CEO
Pennsylvania Hospital, Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System
Alicia Gresham, Chief Executive Officer of Pennsylvania Hospital (PAH), formerly the Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Network Operations at Mount Sinai Health System in New York, brings nearly three decades of executive leadership experience in healthcare. She has deep strategic, operations, and financial acumen, which she has leveraged to build well-integrated networks for large academic health systems.
Alicia’s appointment to lead PAH marks an exciting return to Penn Medicine, where she led special projects for the Department of Medicine and later served as the Director of Access and Operations for the Scheie Eye Institute. She went on to join the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) as Senior Director of Specialty Care and Primary Care where she led the development and execution of expanding CHOP’s network practices in the greater Philadelphia region. At Mount Sinai, she has led the expansion of the Mount Sinai Health System ambulatory practices across the five boroughs of New York, Westchester, Long Island, New Jersey, and Florida. Her work has been instrumental in increasing practice revenues, improving patient access, and integrating practices into a unified electronic health record. Alicia was also a key player in establishing strong partnerships with affiliate hospitals and physician groups across the region.
Alicia holds a Master of Business Administration and a Master of Science in Healthcare Finance from the Fox School of Business at Temple University and a Bachelor of Science in Business Management from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. She enjoys supporting and participating in service activities for heart disease, breast cancer awareness, literacy, and food insecurity.
Competency by Design: Building Fair Systems for Healthcare Leadership
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