Nov. 1: WACC CEO Series with Gene Woods, President & CEO, Atrium Health

Health, Hope and Healing: Caring Beyond Borders

Join the World Affairs Council of Charlotte on November 1st as we host Gene A. Woods, President and CEO of Atrium Health. With more than 24 years of healthcare leadership, Woods has overseen both for-profit and non-profit hospitals and worked with a diverse array of delivery systems, including rural and urban facilities, academic and community-based facilities, as well as international operations in Mexico and Chile. In 2017 he served as Chair of the American Hospital Association.

As one of the most comprehensive and highly integrated healthcare systems in the nation, and with more than 60,000 employees, Atrium Health engages with patients more than 11.5 million times a year at 900 care locations across North and South Carolina. Atrium Health’s mission is “To improve health, elevate hope, and advance healing – for all”. Join us to hear from Mr. Woods as he expands on this mission, shares his outlook on Atrium’s future growth, their footprint in the Carolinas, and his perspective on pressing issues of community and global health.

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Biography

Eugene A. Woods, MBA, MHA, FACHE, is president and chief executive officer of Atrium Health, previously Carolinas HealthCare System, one of the most comprehensive and highly integrated not-for-profit healthcare systems in the nation. With 44 hospitals, over 900 care locations and an annual net revenue of nearly $10 billion, Atrium Health is responsible for more than 11.5 million patient interactions each year.

Woods joined Atrium Health in April 2016 and quickly collaborated with the organization’s more than 65,000 teammates to unite around a redefined vision to be the first and best choice for care and a new mission statement to improve health, elevate hope and advance healing – for all. Under his leadership, Atrium Health has been recognized as one of the Best Employers for Diversity and for Women by Forbes; number one on the list of Best Places to Work for Women & Diverse Managers by DiversityMBA; one of the 150 Top Places to Work in Healthcare by Becker’s Healthcare; and the number one military-friendly employer in the country.

One of today’s most prominent leaders in healthcare, Woods is passionate about protecting and expanding access and coverage to all Americans, better engaging with our communities to advance positive health outcomes and achieving equity of care by eliminating disparities. In January 2017, Woods assumed the role of chairman of the board of trustees of the American Hospital Association and currently serves as immediate past chair. As a leader of the national organization that represents and serves nearly 5,000 hospitals, healthcare systems, networks and other providers of care, and 43,000 individual members, Woods and his colleagues actively work to provide quality care to millions of Americans and to help them reach their highest potential for health. Woods is also a member of  Becker’s Healthcare’s Advisory Board, comprised of a select group of healthcare leaders who advise on the editorial direction of the leading healthcare trade magazine and website.

Woods has more than 25 years of healthcare leadership experience, having overseen non-profit and for-profit managed hospitals, academic and community-based delivery systems and rural and urban facilities. Most recently, Woods was president and chief operating officer of CHRISTUS Health, a not-for-profit health system comprising of 50 hospitals and long-term care facilities, 175 clinics and outpatient centers, and 30,000 associates, where he oversaw acute, post-acute and international operations for facilities in the United States, Mexico and Chile. Previously, he served in dual roles at Catholic Health Initiatives – as CEO of the eight-hospital Saint Joseph Health System and as senior vice president responsible for helping implement national initiatives for the faith-based organization, which operates in 18 states. Prior to that, he served as COO of MedStar Washington Hospital Center, a 968-bed teaching hospital located in Washington, D.C.

Recently, Woods was renamed as one of the 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare, taking spot No. 25, as well as one of Modern Healthcare’s Top-25 Minority Executives in Healthcare for the fourth consecutive year. His numerous professional distinctions also include being named one of the 50 Great African American Leaders as well as one of the 100 Great Leaders in Healthcare by Becker’s Healthcare; one of the Most Influential Blacks in Corporate America by Savoy Magazine; one of the Most Powerful Executives in Corporate America by Black Enterprise; one of the Most Admired CEOs of 2018 by the Charlotte Business Journal; Senior Executive of the Year by the National Association of Health Service Executives and Alumni of the Year by the Pennsylvania State University.

Woods holds three degrees from the Pennsylvania State University: a bachelor’s degree in health planning and administration, a master’s degree in business administration and a master’s degree in health administration.