Mr. Varghese leads people, culture and infrastructure strategy at MD Anderson and serves as a key member of the executive leadership team, advancing enterprise initiatives that strengthen engagement, leadership development and organizational culture across a workforce of 27,000 employees. Under his tenure, employee engagement has become a defining institutional strength, reflected in the 2025 engagement survey’s 91% response rate and 90% favorability rating. Mr. Varghese has championed leadership development at scale and played an integral role in expanding MD Anderson’s leadership institute course offerings for employees at all levels. Provider participation in leadership institute programming has been associated with a 2% increase in Press Ganey patient experience ratings among providers, a meaningful gain given the institution’s already high baseline performance. The leadership institute’s self-paced course also achieved a 100% annual retention rate among participating employees, reinforcing lifelong learning and a growth mindset as core cultural expectations.
