Mr. Shaw serves as president and CEO of UC Health, the region’s only adult academic health system, overseeing four inpatient campuses, more than 70 outpatient sites and 10,500 employees who deliver over two million patient visits annually. Since assuming the role in 2023, he has advanced UC Health’s mission with the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, establishing bold strategies to position the system as a regional and national leader in academic medicine. Under his leadership, the UC Cancer Center joined the National Cancer Institute’s experimental clinical trials network and opened the nation’s most comprehensive blood cancer healing center in 2024. Mr. Shaw also guided the launch of a state-of-the-art emergency preparedness and response center and expanded community partnerships, including the Freeman Center for Developmental Disabilities and the Hamilton County 513Relief Bus. He previously spent nearly 30 years at Omaha-based Nebraska Medicine, where he served as executive vice president and COO with oversight of three campuses, 60 ambulatory clinics and an 800-member medical group. Mr. Shaw also serves on the boards of the United Way of Greater Cincinnati, Uptown Consortium, the Lindner Center of Hope and The Health Collaborative.
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