Academic Medical Center COOs to Know | 2025

Angelique L. Richard, PhD, RN

COO

City of Hope

Duarte, CA

Angelleen Peters-Lewis, PhD, RN

President

Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital and Vice President and COO of Barnes-Jewish Hospital

St. Louis, MO

Anne Horbatuck, RN

COO and Vice President

Ambulatory Services at UConn Health

Farmington

Anthony Costello

Executive Vice President and COO

Westchester Medical Center Health Network

Valhalla, NY

April Taylor

Vice President and COO

The Johns Hopkins Hospital

Baltimore, MD

Bernard Flores

Vice President

Operations at University Medical Center

New Orleans, LA

Brendan Kremer

COO

UC San Diego Health

Brian Donley, MD

COO and Executive Vice President

NewYork-Presbyterian

New York City, NY

Brinder Singh

COO

MedStar Georgetown University Hospital

Washington, DC

Bryan Croft

Executive Vice President and COO

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Los Angeles, CA

Carol Gomes

CEO and COO

Stony Brook University Hospital

Stony Brook, NY

Craig A. Johnson

Executive Vice President and COO

Northwestern Medicine

Chicago, IL

David Zambrana, PhD, DNP, RN

President and COO

Jackson Health System

Miami, FL

Deborah Addo

President and COO

Penn State Health

Hershey, PA

Denise Brooks-Williams

Executive Vice President and COO

Henry Ford Health

Detroit, IL

Emily Chase, PhD, RN

Executive Vice President and COO

the University of Chicago Medical Center

Erin Asprec

Executive Vice President and COO

Memorial Hermann Health System

Houston, TX

Evaline Alessandrini, MD

COO

Cincinnati Children’s

Fritz François, MD

Executive Vice President, Vice Dean and Chief

Hospital Operations at NYU Langone Health

New York City, NY

Gina Hawley, DrPH

COO

University of Utah Health

Salt Lake City, UT

James Shamiyeh, MD

Executive Vice President and COO

University of Tennessee Medical Center

Knoxville, TN

Jody Reyes, BSN

COO

the Clinical Enterprise at University of Iowa Health Care

Iowa Cita, IA

Joe Camillus

COO

Boston Medical Center

Joel Fagerstrom

COO and Executive Vice President

St. Luke’s University Health Network

Allentown, PA

John Ernst

Senior Vice President and COO

Froedtert Hospital

Milwaukee, WI

John Matsinger, DO

Executive Vice President and COO

Virtua Health

Marlton, NJ

John W. Doll

COO

RWJBarnabas Health

West Orange, NJ

Jonathan Curtright

COO

OU Health

OKhoma City, OK

Kelly Elkins

COO

MaineHealth

Portland

Kevin Giordano

President

Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital, COO of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Brigham and Women’s Physicians Organization, Senior Vice President of Operations for Mass General Brigham

Boston, MA

Kimberlee Daniels

COO

The George Washington University Hospital

Washington, DC

Kimberly Bleichner-Jones

Interim COO

UC Davis Health

Sacramento, CA

Kimberly Guy

COO

BayCare Health System

Clearwater, FL

Krista Curell

Executive Vice President and COO

UChicago Medicine

Kyle Skiermont, PharmD

COO

Nebraska Medicine

Omaha, NE

Lara Khouri

President and COO

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

Lee Ann Liska

President and COO

Vanderbilt University Hospital

Nashville, TN

Lou Baverso

COO

UAB Health System

Birmingham, AL

Lyndon Edwards

COO and Senior Vice President

Health Facilities at Loma Linda University Health

Linda, CA

Margaret Pastuszko

President and COO

Mount Sinai Health System

New York City, NY

Mark Nussbaum

COO

Allegheny General Hospital

Pittsburgh, PA

Mark Solazzo

COO

Northwell Health

New Hyde Park, NY

Mary Cassai, BSN, RN

Executive Vice President and COO

the Hospital for Special Surgery

New York City, NY

Marylin Galimi

COO

Upstate University Hospital

Syracuse, NY

Matt Walsh

Executive Vice President and COO

Rush University System for Health

Chicago, IL

Medical Center

Charlottesville, VA

Melissa Golombek

Executive Vice President and COO

Tampa General Hospital

Tampa, FL

Michael Chicarelli, DNP, RN

COO

University of New Mexico Hospital

Albuquerque, NM

Michael Elliott, PharmD

COO

VCU Health System

Richmond, VA

Michele Volpe

COO

Penn Medicine

Philadelphia, PA

Nathan Shinagawa

Senior Vice President and COO

UCI Health

Orange County, CA

Paul R. Hinchey, MD

COO

University Hospitals

Cleveland, OH

Peter D. Newcomer, MD

Senior Vice President and COO

UW Health

Madison, WI

Phil Okala

COO

Tufts Medicine

Burlington, MA

Raaj Kurapati

Executive Vice Chancellor and COO

the University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Memphis

Richard Azar

COO

UCLA Health

Los Angeles, CA

Rick Shumway

Executive Vice President and COO

Stanford Health Care

Stanford, CA

Ron V. Cummins, Jr

Senior Vice President and COO

University of Maryland Medical Center

Baltimore, MD

Rosanna Morris, BSN, RN

Executive Vice President and Chief Clinical Operations Officer

MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, TX

Rowell Daniels, PharmD

COO

UNC Hospitals

Chapel Hill, NC

Russell Smith, PharmD

COO

University of Toledo Medical Center

Toledo, OH

Scott Jones

COO

University of Illinois Hospitals & Clinics

Chicago, IL

Sean Flinn

COO

East Jefferson General Hospital

Metairie, LA

Sheila Antrum

Senior Vice President and COO

UCSF Health

San Francisco, CA

Steve Leffler, MD

President and COO

University of Vermont Medical Center

Burlington

Tammy Peterman, RN

Executive Vice President, COO and CNO

The University of Kansas Health System

Kansas City

Terry Hales, Jr

Executive Vice Chief Academic Officer

Administration and COO of the Health Sciences System at Advocate Health

Charlotte, NC

Thomas Crawford, PhD

System COO

the Medical University of South Carolina

Charleston, SC

Tony Marinello

COO

University Medical Center of Southern Nevada

Las Vegas, NV

William “Bill” M. Peacock, III

Executive Vice President and Chief

Operations at Cleveland Clinic