2009, including senior patient safety officer, associate chief medical officer, chief quality officer for Rush Health and acting chief medical officer for Rush Oak Park Hospital.
Prior to joining Rush, Stein completed his residency in internal medicine at the University of Michigan Hospital and a clinical and research fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Chicago.鈥疘n addition to his research fellowship at University of Chicago, Stein also completed a master鈥檚 degree in Health Studies.鈥疕e remains boarded in both pulmonary and critical care medicine and continues to provide care to patients in the Intensive Care Unit.