Wayne Keathley Was Named President of CHI St. Luke’s Health/Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Wayne Keathley was named President of CHI St. Luke’s Health/Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center on January 1, 2014. As a nationally recognized health care leader, he is leading the Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center in the Texas Medical Center and the expansion of the Medical Center to Baylor College of Medicine’s McNair Campus.
Keathley joined Baylor College of Medicine in 2013 as President of the Baylor College of Medicine Medical Center and Health Network. Prior to joining Baylor, he served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City for nine years.
At Mount Sinai, Mr. Keathley led the hospital's executive and operational functions for The Mount Sinai Hospital main campus and Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens. Under his leadership the Hospital experienced remarkable growth, markedly improved operating and financial performance, and credit strength. It first achieved national ranking as a "Best Hospital" by U.S. News & World Report (ranked 14th) and earned Honor Roll status in 2012. The hospital also gained designation and re-designation as a Magnet Hospital by the American Nurses Credential Center.
He also led Mount Sinai clinical program development through expansion of faculty and physician practices, hospital affiliations, and clinical outreach programs that now serve all boroughs of New York City and the surrounding region. He introduced a community-based diabetes education and outreach program that has been recognized as a "best practices" model by multiple accreditation and advisory organizations.
With more than 25 years of hospital operations experience, he has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at St. Peter’s Hospital Health Care Services and previously as Vice President for Operations at Lenox Hill Hospital.
Mr. Keathley is actively involved in a number of international healthcare organizations. He serves on the Board of Glocal Healthcare Systems-India, is a Senior Executive Advisor to the Horizons Clinic – The Gambia, Africa and is on the Advisory Board of 24 Access by Stimmt Medical, Mexico, D.F. He also serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tunstall Healthcare US.
He speaks frequently at national forums on health system design, operation and innovation, and the impact of health reform on hospital financial and operating performance. He has sponsored a summit on the implications of health reform for the Latino community. He presently serves as an advisory member to a private enterprise dedicated to improving healthcare access and quality to hospitals in the Dominican Republic. He is particularly interested in improving access to health services in underserved communities.
Mr. Keathley holds a Masters of Public Health, Health Administration from Columbia University - Columbia Business School.
