Richard Lofgren Named CEO of OU Health

January 10, 2022

The Oklahoma University Health Board of Directors has announced Richard Lofgren, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.P.,as CEO of OU Health, Oklahoma’s only integrated, comprehensive academic health system. Lofgren comes to Oklahoma from UC Health in Cincinnati, where he served as president and CEO since 2013. His executive experience in healthcare spans more than 40 years and includes leadership roles at University HealthSystem Consortium, University of Kentucky, Medical College of Wisconsin and University of Pittsburgh.

Lofgren will fill OU Health’s inaugural CEO position. The new position was created as part of a historic merger in July of 2021 making OU Health Oklahoma’s only fully integrated, comprehensive academic health system. Lofgren is a national thought leader within academic healthcare, and is an expert in health system transformations and redesign, with a track record of uniting hospitals, clinics and centers into a single health system with a unified purpose.

“We are very excited to announce Dr. Lofgren as the CEO of OU Health. He is uniquely qualified to lead our health system as we create a seamless experience for our patients and provide the highest-quality, research-driven healthcare,” said G. Rainey Williams, Jr., Board Chair of the OU Health Board of Directors. “Dr. Lofgren’s experience is perfectly suited to advance our newly integrated health system as we transform health for all Oklahomans. He brings incredible experience and vision to OU Health as we transform into a single entity with leading clinical programs for the citizens of our state.”

Lofgren earned his medical degree from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He completed an internal medicine residency and a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, serving as chief resident during his final year.

WittKieffer’s Donna Padilla, Kimberly Smith, Jason Petros and Kerry Quealy led this search.

Read the full announcement.

Richard Lyons Named Chancellor of UC Berkeley

Sharon Bentley Named Dean of UC Berkeley Wertheim School of Optometry & Vision Science

CONNECT WITH US

We partner with you to advance your mission by developing impactful leadership through executive search, leadership advisory, and interim leadership solutions.

Richard Lofgren Named CEO of OU Health

Related Articles

Nick Wortman Named Assistant Vice Chancellor of Human Resources at Southern Illinois University

Marcelle Haddix Named Education Dean at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Richard Lyons Named Chancellor of UC Berkeley

Sharon Bentley Named Dean of UC Berkeley Wertheim School of Optometry & Vision Science

Lisa Harrison Named Dean of the Ohio University Patton College of Education

Gwen Perea Warniment Named President and CEO of the LANL Foundation

Jill Kolesar Named Dean of University of Iowa College of Pharmacy

Terence Lau Named Dean of Syracuse University College of Law

Richard Roberson, J.D. Named President and CEO of the Mississippi Hospital Association

Eunice Alberson Named CHRO of Florida Polytechnic University

Nick Wortman Named Assistant Vice Chancellor of Human Resources at Southern Illinois University

Marcelle Haddix Named Education Dean at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Richard Lyons Named Chancellor of UC Berkeley

Sharon Bentley Named Dean of UC Berkeley Wertheim School of Optometry & Vision Science

Lisa Harrison Named Dean of the Ohio University Patton College of Education

Gwen Perea Warniment Named President and CEO of the LANL Foundation

Jill Kolesar Named Dean of University of Iowa College of Pharmacy

Terence Lau Named Dean of Syracuse University College of Law

Richard Roberson, J.D. Named President and CEO of the Mississippi Hospital Association

Eunice Alberson Named CHRO of Florida Polytechnic University

Nick Wortman Named Assistant Vice Chancellor of Human Resources at Southern Illinois University

Marcelle Haddix Named Education Dean at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

CONNECT WITH US