Dr. Lofgren, inaugural president and CEO of OU Health beginning in 2022, leads Oklahoma’s flagship academic health system. Despite Oklahoma’s current rank as 47 of 50 states in health, he aims to ensure that no Oklahoman has to seek lifesaving specialty and subspecialty care outside of the state, including patients with complex, serious conditions. To this end, he has led the expansion of specialized services such as Nation Cancer Institute-designated cancer care. He helmed an organizational redesign that moved the health system from a holding company to an operating company, further expanding a culture of quality and safety. OU Health’s cultural transformation aligned all 10,000-plus team members and physicians around a common purpose and set of values, with nearly 100% of team members participating in transformation and realignment. In the difficult post-pandemic environment, Dr. Lofgren’s focus on financial stabilization led to improved credit outlooks from Moody’s and S&P.
