Mr. O’Hern oversees a $1 billion portfolio as regional president of WVU Medicine East and CEO of Berkeley Medical Center, leading a rapidly expanding network of more than 500 providers serving West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle within the 25-hospital, Morgantown-based WVU Medicine Health System. Since stepping into the role just over a year ago, Mr. O’Hern has driven a values-centered turnaround, reducing rolling 12-month turnover to 18% through January 2026, the lowest level since 2017, while filling 875 positions and reducing new patient wait times at family medicine clinics from more than 100 days to fewer than 30. He is advancing a $200.9 million patient tower at Berkeley Medical Center, driving an ambulatory campus expansion at Jefferson Medical Center and preparing to launch an open-heart surgery program in collaboration with the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute by the end of 2026. Berkeley Medical Center received Healthgrades recognition in 2025 as one of “America’s 100 Best Hospitals” for gastrointestinal care and gastrointestinal surgery, along with 5-star ratings in more than 10 clinical categories. Mr. O’Hern is known for his hands-on leadership style, which includes monthly “Day in the Life” sessions working alongside frontline teams across departments. He previously served as market president at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, overseeing two hospitals and more than 100 primary and specialty care practice sites.
