Dr. Davis leads Cincinnati Children’s, a nonprofit comprehensive pediatric health system ranked No. 1 in U.S. News & World Report‘s 2024-25 list of best children’s hospitals in the nation. He previously served six years as the health system’s COO before ascending to the top role, and was the driving force behind Cincinnati Children’s largest expansion ever, a $600 million critical care building that opened in 2021 for patients with cancer, heart ailments and other complex conditions, featuring a state-of-the-art emergency department. Under his leadership, Cincinnati Children’s launched HealthVine, a network of pediatric care providers and organizations that coordinates care and support services for approximately 120,000 children and their families across Southwest Ohio, and has expanded its geographic reach with specialty clinics at a primary care location in Batesville, Ind. and a specialty care medical building in Centerville, Ohio. Before joining Cincinnati Children’s, Dr. Davis served the Cleveland Clinic system from 1996 to 2015 in a variety of key positions, including COO of Hillcrest Hospital in Mayfield Heights, Ohio. Beyond Cincinnati Children’s, he serves as vice chair of Children’s Hospitals’ Solutions for Patient Safety, which is an international network of more than 140 pediatric hospitals dedicated to eliminating serious harm across all children’s hospitals.
