Leaders Who Shaped University Hospitals

Current Board Chair

2023–Present: John Morikis

Former Board Chairpersons

  • 2019–2023: Arthur F. Anton
  • 2015–2019: Sandra Pianalto
  • 2011–2015: Alfred M. Rankin, Jr.
  • 2007–2011: Monte Ahuja
  • 2003–2007: Christopher M. Connor
  • 1999–2003: Henry L. Meyer, III
  • 1994–1999: Richard W. Pogue
  • 1987–1994: A. William Reynolds
  • 1979–1987: Harry J. Bolwell
  • 1975–1978: Richard H. Stewart
  • 1970–1974: Ellery Sedgewick, Jr.
  • 1969: John David Wright
  • 1965–1968: John K. Thompson
  • 1938–1965: Henry S. Curtiss
  • 1932–1937: Arthur D. Baldwin
  • 1926–1931: Samuel Mather

Current Chief Executive Officer

2021–Present: Cliff Megerian, MD, President and CEO, University Hospitals Health System

Former Chief Executive Officers

  • 2003–2021: Thomas F. Zenty, President and CEO, University Hospitals Health System
  • 2002–2003: Fred C. Rothstein, MD, Acting President and CEO, University Hospitals Health System
  • 2002–2003: John J. Ferry, MD, Acting President and CEO, University Hospitals of Cleveland
  • 1992–2002: Farah M. Walters, President and CEO, University Hospitals of Cleveland and University Hospitals Health System
  • 1986–1992: James A. Block, MD, President and CEO, University Hospitals of Cleveland and University Hospitals Health System
  • 1982–1986: Scott R. Inkley, MD, President and CEO, University Hospitals of Cleveland
  • 1976–1982: Charles B. Womer, President and CEO, University Hospitals of Cleveland
  • 1976: David W. Clark, Acting Executive Director, University Hospitals of Cleveland
  • 1952–1975: Stanley A. Ferguson, Director of Administration and Executive Director, University Hospitals of Cleveland
  • 1947–1952: William B. Seymour, Jr., MD, Director of Administration and Direction of University Hospitals
  • 1933–1947: Robert H. Bishop, Jr., MD, Director of Administration, University Hospitals of Cleveland
  • 1931–1933: Robert H. Bishop, Jr., MD, Acting Director of Administration, University Hospitals of Cleveland
  • 1930–1931: Frank E. Chapman, Director of Administration, University Hospitals of Cleveland
  • 1925–1930: Karl H. Van Norman, MD, Director of Administration, University Hospitals of Cleveland
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