Lily Jung Henson, MD, MMM, FAAn

Lily Jung Henson, MD, MMM, FAAN, is the chief executive officer of the Piedmont Augusta Hub in Augusta, GA. Prior to that, she served three years as the CEO of Piedmont Henry Hospital in Stockbridge, GA. She formerly served as the chief medical officer at Piedmont Henry as well as the former chief of neurology of the Piedmont Healthcare System in Atlanta, GA. Prior to her move to Atlanta in 2015, Henson served as the vice president of medical affairs of Swedish Ballard Hospital in Seattle, WA, after her tenure as the inaugural chief of staff of Swedish Issaquah Hospital.

Henson has been a neurologist with 30 years of practice with a focus on multiple sclerosis and a principal investigator in many clinical trials involving MS disease-modifying therapies. She was an associate professor of neurology at the University of Washington Medical School.

Henson attended the Honors Program in Medical Education at Northwestern University in Chicago, where she obtained her BS and MD degrees. She completed her neurology training at the University of Washington in Seattle. She went on to get a certificate of medical management and a Master of Medical Management through Tulane University’s School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. She is a 2016 ACHE Thomas Dolan Executive Diversity Scholar. She is a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and a past regent-at-large of District 2.

Henson is the former chair of the board of directors of the Hands of Hope Clinic in Stockbridge, GA. She served on the national board of directors of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, the board of managers of Fast Forward, and was a board trustee of the Georgia Chapter and the Greater Northwest Chapter of the NMSS. She also served as the chair of BrainPAC of the American Academy of Neurology, the advocacy editor of the AAN’s website, and as vice chair of the AAN Government Relations Committee.