Eric W. Dickson, MD, FACEP

Eric W. Dickson, MD, FACEP, is president and CEO of UMass Memorial Health Care, the largest not-for-profit healthcare system in central Massachusetts with $2.6 billion in annual revenue, 1,700 physicians and more than 14,000 employees. The system includes three owned hospitals on eight campuses with more than 1,000 licensed beds; four affiliated hospitals; 70 office-based community practices; a behavioral health services agency and hospital; six urgent care centers; and an Accountable Care Organization. UMass Memorial trains 550 residents and fellows annually and performs world-class research in partnership with the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Dr. Dickson also serves as a professor of emergency medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. 

Earlier in his career, Dr. Dickson served in a variety of clinical and senior management roles at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, a 700-bed healthcare system with nearly a billion dollars in revenue, from 2003 to 2009, including his last position as interim COO from 2008 to 2009. Dr. Dickson also served in the United States Army Reserve from 1985 to 1992 as a combat medic and respiratory therapist.