MUSC Health Executive Leadership

Crystal Broj is the Enterprise Chief Digital Transformation Officer at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), where she leads the organizations Digital Transformation Strategy across healthcare, research, and university operations. Since 2022, she has driven the adoption of innovative solutions that enhance access, efficiency, and patient experience.

A recognized leader in healthcare innovation, Crystal was named to the Global Chief Digital Officer 100 in both 2024 and 2025. She is a frequent speaker at national leadership events, sharing insights on AI, digital transformation, and patient-centered care.

Her previous roles include AVP of Digital Strategy & Transformation at NorthShore University Health System and Chief Technology & Innovation Officer at the American Association of Diabetes Educators, where she advanced digital front-door strategies and health education tools.

Originally from Chicago, Crystal now calls Charleston home - bringing her Midwest work ethic to the Lowcountry's vibrant healthcare community.

Michael A. de Arellano, Ph.D., serves as chief organizational excellence officer for the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and MUSC Health and leads the Division of Organizational Engagement and Excellence. Under his leadership, the Division of Organizational Engagement and Excellence spearheads strategic initiatives designed to ensure every member of MUSC feels welcomed, included, and engaged—fostering a genuine sense of belonging across the MUSC community. He and his team partner with leaders across the academic health system to increase health care access and quality and to improve health outcomes for all South Carolinians.

De Arellano came to MUSC in 1995, and he joined the faculty in 1998 as a clinical psychologist at the National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center (NCVC) in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. His health disparities work at the NCVC has focused on increasing access to evidence-based mental health services for trauma-exposed youth and families from traditionally underserved backgrounds through a variety of in-person (e.g., home-based, school-based) and virtual (e.g., telehealth) programs. In addition, he currently provides training and technical assistance to communities affected by mass violence, in his role in the National Mass Violence Center. He earned his bachelor's degree in psychology at the University of Miami, and he earned his master's and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He interned and completed his postdoctoral fellowship in traumatic stress at the NCVC at MUSC.

As the General Counsel for the Medical University of South Carolina, Ms. Drachman serves as the chief legal officer for MUSC and is responsible for the legal affairs of the academic, research and clinical components of the University and Hospital Authority. Prior to her appointment as General Counsel in 2012, Ms. Drachman served as the Director of Legal Affairs and Associate General Counsel for Healthcare with the Medical University Hospital Authority. She has been an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Healthcare Leadership and Management of the College of Health Professions at MUSC since 1999.Ms. Drachman legal practice focuses primarily on governance, higher education and health law issues.

Ms. Drachman has a Bachelor's degree in history and economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a law degree from the University of South Carolina, and a Master's degree in health administration from the Medical University of South Carolina.

Jesse Goodwin has spent more than a decade engaged in innovation across a broad range of medical therapies, with applications in academia and industry. She has a demonstrated track record for driving improved outcome metrics. Under her leadership, the Office of Innovation serves as a catalyst for innovations that ultimately create value for the MUSC enterprise, patients, and students.

The office is charged with providing leadership and coordination of a robust innovation ecosystem supporting both intrapreneurship and entrepreneurship across the tripartite mission. Ultimately, the office aims to build a nationally recognized culture and capacity for innovation and facilitate the development of processes, technologies and strategies that produce real-world beneficial impact for those that MUSC serves.

Prior to accepting the role of chief innovation officer at MUSC, Goodwin was vice president of development for the Zucker Institute for Applied Neurosciences. Goodwin also served as the deputy director for the MUSC Foundation for Research Development, the university's technology transfer office.

Prior to joining MUSC, Goodwin was the director of the medical device practice of a Boston-based intellectual property consulting firm. Goodwin received her Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from Stony Brook University and completed a post-doctoral fellowship in the Harvard-MIT HST program.

Megan Hays, Ph.D., ABPP, serves as Interim Enterprise Chief Well-being Officer for the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), where she leads Enterprise-wide strategies to promote mental health and well-being for more than 34,000 employees and learners. She oversees MUSC’s Center for Workplace Well-being, which delivers a comprehensive portfolio of programs including Stress First Aid training, Peer Support, Well-being Clinician services, and organizational consultation to advance psychological safety, belonging, and engagement.

Dr. Hays is a licensed clinical psychologist and board-certified rehabilitation psychologist through the American Board of Professional Psychology. She earned her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of South Florida and completed fellowship training in Rehabilitation Psychology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Heersink School of Medicine. Before joining MUSC, she spent over a decade at UAB Medicine, where she served as an associate professor and Director of Wellness Education, developing systemwide initiatives to support workforce well-being and collaborating with executive leadership on strategic culture change.

She is a Fellow of the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation and has served on the boards of the American Board of Rehabilitation Psychology and AACVPR. A frequent speaker and educator, Dr. Hays teaches nationally on topics such as psychological safety, burnout prevention, and workplace culture, with a focus on evidence-based strategies to create environments where employees and learners can thrive.

