Ronald A. Paulus, MD
Ronald A. Paulus, MD, has served on our board of directors since July 2018 and serves as a member of the Audit Committee. Dr. Paulus is the president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Mission Health, a $1.9 billion regional integrated delivery system serving western North Carolina that was recently acquired by HCA Healthcare. He has been at Mission Health and in this role since September 2010.
Prior to joining Mission Health, Dr. Paulus served as executive vice president of clinical operations at Geisinger Health System, where he was responsible for the operations of its $1.3 billion clinical enterprise, including two hospitals, an 800+ physician multispecialty group practice, and more than 40 ambulatory care facilities. Dr. Paulus also served as Geisinger's chief innovation officer (CIO), where he was responsible for ensuring system-wide innovation. Before his tenure at Geisinger, Dr. Paulus was co-founder, president and CEO of CareScience, a clinical solutions and data analytics provider now part of Premier health alliance, which is listed on the NASDAQ.
In 2018, Dr. Paulus co-founded and launched the National Taskforce for Humanity in Healthcare (NTH). This taskforce is convening physicians, nurses, and other leaders from healthcare and social change to explore the crisis of clinician burnout and create a movement to help care team members achieve their highest healing potential.
Dr. Paulus received his bachelor’s degree, medical degree and MBA in healthcare management from the University of Pennsylvania. He has published numerous peer-reviewed articles and speaks regularly on the topics of healthcare quality and efficiency, human-centered innovation, physician leadership, and new models of care.