Governance
A 15-member board of directors has sole authority to govern and operate the hospital and other UHS businesses and activities. The board includes representatives from the community, health professions and University of Tennessee, and is responsible for maintaining the hospital’s historic mission of patient care, education and research.
UHS Board of Directors
The UHS Board of Directors includes the following:
- Mr. Bernard E. Bernstein (Chair), partner, Bernstein, Stair & McAdams Attorneys
- Mr. William S. Rukeyser (Vice Chair), president, William Rukeyser Inc.
- Ms. Renda J. Burkhart, CPA (Secretary/Treasurer), owner, Burkhart & Co.
- Mr. Joseph R. Landsman (Ex-officio), president and CEO, University Health System, Inc.
- Michael Blackwell, DVM, MPH, dean of the UT College of Veterinary Medicine.
- Sylvia S. Davis, (Ex-officio), vice president for Budget and Finance, University of Tennessee.
- Robert Elder, MD (Ex-officio), president, University Physicians' Association Inc.
- Michael B. Freeman, MD, chief, Division of Vascular Surgery, UT Medical Center
- Mr. James A. Haslam, II, chairman, Pilot Oil Corp.
- Dr. Joseph E. Johnson, president Emeritus, the University of Tennessee
- J. Russell Langdon, MD, Department of Anesthesiology, UT Medical Center
- William F. Owen, Jr., MD (Ex-officio), chancellor, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and vice president for Health Affairs at the University of Tennessee.
- Dr. John Petersen, (Ex-officio) president, the University of Tennessee
- Sara Fortune Rose, vice president and director of strategic business development at Bush Brothers and Co.
- Mr. H. W. Sherrod, Jr., partner, Allison, Sherrod, Owens & Siddons
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