Joanne Lapetina, MD
Chief Medical Officer
Dr. Joanne Lapetina serves as Chief Medical Officer of Eagle Telemedicine, where she leads the organization’s clinical strategy, quality governance, and physician operations across Eagle’s national network. A longtime Eagle physician leader, she is passionate about building sustainable specialty care programs that strengthen hospitals, support clinical teams, and expand access to high-quality care for patients in both urban and rural communities.
Board certified in both Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Dr. Lapetina brings more than three decades of clinical and operational leadership experience spanning hospital medicine, emergency care, trauma education, and rural healthcare delivery. In her previous role at Eagle, as the Medical Director, Hospital Medicine – Quality, she has helped large health systems and critical access hospitals navigate workforce challenges while maintaining continuity and accountability in care delivery.
Dr. Lapetina earned her BS and MS in Biology from the University of Richmond before attending Eastern Virginia Medical School, where she was inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha. She completed her combined Internal Medicine and Pediatrics residency at Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, where she continues to teach Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) for the Trauma and Critical Care Division. She is also a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (FAAP) and the American College of Emergency Physicians (FACEP).
Beyond her work in hospital medicine, Dr. Lapetina has spent more than 17 years serving with the Tuckahoe Volunteer Rescue Squad and currently serves as medical director for multiple EMS and fire agencies across Virginia. Her leadership philosophy is rooted in service, collaboration, and accountability, ensuring virtual specialty care is not simply transactional coverage, but a long-term clinical partnership that improves outcomes for hospitals, providers, and patients alike.