Chris DiMacale
Fractional CMO
Built for one type of growth problem
Spend is up. Patient volume is flat. Agencies are busy and nobody can say what’s working. That’s not a campaign problem. It’s a leadership gap.
A healthcare fractional CMO closes it. Strategy, budget, vendor accountability, and reporting tied to patients. Fractional, so you get the judgment without the salary.
Client outcomes
62%
increase in patient starting treatment at a leading proton therapy center.
31%
more inbound leads across 200+ physical therapy clinics in 25 states.
35%
less ad spend and a 16% higher conversion rate for an AMCs paid search program.
18%
lower cost per patient starts year-over-year at a specialty oncology practice.
Who this is for
Health systems and academic medical centers with a service line that needs volume.
Specialty practices in oncology, orthopedics, physical therapy, vein, dermatology, and aesthetics, where decisions take months and growth runs on referrals.
Physician-owned medical practices and multi-location groups adding sites faster than their marketing can qualify leads.
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Growth-stage and PE-backed healthcare platforms building commercial readiness, whether that's proving the model or preparing for exit.
Clients
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You don't need more marketing. You need senior judgement.
An agency executes. A fractional CMO decides what gets executed, by whom, for how much, and whether it worked. I sit in the seat, run the function, and answer to ownership.
Retainer engagements run a 90-day minimum. Most practices start with a fixed-fee Growth Diagnostic: ten business days, one document, every dollar mapped to a funnel stage.
Operator, not advisor
Two decades inside real marketing organizations with P&L accountability. At Emory Proton Therapy Center, led marketing and crisis comms through a $550M bond restructuring and $110M sale. Built Medable's global content function from scratch, increasing brand visibility 18%. Rebuilt PT Solutions' demand gen engine, raising MQLs (marketing qualified leads) 26%. Led digital strategy and content at Emory Healthcare, covering 70+ subspecialties on a skeleton budget.