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Leslie C. Davis

President and CEO

UPMC

Pittsburgh, PA

Ms. Davis leads UPMC, a $28 billion global health system with over 40 hospitals and 800 sites of care in Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland, Italy, Ireland and Croatia. The system’s 100,000 employees include 5,000 employed physicians and 24,000 nurses. With over three decades in healthcare leadership, Ms. Davis oversees a broad portfolio uniting clinical operations, innovation and insurance under one system, driving excellence in patient care, research and growth. UPMC’s highly ranked health plan, serving over 4 million members, creates innovative solutions for high-quality, low-cost healthcare coverage to improve the lives of its members across diverse patient populations. Under Ms. Davis’ leadership, UPMC continues setting the standard for how technology transforms care with a vast and resilient digital ecosystem of nearly 500,000 connected devices, over 3,600 applications and 70 pedabytes of data, including more than 2.7 billion patient records. She is driving strategic growth through new outpatient centers, virtual care expansion and UPMC’s advancement of AI, including early adoption of ambient AI and the systemwide transition to a unified Epic EHR to unlock AI-driven clinical and operational transformation.

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