Epic President Sumit Rana told company staff on Friday that he plans to leave Epic for personal reasons.
Rana’s tenure at Epic spans nearly 28 years as a software developer. In an email to Epic employees, he said his last day at Epic will be Aug. 14.
Lana’s father passed away last November and she decided she needed to spend more time with her family. “My mother lives in India, and this change will allow me to be there for her and help her through this tender phase. It will also allow me to devote more time and energy to my wife and children,” he said in an email.
Epic did not name an executive to replace Mr. Lana, but a spokesperson said in an email that “a small group of strong leaders” will step up to take on additional responsibilities after Mr. Lana steps down.
“For nearly 50 years, our culture has been and continues to be one of growing new leaders who can make significant contributions to our future,” an Epic spokesperson said in a statement.
Lana was widely seen as the successor to company founder Judy Faulkner, 82, but has no plans to retire in the near term.
According to his LinkedIn page, Rana started his career at Epic as a software engineer in late 1998, shortly after graduating from Delhi Technological University.
He was one of the original developers of MyChart, Epic’s patient portal used by 195 million patients worldwide. Rana has held various leadership roles at Epic, including overseeing research and development initiatives. He was promoted to president two years ago.
In an interview with Healthcare IT Today on Friday, Rana said he was proud of Epic’s AI efforts, which he said “gives back valuable time to clinicians so they can focus on the person in front of them.”
“We are saving lives by flagging incidental radiology findings. We are eliminating non-value-added tasks and automating critical tasks, reducing the administrative burden for both providers and payers,” he told the publication.
Epic continues to advance its EHR with AI capabilities. Rana told Healthcare IT Today that Epic has built 110 AI capabilities and “90 more are in development,” the magazine reported. At HIMSS 2026, the company announced plans to release a fully integrated platform called Agent Factory for creating and monitoring AI agents that reason and act across workflows.
Rana also noted Epic’s commitment to interoperability and leadership in the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Advisory (TEFCA), a government-backed health data sharing initiative.
“It has been an honor to work with so many talented, hard-working people with deep beliefs,” Lana said in an email to Epic staff. “You are what makes Epic what it is.”
“I’m so proud of everything we’ve accomplished together. Congratulations. And even with all this success, I believe Epic’s best days are yet to come. So keep doing what we’ve always done best: doing good, having fun, and making money. I’m rooting for you,” he wrote.
