As CEO of Yale New Haven Health, Mr. O’Connor is responsible for the oversight of more than 7,900 medical staff, 30,000 employees and 2,600 hospital beds. In partnership with the Yale School of Medicine, he leads the academic health system in the provision of comprehensive patient care in more than 100 medical specialties. Mr. O’Connor first joined the health system in 2012, serving as executive vice president and COO. He was appointed as president in 2020 and then as CEO in 2022. He led the affiliation of L+M Hospital and Westerly Hospital into the system, guided the expansion of the physician network via the integration of PriMed, and helped systematize functions ranging from pharmacy to employee health to achieve increased efficiency, among many other successful initiatives.
