Carilion Announces New Leadership Appointments
Michelle Franklin, R.N., has been promoted to Chief Nursing Officer.
Most recently, Michelle was the Vice President responsible for Women’s, Children’s, Nursing Support and Interpreter Services. She began her career as a nursing assistant in 1990 at what later became Carilion Roanoke Community Hospital, and she has served in progressive clinical and operational leadership roles for over 30 years in both hospital and ambulatory areas. Michelle also previously served as co-interim Chief Nursing Officer overseeing the Nursing Center of Excellence and nursing at Carilion Medical Center and ambulatory practices.
Andrew Herman, M.D., Chair of the Department of Pediatrics.
Dr. Herman comes from Atrium Health in Charlotte, N.C. where he worked as vice president and chief medical officer for Levine Children’s Hospital and Jeff Gordon Children’s Center. He attended Indiana University, earned a medical degree from Saint Louis University, and completed his Pediatrics residency and Neonatology fellowship at the University of Virginia. Dr. Herman has also held academic appointments at Carolinas Medical Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine Charlotte Campus and Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
Tristi Metcalf, M.D., Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Dr. Metcalf comes from Cleveland Clinic where she worked as OB/GYN and Women’s Institute Chief since 2021. She previously served as OB/GYN Department Chair at Houston Methodist Hospital. She attended Lewis and Clark College, earned a medical degree from Mayo Clinic Medical School, completed residency at Texas A&M Health Sciences Center, Scott and White Hospital and fellowship at Cleveland Clinic Foundation. For more than a decade, Dr. Metcalf served in the U.S. Air Force, obtaining the rank of lieutenant colonel. She is board certified in female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery and a nationally recognized speaker on pelvic health and gynecology.