The following message was sent to the Oregon Health & Science University Community on Friday, June 12:

Dear colleagues,

I’m pleased to announce that Amy Shlossman has been selected to serve as executive vice president and chief executive officer of OHSU Health system, based on her participation in our prior national search and an additional round of interviews and reference checks. Her first day will be Aug. 31, 2026.
Ms. Shlossman joins OHSU from LifeBridge Health in Baltimore, Maryland, where since 2023 she has served as president of Sinai Hospital, a 532-bed community academic medical center, children’s hospital and Level 1 trauma center, and Grace Medical Center, a freestanding urban emergency department and outpatient campus with primary and specialty care; and as senior system vice president. In this role, she oversaw healthcare delivery, graduate medical education, a regional medical school, research and community-based programs focused on social determinants of health and trauma-informed care.

During her tenure at LifeBridge Health, Ms. Shlossman led a significant operational turnaround at Sinai Hospital, improving quality, patient experience and access. Under her leadership, patient safety performance advanced from last in the state to first. She also drove meaningful improvements in throughput, reducing length of stay and emergency department boarding to expand capacity for care, while improving employee retention and increasing engagement scores to nine points above national healthcare benchmarks.

Central to this transformation has been Ms. Shlossman’s intentional engagement with frontline employees, paired with a strong focus on recognition, leadership development and building multidisciplinary teams to align with operational priorities and sustain long-term performance.

Prior to LifeBridge Health, Ms. Shlossman served as chief operating officer for Banner University Medical Center Phoenix and Banner Thunderbird Medical Center, and as system co-lead for care delivery during Banner Health’s COVID-19 response. She also served as executive director and adviser to the president at University of Californian San Francisco Health.

Earlier in her career, Ms. Shlossman served as chief executive officer of the American Red Cross of Oregon and Washington, where she led emergency preparedness, disaster response and blood collection efforts across the Pacific Northwest. She also has held senior federal leadership roles as chief of staff for the White House Office of Management and Budget and the Department of Homeland Security, leading responses to natural disasters, public health emergencies and national security threats.

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