Health System Leadership

Our Health System leadership team is focused on the highest quality patient-centered care. The team plays an active role in managing relationships, transforming facilities and processes, and implementing plans for growth to improve the overall experience for patients and faculty at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

Bruce A. Meyer, MD, MBA
Executive Vice President for Health System Affairs and Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Bruce M. Fairbanks, CPA
Vice President for Health System Financial Affairs

Peter J. Plantes, MD
Vice President of Medical Affairs

W. Gary Reed, MD
Chief Quality Officer and Professor, Department of Internal Medicine

John Douglas Rutherford, MD
Vice President for Clinical Operations and Professor, Department of Internal Medicine

Steven L. Leach, MD
Chief Medical Officer, University Hospitals, and Professor, Department of Internal Medicine

Donna Richardson, RN, MSN
Chief Nursing Officer and Associate Vice President