September 22, 2023- Texas Children’s is pleased to announce the appointment of Debra Feigin Sukin, Ph.D., as the new President of the organization. Sukin will join Texas Children’s on January 8, 2024, and report to Mark A. Wallace, who will continue to serve as Chief Executive Officer.
Sukin currently serves at Houston Methodist as an Executive Vice President with responsibility for four Houston Methodist hospitals and is the Chief Executive Officer of Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital, in addition to system responsibilities leading Neurosciences and the Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart Center. Before joining Houston Methodist, she was the Senior Vice President of St. Luke’s Health System in the Texas Medical Center. She received her Master of Healthcare Administration from Washington University in St. Louis and her Ph.D. in Health Policy and Health Management at The University of Texas Health Science Center.
As President, Sukin will lead the largest children’s hospital in the nation, with 5.2 million patient encounters annually, more than 120 locations throughout Houston, Austin and Central Texas, and 17,000 world-class employees, faculty, specialists and pediatricians serving children and women across the globe. Texas Children’s is consistently recognized as a leader in pediatric care, ranking third in U.S. News & World Report’s 2023-24 Best Children’s Hospitals survey.