Mr. Shannon has served as CEO of UVA Community Health since 2021, first stepping in as interim leader to guide its integration into Charlottesville-based UVA Health before being named to the permanent role in 2022. In this role, he oversees three community hospitals totaling 260 inpatient beds, as well as more than 40 medical groups and outpatient clinics, with a network of more than 1,200 providers serving more than 164,000 patients annually. Under his leadership, the organization completed a systemwide migration to a unified Epic EHR, aligned revenue cycle operations, transitioned hundreds of contracts and rebuilt its local employed medical group, which has nearly doubled in size since he took the role. Mr. Shannon has expanded service lines into urology, gynecologic oncology, breast surgery, plastic surgery, colorectal surgery, adult primary care, sports medicine, and bariatric and weight loss services, while directing capital investments in new surgical robots, linear accelerators and renovated catheterization labs. He also oversaw the acquisition and integration of a 90-person private practice, along with several smaller practices, and served as interim CFO of UVA Health from 2024 to 2025. Mr. Shannon serves on the board of the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association and chairs its workforce steering committee, and he has been recognized on the Virginia Business Magazine “Power 500” list. Before joining UVA Health, he spent more than 30 years in healthcare consulting.
