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President, Chief Executive Officer
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Ron J. Anderson, M.D., is President and Chief Executive Officer of
Parkland Health & Hospital System in Dallas, Texas. Parkland is
considered the premier public hospital in the United States. It has
served the Dallas County community since 1894.
Dr. Anderson’s leadership, dedication to the underserved,
commitment to improving the health care system for not just his
hospital but for the state and nation, is ultimately a byproduct
of his passion to do what’s right for those in need.
He began his career caring for many patients each day. Now, he
oversees the care for thousands of patients a day. However, milestones
in career clearly illustrate that he has impacted the health care
of millions.
Dr. Anderson’s “official” title is president
and chief executive officer of Parkland Health & Hospital System.
Parkland is considered one of the premier public hospitals in the
U.S. and is one of the largest. The system has made groundbreaking
strides in delivery of care and hospital operations but also is
known for putting theories of public health into real-world - and
award-winning - application by implementing many educational and
preventive programs and concepts such as community-based health
care delivery through a county-wide clinic network and a mobile
medical program for the homeless.
His 35-year career as a practicing physician and 26-year career
as CEO have seen many changes in health care, such as nursing shortages,
new technology, HIPAA (patient privacy laws), health maintenance
organizations, natural and man-made disasters (plane crashes, hurricanes,
etc.) resulting in the loss of countless human lives, and decreases
in revenue streams which often resulted in the cutting or rationing
of services.
Yet Dr. Anderson has always sought out much more work outside
the scope of his job description for the chance to better help
those in need. Dr. Anderson has long championed causes that improve
health care for the medically underserved and, as a result, he
has become one of the nation’s leading advocates of health
care for the poor.
Throughout his career he has provided sound advice and experience
to legislators of both parties regarding health care issues. He
has served on the National Health Policy Initiative to advise the
White House on health care issues as well. Since 1992, he has served
on the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured.
His vision of health care for all, regardless of ability to pay,
and his desire to see that happen have led to groundbreaking changes
to the U.S. health care system. In 1985, he played a major role
in the passage of landmark legislation concerning indigent health
care in Texas that banned “patient dumping.” Dr. Anderson
quickly became a national spokesperson on this issue and his work
ultimately led to the passage of federal legislation signed into
law April 7, 1986, by President Ronald Reagan.
His list of awards and honors is long. Notably in 2005, he was
chosen by his peers as number one on Modern Physician magazine’s
list of the 50 most powerful physician executives. That same year,
he was also voted number one by his peers for Modern Healthcare magazine’s
list of 100 most powerful people in healthcare. Since then, he
continues to be voted on the lists.
Under Dr. Anderson’s leadership, Parkland has been honored
with the Foster G. McGaw Award for Community Service from the American
Hospital Association. The hospital system is also a multiple winner
of The National Association of Public Hospitals Safety Net Award
for Community Service.
However, Dr. Anderson is quick to credit any success at Parkland
to the support of the Dallas County community and the hospital’s
dedicated doctors, nurses and staff. He is a true believer in servant
leadership and strives to set an example of leadership by serving
others, whether they be patients or coworkers. He approaches his
work with a sense of responsibility to help and a genuine desire
to serve others.
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| Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer |
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John F. Dragovits serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Parkland Health & Hospital System.
Before joining Parkland, he served as Vice President of the Cerner Corporation in Kansas City, Missouri. Prior to that, Dragovits was with Children’s Medical Center of Dallas. From 1992 to 2003, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. In addition, he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Children’s from 1986 to 1992. Prior to that, Dragovits worked at Deloitte in Dallas from 1981 to 1986.
He served in the U.S. Navy from 1977 to 1981 as a Naval Officer. He is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a master’s degree in accounting and a bachelor’s degree in economics from Rice University in Houston.
He is a member of several professional organizations, including Healthcare Financial Management Association, Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, Dallas Chapter of Texas Society of CPAs, Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants and American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
In 2008, Dragovits was named “CFO of the Year” for charitable nonprofit companies by the Dallas Business Journal. In addition, his work to secure the best financial opportunities during the sale of bonds to help finance construction of a new Parkland hospital earned “Best Bond Deal of the Year - Southwest Region” for 2009 by the national financial magazine, The Bond Buyer.
