Mr. Fielder has served as president and CEO of Willis Knighton Health since October 2021, capping a career of more than 35 years with the organization that included 24 years in human resources leadership and roles as COO, senior vice president, administrator and information security and privacy officer. He oversees a system of four acute care hospitals, a rehabilitation institute, a 600-member physician network and the Oaks of Louisiana retirement community. Under his leadership, the health system renovated its flagship Willis Knighton North hospital, broke ground on a 90,000-square-foot medical office building, and expanded its graduate medical education program to support residencies in surgery, internal medicine, psychiatry and oral and maxillofacial surgery. Mr. Fielder has championed technology investments including an expansion of the health system’s proton therapy program, which was the first in the Southeast, the introduction of nuclear oncology and theranostics, and robotic surgical technology now used in 60% of Willis Knighton’s operating rooms. He has also led community initiatives such as the Willis-Knighton Health Occupations Partnership and co-funding of a Ronald McDonald House. His personal accolades include the “United Way Clyde E. Fant Memorial Award” by the United Way of Northwest Louisiana, while the health system earned multiple U.S. News & World Report “high-performing” designations. Mr. Fielder is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives, chairman of the Louisiana Hospital Association’s hospital association political action committee, and has served as president of the Willis Knighton Federal Credit Union for 26 years.
