July 28, 2021 – UPMC (Pittsburgh, PA) announced that it has selected Leslie Davis to succeed Jeffrey Romoff as president and CEO, effective August 1, 2021.
Romoff will be named president emeritus, reflecting the transfer of responsibilities and his continuing role as a resource to Davis and UPMC until October 1, 2021.
Davis has more than 30 years of health care experience, most recently as president of the Health Services Division at UPMC. In these roles, she has been responsible for leading UPMC’s 40-hospital system with operations across Pennsylvania, Maryland and New York.
Davis served as president of UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital from 2004 to 2018, prior to serving as chief operating officer of the Health Services Division for three years. Before joining UPMC, Davis was president of Graduate Hospital in Philadelphia, part of Tenet Healthcare Corp.
She began her career at Mt. Sinai Medical Center in New York City and subsequently spent 13 years with Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia in positions of increasing responsibility, including VP of clinical affiliations and ambulatory programs. She also served as COO of Presbyterian Medical Center and the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, as well as the chief marketing and planning officer for the University of Pennsylvania Health.