CEO CFO speaker series – Q&A

Eric W. Dickson, MD. President and CEO of UMass Memorial Health Care (Worcester, Mass.). Dr. Dickson, an emergency medicine physician, took the reins at UMass Memorial Health Care, a system with 1,125 beds and 3,000 registered nurses, in 2013. Prior…

Ronald DePinho, MD. President of University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (Houston). Appointed in September 2011, Dr. DePinho is only the fourth president to lead MD Anderson in its 74-year history. A well-known cancer researcher whose work focuses on the…

Lloyd H. Dean. President and CEO of Dignity Health (San Francisco). Mr. Dean has more than 25 years of healthcare operations and leadership experience. He led a financial turnaround of Dignity Health, now one of the nation’s largest systems spread…

Kenneth L. Davis, MD. President and CEO of Mount Sinai Health System (New York). Dr. Davis’ history with Mount Sinai Health System started when he was just 7 years old, when he had emergency surgery at the hospital. In 1979,…

James Davis. President and CEO of University Health Care System (Augusta, Ga.). Mr. Davis has led the system since 2010. Under his leadership, University Health Care has acquired several physician practices and a regional hospital as part of its growth…

Delos “Toby” Cosgrove, MD. President and CEO of Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Cosgrove oversees an $8 billion healthcare system with 48,000 employees and locations in Ohio, Florida, Nevada, Canada and Abu Dhabi. Dr. Cosgrove joined Cleveland Clinic in 1975 after serving…

Steven J. Corwin, MD. President and CEO of NewYork-Presbyterian (New York). Dr. Corwin, a cardiologist and internist by training, joined NewYork-Presbyterian in 1991. Throughout his career at NYP, Dr. Corwin has served in various positions including senior vice president, CMO, executive…

Joanne Conroy, MD. Lahey Hospital & Medical Center (Burlington, Mass.). Dr. Conroy joined Lahey Hospital in June 2014, coming from the Association of American Medical Colleges in Washington, D.C. When she was with AAMC, Dr. Conroy was chief healthcare officer.…

Michael D. Connelly, JD. President and CEO of Mercy Health (Cincinnati). Mercy Health, a $6 billion nonprofit system previously known as Catholic Health Partners, has been led by Mr. Connelly since 1995. Under his leadership, Mercy Health’s community benefit commitments…

Christopher C. Colenda, MD. President and CEO of West Virginia United Health System Fairmont. Dr. Colenda joined WVU Health System as president and CEO in January 2014, but he was chancellor for health sciences at the university prior to his…