Roper St. Francis Healthcare has named a new top leadership hire and an executive promotion, including CEO.
Joseph DeLeon, a health care leader from Texas, will be joining Roper St. Francis Healthcare as president and CEO, and, following seven months of leadership, interim CEO Dr. Megan Baker will become the system’s chief operating officer, according to a news release.
DeLeon is the current president of Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth, an 851-bed Magnet-designated, full-service hospital that serves North Texas with a Level I Trauma Center, according to the release. He brings more than 29 years of senior leadership experience in operating a hospital, maintaining strong finances and expanding access for patients, the release stated.
DeLeon starts on Monday, Aug. 5.
“Joseph is a veteran in every sense of the word as he has excelled in healthcare management since 1991 and served our country as a former captain in the United States Air Force Medical Services Corps,” said Edward McKelvey, chairman of the Roper St. Francis Healthcare board of directors, in the release. “We are thrilled to choose Joseph to further elevate our stellar reputation and expand access to quality healthcare while carrying out our mission of ‘healing all people with compassion, faith and excellence.’”
When DeLeon arrives, Baker will become chief operating officer and serve in a dyad role with Dr. Chris McLain, chief clinical officer, according to the release.
“Dr. Baker has led our institution this year with poise, excellence and an appreciation of our rich culture and future,” McKelvey said, “and we are immensely grateful for her leadership.”
DeLeon first joined Texas Health Resources in 2005 as vice president of professional services and business development at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth, where he was responsible for all ancillary functions, strategic planning and business development activities for the hospital, according ot the release In January 2013, DeLeon was named president of Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth.
Under his leadership, that hospital achieved Truven 100 Top Hospital recognition two years in a row and the Pinnacle of Excellence Award for Patient Experience from Press Ganey. The Texas Health Southwest leadership team also worked to bring the hospital Texas Health Clearfork online and become a joint replacement destination. DeLeon returned to Texas Health Fort Worth as president in 2018.
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DeLeon has managed many large facility and campus construction projects, according to the release. The latest is Texas Health Resources’ biggest project: the $304 million, nine-story Jane and John Justin Tower. This building covers over 420,000 square feet and includes 144 patient beds, 15 advanced surgical suites, and new pre-op and post-op services.
He earned a bachelor’s degree in political science and a minor in business management in 1991 and a master’s degree in public administration in 1994 from Texas A&M University.
As interim CEO, Baker, who is also a highly respected breast health specialist, has overseen teammate enhancements as part of the shared services agreement with Bon Secours Mercy Health, a major construction project with the doubling of Roper St. Francis Berkeley Hospital and robust teammate engagement efforts with a recommitment to rounding, enhanced leader meetings and the popular weekly communication feature “Minute with Megan,” according to the release.
Baker joined Roper St. Francis Healthcare in 2015 and brought a pioneering spirit to grow surgical volumes. She has led multidisciplinary cancer programs both in the academic medical center setting and community hospital setting. As one of the system’s first Integrated Practice Network (IPN) clinical leaders, she served as physician leader of our Surgery and Perioperative IPN and later as medical director of the Oncology IPN and the Roper St. Francis Cancer Center.
She is a graduate of Columbia University and earned her medical degree at Wright State University School of Medicine. She completed her surgical residency at the Medical University of South Carolina.
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