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Douglass Harrison

President and CEO, CEO of WVU Medicine’s Reynolds Memorial Hospital and Regional President of WVU Health System

WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital

Wheeling, WV and Glen Dale, WV

Mr. Harrison serves as president and CEO of WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital, a 255-bed acute care facility with a medical staff of more than 225 primary care and specialty physicians serving patients from a three-state area. Under his leadership, the hospital has expanded its service offerings, including breaking ground on an outpatient pediatrics center set to open in 2026 and a regional cancer complex planned to open in 2028. Beyond Wheeling Hospital, he serves as CEO of WVU Medicine’s Reynolds Memorial Hospital in Glen Dale, W.Va., and as the WVU Health System’s regional president overseeing six hospitals across West Virginia and Ohio. He is also the executive sponsor for WVU Medicine’s Southpointe Clinic Development in southwestern Pennsylvania. In the past three years, Wheeling Hospital has been recognized by U.S. News & World Report as “high performing” in acute kidney failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, maternity care and stroke, and most recently in short-term rehabilitation and long-term care. Before his current roles, Mr. Harrison served four years as executive vice president of healthcare integration and network development for WVU Medicine, and spent more than 11 years as an executive at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

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