Tom Jackiewicz is president of the University of Chicago Health System (UCHS), the $5 billion, seven-hospital clinical enterprise that integrates the patient care mission of the University of Chicago Health System with the education and research missions of the University of Chicago. Tom is highly regarded for his ability to reimagine how the traditional academic health system chassis can better support the clinical, educational and research needs of the future and accelerate delivery of research-driven practices to inpatient, outpatient and home settings.
Tom is known as a strategic visionary who has ushered in eras of substantial growth and improvement at academic health systems where the best and brightest work together for the common good. At UCHS, he is championing the construction of a new $815M cancer center, which will be Chicago’s first freestanding cancer center. Other key initiatives under his leadership include adding four AdventHealth hospitals and a physician network, opening a Northwest Indiana campus and leading a major collaborative of providers focusing on health challenges on Chicago’s South Side. During his tenure, substantially higher numbers of women and People of Color have been hired, earned promotions and participated in continuing education programs.
Prior to joining UChicago Medicine, Tom served as CEO of Keck Medicine of USC, where he grew the medical enterprise from a $450 million to a $2.2 billion regional academic health system and achieved a top 20 ranking on the U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals Honor Roll. Tom is a fellow of Leadership Greater Chicago and a frequent speaker at national gatherings including the American College of Healthcare Executives, Becker’s and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. He also serves on the board of the Illinois Hospital Association.
