Mr. Oetzel serves as CFO of Temple University Health System, acting as a key strategic partner to the president and CEO and leading enterprisewide financial operations like capital strategy, revenue optimization, cost transformation and long-term financial sustainability. His leadership supports the continued expansion of Temple Health’s clinical programs and facilities, including the integration and performance of key entities such as Fox Chase Cancer Center. From 2011 to 2019, as CFO of Temple University Hospital, he played a central role in a financial turnaround that restored profitability and moved the hospital into the top quartile for cost performance among academic medical centers. During his 14 years as CFO of Jeanes Hospital in Philadelphia, now TUH-Jeanes Campus, he guided its integration into Temple Health. Before returning to Temple Health in 2023, Mr. Oetzel served as CFO of La Crosse, Wis.-based Gundersen Health System and became the inaugural CFO of Green Bay, Wis.-based Emplify Health following the merger of Gundersen and Bellin Health. There, he helped build the financial and operational framework for a new multistate system. At Temple Health, he emphasizes “smart growth,” supporting the lung transplant program, now a national leader in volume and outcomes, and advancing the Temple Women and Families Hospital to address gaps in maternity care access in Philadelphia. He serves as a board member of the Temple Center for Population Health and Quartz Health Plan and as a finance committee member of Health Partners Plans.
