Thomas Jackiewicz

He has extensive experience implementing ambitious and wide-scale transformation in academic environments, and engaging physician leaders in organizational change efforts.

Thomas Jackiewicz is currently President and COO of the University of Chicago Medical Center’s parent health system. He replaced Sharon O’Keefe who retired earlier this summer.

Early Life and Education

Tom Jackiewicz earned both his undergraduate and master’s degrees at Columbia University. Since then, he has held leadership roles at medical schools and academic health systems.

He has led Keck Medicine of USC since 2012, overseeing three hospitals and 67 outpatient facilities across Southern California. As the driving force of Keck Medicine’s growth, he has been instrumental in its expansion.

As well as increasing funding to the hospital, he has also worked to enhance their reputation, increasing clinical excellence and patient satisfaction scores. Furthermore, he is an active member of both American College of Healthcare Executives and Leadership Greater Chicago board members.

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Professional Career

Tom Jackiewicz is an accomplished executive who has held various senior leadership roles at several renowned research university hospitals. He is known for establishing clinical enterprises that seamlessly combine research, patient care and medical education; leading ambitious transformation projects within academic environments while engaging physician leaders as change agents to drive organization change initiatives.

At Keck Medicine of USC for almost nine years, Jackiewicz helped transform it from a local Los Angeles hospital system into an academic health system with $2.1 billion in annual revenue that boasts nationally-renowned physicians and is 16th on U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospital Honor Roll. Additionally, Jackiewicz established strong partnerships with Keck School of Medicine as well as helping frontline workers through the coronavirus pandemic outbreak.

Prior to joining USC in 2012, Mr. Coates served as CEO of the University of California San Diego Health System and associate vice chancellor and chief financial officer for UC San Diego Health Sciences. He has also held positions at Penn, Stanford and Columbia.

Achievement and Honors

Thomas Jackiewicz has held administrative positions at five elite research university hospitals and has extensive knowledge in academic medicine’s threefold mission. At UCSD he helped to build major new structures including Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center renovation project as well as being instrumental in raising their ranking to one of ten nationally for grant funding from National Institutes of Health grants.

He has served as CEO of Keck Medicine of USC since 2012 and oversees three hospitals, 67 outpatient facilities and clinical practices across Southern California. With his start-up mentality approach to leadership he has empowered Keck Medicine of USC to pioneer new trends rather than follow them blindly.

He led efforts to attain Magnet designation for USC Norris Cancer Center, earn the Lantern Award from emergency nurses at USC Verdugo Hills Hospital and create an affiliation between USC Verdugo Hills Hospital and NHL team Los Angeles Kings.

Personal Life

Jackiewicz has extensive experience working with academic medical centers and hospitals, such as University of California San Diego, University of Pennsylvania, Stanford University Medical Center and Columbia University Medical Center. Additionally, he has published book chapters and spoken at various national conferences hosted by American College of Healthcare Executives and Leadership Greater Chicago.

His responsibilities at USC include overseeing Keck Medicine of the University of Southern California, which encompasses four hospitals (401-bed Keck Hospital of USC; 60-bed USC Norris Cancer Hospital; 158-bed USC Verdugo Hills Hospital); medical faculty practices such as USC Care; as well as 67 outpatient facilities throughout Southern California.

He will succeed Sharon O’Keefe who, after almost four decades of leadership at the medical center, will retire on July 24.

Net Worth

Jackiewicz achieved significant results at Keck Medicine of the University of Southern California during his time there, tripling its revenue and expanding its clinic network throughout Southern California. Additionally, he redeveloped USC Verdugo Hills Hospital and formed a partnership between this medical center and Los Angeles Kings NHL team.

His efforts assisted the school in creating a $227 million cardiovascular center in La Jolla. Furthermore, he led the system in creating a long-term strategic plan which includes significantly expanding Thornton Hospital in Hillcrest while simultaneously maintaining acute care services and trauma centers there.

Prior to joining the school, Jackiewicz served as CEO and associate vice chancellor of UC San Diego Health System as well as associate vice chancellor of UCSD Health Sciences. Additionally, he held senior leadership roles at hospitals and academic health systems such as Penn Health System, Stanford School of Medicine and Columbia University Medical Center.