Paul Krakovitz, MD, FACS
Chief Executive Officer

Paul Krakovitz, MD, FACS, is the Chief Executive Officer for Cone Health. He is responsible for providing executive leadership to the system and bringing the mission and values of Cone Health to life by providing exceptional, convenient and affordable care when and where it’s needed. Dr. Krakovitz has more than two decades of experience leading nationally recognized health systems. He served as the Desert Region President, Senior Vice President for Intermountain Health, a fully functioning value-based care organization. As the first president of the region, Dr. Krakovitz transformed it from a $1.2 billion medical group with 60 care sites in Nevada to a $2.6 billion integrated region spanning three states (Arizona, Nevada and Utah). The expanded region included three hospitals, 130 care sites, 1,000 employed physicians and advanced practice providers, 8,500 caregivers, ambulatory surgical centers and five urgent cares, as well as hospice care and home care services.

Prior to the President role, Dr. Krakovitz was the Chief Medical Officer and Vice President of Specialty-Based Care at Intermountain. There, he provided leadership and operational guidance for more than 5,000 hospital-privileged physicians and advanced practice providers, as well as a medical group with more than 2,500 employed physicians. He also spent more than a decade at the Cleveland Clinic, working as Vice Chairman of Surgical Operations, Hospital Operations and Chief of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery.

Before joining Cone Health in March 2026, Dr. Krakovitz served as an Executive-in-Residence at Cressey & Company, an investment firm with a mission to innovate and improve America’s health care system. He was an integral part of the team in helping with strategy and improving clinical excellence.

Dr. Krakovitz is a pediatric otolaryngology physician, focusing on ear, nose and throat disorders in children. He has been recognized by numerous publications as one of the top physicians nationally. Dr. Krakovitz earned both his medical degree and his bachelor’s degree in biology (with distinction) from Indiana University.