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| Executive Vice President, Chief Operating
Officer |
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John M. Haupert serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating
Officer of Parkland Health & Hospital System.
He comes to Parkland from Methodist Health System in Dallas,
where he has served as Executive Vice President for Corporate
Services and Business Development since 2003. He has been with
Methodist Health System since 1992, where he began as an administrative
resident at Methodist Dallas Medical Center. He received a master's
degree in health care administration from Trinity University in
1992. He also earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration
from Trinity University.
Haupert’s leadership experience spans a variety of areas
of hospital operations in both clinical and non-clinical areas,
including strategic planning, business development, medical education,
information technology, materiel management, quality improvement,
patient safety, medical staff, pastoral care, facilities and development,
among others.
Haupert is certified as a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare
Executives and is a recipient of the organization's Regent's Leadership
Award. Currently, he is chair-elect of the Board of Trustees for
the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council. He will begin the role of
chairperson in January 2007.
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| Senior Vice President, Chief Human
Resources Officer |
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Candy Knowles serves as Parkland
Health & Hospital
System's Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer.
Knowles provides organizational leadership to
a human resources team that manages benefits and employment services
for more than 8,000 employees. Her commitment to growth
and innovation is a valuable asset at Parkland.
Knowles comes to
Parkland with more than 20 years of extensive human resources
management experience. She has worked at Parkview Health System
in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where she was responsible for human resources,
security and employee safety functions throughout the 827-bed
health care system. In addition, she has considerable experience
working with communities, county health departments and voluntary
agencies.
Knowles received a master’s degree
in health care administration from Cardinal Stritch University
in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She received her undergraduate degree
in business administration from Lakeland College in Sheboygan,
Wisconsin. Knowles is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare
Executives and is certified as a Senior Professional in Human
Resources through the Society of Human Resources Management.
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| Senior Vice President, Chief Medical
Officer |
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John Jay Shannon, M.D., serves as Executive
Vice President and Chief Medical Officer for Parkland Health & Hospital
System.
He came to Parkland after more than a decade at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, where he served as senior attending physician and associate chairman of medicine for Respiratory and Intensive Care Medicine.
Shannon graduated cum laude from Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama, with a bachelor's degree in biology. He received his medical degree from Rush Medical College in 1986, completed his internship, residency and chief residency at Parkland and his specialty training in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor, Mich.
Shannon is a member of the American College of Physicians, American Thoracic Society and the Society for Critical Care Medicine. He is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Diseases, and Critical Care Medicine. In 2005 he was given the Public Health Service Award by the American Lung Association of Metropolitan Chicago.
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| Chief Nursing Officer |
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Miriam
Sibley serves as Parkland Health & Hospital
System's Chief Nursing Officer.
Sibley is responsible for ensuring the overall direction, leadership
and executive management of the Nursing Administration, Nursing
Education and Centralized Staffing departments. In addition, she
continues the ongoing development and implementation of a program
to monitor, evaluate and improve the quality of nursing care.
For more than 20 years Sibley has served
in various capacities at Parkland, including as a staff nurse,
nursing supervisor, nurse recruiter and director. She most recently
served as Senior Vice President of Women & Infants' Specialty
Health where she was responsible for strategic planning, quality
and patient safety, budget and fiscal oversight as well as the
leadership and management of 1,200 employees. Sibley received
a bachelor's degree as well as a master's degree in nursing from
Texas Woman's University.
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| Senior Vice President, General Counsel |
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Michael Silhol serves as Senior Vice President
and General Counsel for Parkland Health & Hospital System and reports
dually to the CEO and the Parkland Board of Managers.
Silhol is certified by the Texas Board of Legal
Specialization in health law. He brings years of experience in
the health care industry. He comes to Parkland from Radiologix
Inc. in Dallas. His experience also includes six years in Legal
Operations at Triad Hospitals in Plano and three years at Columbia/HCA
Healthcare Corporation in Tennessee and Louisiana.
He earned a bachelor’s degree from Vanderbilt
University and a law degree from the University of Wisconsin Law
School. Silhol served in the U.S. Army as a Captain in the Judge
Advocate General’s Corps. Silhol serves on the Board of
Directors of the American Health Lawyers Association.
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