As president and CEO, Dr. Wright has transformed West Virginia University Health System, moving it from a holding company of five hospitals to a fully integrated network of 24 hospitals and clinics across a four-state region that includes West Virgnia, Western Maryland, Eastern Ohio, and Southwest Pennsylvania. He also significantly expanded the system’s specialty and sub-specialty care in areas such as cancer, heart and vascular, neuroscience and pediatrics. Under his leadership, the system also became West Virginia’s first and only multi-organ transplant center, and in late 2022, the system opened a 150-bed children’s hospital. Under his leadership, the system is currently West Virginia’s largest network of hospitals, clinics and specialty institutes with more than 3,000 licensed beds, 4,000 providers and 30,000 employees. An 881-bed academic medical center in Morgantown anchors the network. In 2023, the system launched Peak Health, its health insurance company, as the system transition to an integrated delivery and finance system.
