Juanita F. Romans
Juanita Romans brings over 25 years of experience in healthcare planning and operations. She spent seven years as CEO of Memorial Hermann — Texas Medical Center and two years as Central Market Leader where she was responsible for the Texas Medical Center, Northeast and Southeast campuses of the Memorial Hermann Healthcare System. The Central Market accounted for 1,667 inpatient beds, 58,000 annual admissions and 8,000 employees generating $3.5 billion in gross patient revenues in FY 2009. Prior to becoming CEO and Central Market Leader, Ms. Romans was the first woman Senior Vice President for the Memorial Hermann Healthcare System and was responsible for the strategic direction, operational excellence and growth of several departments.
Notable Accomplishments:
- Served on the Memorial Hermann Hospital System Board
- Consistently achieved a positive bottom line with 4-6 percent margin
- Delivered 3 percent year over year growth in an exceedingly competitive market
- Developed a 20 year, $250 million master facility plan to accommodate growth for within the Texas Medical Center campus
- Improved quality indicators to consistently exceed national benchmarks on CMS Core Measures and UHC Mortality Index
- Fostered and developed the University of Texas Medical School relationship through the negotiation of a new 30-year academic affiliation agreement, 3 year annual operating agreement, and construction of new models of collaboration and growth
- Achieved 3 straight years of top 20 rankings in the University HealthSystem Consortium ranking of Academic Medical Centers and Teaching Hospitals annual assessment of quality data
- Repositioned the hospital to become an award-winning, nationally renowned Level 1 Trauma Center delivering the highest quality and service
Honors and Accolades:
- Texas Executive Women “Women on the Move” Honoree — 2005
- Solucient/Thomson Top 100 Hospitals: Cardiovascular Benchmarks — 2005–2007
- Solucient/Thomson Top 100 Hospitals: Performance Improvement Leaders — 2006–2007
- American Society of Healthcare Engineers, Vista Award (campus restoration following Hurricane Allison) — 2007
- American Heart Association, Coronary Artery Disease Performance Achievement Award — 2007-2009
- VHA Award for Clinical Excellence — 2007
- TMF Health Quality Institute, Health Care Quality Improvement Award of Excellence — 2007
- American Nurses Credentialing Center, Pathway to Excellence organization — 2008
- The Living Bank, Celebrate Life Gala Honoree — 2009
- US News & World Report, America’s Best Hospitals (rankings in Urology, Kidney Disease, Pediatric Kidney Disease and Rehabilitation)