I’m a transformative leader and advocate for revolutionizing healthcare and higher education systems. After spending nine years in Philadelphia re-imagining the future of Jefferson, I’m now pursuing my vision of creatively reconstructing healthcare to address health inequities.

As president of Thomas Jefferson University and CEO of Jefferson Health from 2013 to 2021, I led one of the nation’s fastest-growing academic health institutions, built on my vision of re-imagining both healthcare and higher education. 

Under my leadership, Jefferson expanded from three hospitals to 18 and grew from a health sciences university to a professional university with multiple campuses. Its revenue increased from $1.8 billion to $9 billion. A significant milestone was the 2017 merger of Thomas Jefferson University with Philadelphia University, creating a preeminent national doctoral university. This included top-20 programs in fashion and design and occupational therapy, the first design-thinking curriculum in a medical school, and the nation’s leading research on empathy in healthcare.

My success has earned me recognition, including being named Modern Healthcare’s #2 in 2018’s “100 Most Influential Individuals,” #21 in Fast Company’s “100 Most Creative People in Business 2018,” “Philadelphia Entrepreneur of the Year 2018,” Ernst & Young’s “Greater Philadelphia Entrepreneur of the Year 2018,” and Becker’s Hospital Review’s “100 Great Leaders in Healthcare.”

I’m also an internationally recognized advocate for transformation in healthcare and higher education. I co-authored UnHealthcare: A Manifesto for Health Assurance with Silicon Valley investor Hemant Taneja in 2020. In 2019, I spoke at the World Economic Forum in Davos about the future of hospitals, and in 2020, I was named a Distinguished Fellow of the World Economic Forum and co-chair of its Board of Stewards for the Forum's platform on the digital economy.

Before becoming President and CEO at Jefferson, I served as dean of two medical colleges and led three academic health centers.

I’m married to Colleen Wyse, a fashion leader and founder of The Philadelphia Trunk Show, and we have three children: Lynne, David, and Jill.