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Honoree
Eugene A. Woods
Chief Executive Officer EAdvocate Health
Eugene A. Woods, MBA, MHA, FACHE, is Chief Executive Officer of Advocate Health, the third largest nonprofit integrated health system in the United States – created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under
the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois, Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama, and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise.
Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health has more than 162,000 team members serving nearly six million patients across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs, with
over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides nearly $6 billion in annual community benefits.
Woods was most recently president and CEO of Atrium Health, which he joined in 2016, and, during his tenure, Atrium Health was recognized as one of the Best Employers for Diversity, for New Grads, for Veterans and for Women by Forbes; number one on the list of Best Places to Work for Women & Diverse
Managers by DiversityMBA; and one of the 150 Top Places to Work in Healthcare by Becker’s Healthcare. In addition, the organization has been recognized by U.S. News & World Report, Leapfrog Group and the American Nurses Credentialing Center as among the very best in the nation; was honored by the American Hospital Association with the Equity of Care Award; and was one of the first-ever Quest for Quality honors for its Rehabilitation Hospital. Atrium Health was also recognized by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) as a CMS Health Equity Award recipient for its dedication to health equity
by reducing disparities and enabling communities to achieve the highest level of health.
One of today’s most prominent leaders in health care, Woods is the author of Health, Hope, and Healing for All: Toward More Equitable and Affordable Healthcare, which draws on his 30 years of healthcare leadership experience to share challenges the health care sector faces and offer actionable prescriptions to build a brighter future. In addition to his leadership experience, he has served as past chair of the American Hospital Association board of trustees in 2017 and served on the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, including chairing the board in 2022. Woods is currently a member of the Healthcare Institute, the Becker’s Healthcare’s Advisory Board, the board of Best Buy, the Johnson & Johnson Board,
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