Leadership
Brian L. Rutledge, PhD, MHSA
Assistant Vice Chancellor and Chief of Staff
Dr. Brian Rutledge assumed his new role as assistant vice chancellor in 2024. He became chief of staff in 2012, after serving a decade at the Medical Center in increasingly responsible roles. Rutledge is the chief liaison between the vice chancellor and the UMMC executive staff as well as with other internal and external constituents. In addition to his daily advisory and operational roles, he oversees the offices of Communications and Marketing, Development and Alumni Engagement, Government Affairs, Human Resources, Information Systems and Well-being, and he works closely in the oversight of Internal Audit, Compliance and the Ombudsperson.
Rutledge holds a PhD in clinical health sciences from UMMC and bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Mississippi College, the latter in health services administration. In 2013, he was honored as the MC Health Services Administration distinguished alumnus of the year.
Rutledge also served as the School of Medicine’s director of accreditation and assessment and was instrumental in preparing the school for its successful reaccreditation in 2012. He has also served as an administrator in the Division of General Internal Medicine and manager of emergency services in the Department of Emergency Medicine, a role that saw him work to implement Mississippi’s first emergency telemedicine system.
Rutledge served as the congressional health policy fellow for U.S. Senator Thad Cochran in 2013-14. He has held a faculty appointment in the UMMC Department of Health Sciences, currently holds a faculty appointment in the UMMC Doctor of Health Administration Program in the School of Health Related Professions, and has served as adjunct faculty at Hinds Community College.