Steven Schroeder Award for Outstanding Healthcare CEO

Mr. Richard A. Anderson, President and CEO of St. Luke’s University Health Network, a fully integrated, regional, non-profit network of more than 20,000 employees providing services at 15 campuses and 350+ outpatient sites in central eastern Pennsylvania and western New Jersey.

Under Mr. Anderson’s four decades of leadership, St. Luke’s has undergone a remarkable transformation from a single community hospital to an expansive, integrated 15-campus system. He oversaw the creation of the region’s first and only medical school campus, in partnership with the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, so students could receive their training locally. He also led the resurgence of St. Luke’s School of Nursing, the oldest continuously operated nursing school in the nation. These initiatives established a critical recruitment pipeline enabling St. Luke’s to expand to meet growing demand for services despite a national health care worker shortage.

Throughout the Network’s growth, Mr. Anderson elevated quality and affordability, along with access to care, to the forefront of the Network’s culture. Today, St. Luke’s consistently earns more major awards and recognitions for quality and safety than any other health system in the country. In the past year alone, the Network has earned the following:

• Leapfrog A grades at all 11 eligible acute care St. Luke’s hospitals

• Leapfrog Top Hospital designations at five SLUHN hospitals

• CMS Hospital 5-stars ratings (the highest) at 10 hospitals

• PINC AI 100 Top Hospital Award (12-time winner, 10 years in a row, #13 ranked Major Teaching Hospital).