Dr. Hong is the Chief Physician Executive for MUSC Physicians and MUSC Health. In this position, he oversees the practice plan and serves as a senior leader in the health system. Hong is a leading authority on concussions, cardiac issues in athletes, overuse injuries and sports-injury prevention and has worked for decades as a team physician. He comes to MUSC from Drexel University in Philadelphia, where he was an endowed chair and professor in the Department of Family, Community and Preventive Medicine. He also served as chief of the division of primary care sports medicine, chair of the Drexel University Physician Board and associate dean for primary care and community health.

Dr. Saju Joy is the Chief Executive Officer of MUSC Health Charleston Division and a maternal-fetal medicine specialist holding the academic role of clinical professor at the Medical University of South Carolina. Dr Joy completed medical school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, residency at the University of Florida Health Sciences Center Jacksonville and fellowship training at the Ohio State University. He has held faculty appointments at Wake Forest University and Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine. Dr. Joy's clinical and research interests include in-utero fetal therapy and the impact of obesity on pregnancy.

System Executive Director of Strategic Partnerships

“Technology should not only support the business of health care – it should elevate the care experience for both patients and providers."

Amar Nagaram was named Enterprise Chief Information Officer (CIO) for MUSC and MUSC Health in July 2025, tasked with leading IS strategy for both. Nagaram brings more than a decade of health care IT leadership experience, with a proven track record in digital transformation, enterprise systems strategy and clinical technology enablement.

Nagaram most recently served as associate chief information officer at Indiana University Health, where he played a critical role in launching a multi-billion-dollar Epic Systems implementation. He led the project’s initiation phase, driving alignment across clinical, operational and executive stakeholders; securing vendor partnerships; and facilitating board-level approval. His leadership extended across enterprise applications, digital platforms, infrastructure modernization and IT governance.

Read: Amar Nagaram named enterprise chief information officer at Medical University of South Carolina

MUSC System Chief People Officer Tom Nesteruk brings more than 25 years of experience in HR leadership, specializing in workforce transformation and strategic talent alignment with organizational vision. Most recently, he served as senior vice president of human resources at AdventHealth, where he oversaw enterprise functions including talent strategy, HR systems, employee relations, shared services and workforce optimization. His leadership has consistently delivered innovative, scalable solutions that strengthen organizational culture and performance.

Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer (CAIO), MUSC Enterprise
Director, Center for Artificial Intelligence
Associate Dean for Artificial Intelligence, College of Medicine
Director, Computational Health Sciences & AI
SmartState Endowed Chair in Translational Biomedical Informatics

Marylyn D. Ritchie, Ph.D., FACMI, is the chief artificial intelligence officer (CAIO) for the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) enterprise, director of a new center for artificial intelligence (AI), as well as associate dean for Artificial Intelligence and director of the Division of Computational Health Sciences & Al in the College of Medicine at MUSC. Dr. Ritchie is also the SmartState Endowed Chair in Translational Biomedical Informatics. Dr. Ritchie is an expert in translational bioinformatics, with a focus on developing, applying, and disseminating algorithms, methods, and tools integrating electronic health records (EHR) with genomics. Dr. Ritchie has over 20 years of experience in translational bioinformatics and has authored over 500 publications. Dr. Ritchie was appointed as a Fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics (FACMI) in 2020. Dr. Ritchie was elected as a member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) in 2021.

Danielle Scheurer, MD, MSCR is an adult Hospitalist physician, Professor of Medicine, and System Chief Quality Officer at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Health System. She completed undergraduate studies at Emory University, medical school at The University of Tennessee, and Medicine-Pediatrics residency training at Duke University. She then joined MUSC as a Hospitalist, and completed her Masters in Clinical Research. She then practiced as a Hospitalist and Medical Director of the Inpatient Medicine Services at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston for 5 years, before returning back to MUSC in 2010. She is also a certified trainer in Just Culture and TeamStepps, is a Lean-Six Sigma Black Belt, a Baldrige National Examiner, and a certified mediator.

As System Chief Quality Officer, she oversees all Quality-Safety, Regulatory, Population Health, and Value-Based Payment models for the system. She is passionate about instilling High Reliability principles throughout the healthcare system, to improve safety and quality across all sites for all patients, while simultaneously enabling team engagement for performance excellence.

Kevin Spera is the inaugural Chief Experience Officer for MUSC Health. Kevin leads the organization in its efforts to deliver exceptional experiences across all touchpoints.

Kevin is an accomplished speaker, educator, and leader with over twenty years of experience across several areas of healthcare and professional sports. Over his career, Kevin has had the privilege of working for numerous organizations that are best in class in their respective industries.

Kevin has developed a track record of leveraging data to innovate, build and operationalize strategies that consistently outperform expectations. Through authentic collaboration, Kevin has consistently elevated others resulting in national recognition from organizations such as HealthGrades, HealthStream, Press Ganey, and Leapfrog to name a few.

Kevin holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Sports Medicine and Master of Science degree in Sports Administration from the University of Southern Mississippi. In addition to national certifications, he also holds a Master of Science degree in Clinical Exercise Physiology from Texas Tech University.