JEFF THOMPSON, MD, is executive advisor and chief executive officer
emeritus at Gundersen Health System, pediatrician, author, and
speaker on values-based leadership.
Jeff's experience in leadership is far-reaching, having led diverse
teams, projects, and divisions, before holding multiple senior
executive roles, including fourteen years as a CEO responsible for
a staff of seven thousand, hundreds of thousands of patients, and a
billion dollars of the community's money within the Gundersen
Health System. His long experience as intensive care pediatrician
and senior executive has shown him over and over again how leading
from one's values has the power to affect long-term meaningful
change.
During Dr. Thompson's tenure, Gundersen Health System has been
recognized across the country by independent healthcare rating
organizations for high-quality patient care. It has also earned the
highest honors of Healthgrades America's 50 Best AwardTM for 2012
through 2016 and the White House Champions of Change award in
2013.
Dr. Thompson is a founding member and past board chair of the
Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality and the La Crosse
Medical Health Science Consortium. He also serves on boards for the
ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value, the Wisconsin Statewide
Value Committee, About Health (chair), and Practice
Greenhealth.
Dr. Thompson has authored and been featured in many articles, book
chapters, and abstracts on healthcare, leadership and
sustainability topics. He is the author of Lead True: Live Your
Values, Build Your People, Inspire Your Community, (Forbes Books,
March 2017).
Dr. Thompson is board certified in Pediatric Critical Care,
Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine, and Pediatrics. He has been caring
for patients for over thirty-five years. He earned his medical
degree from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and
completed his residency and fellowship at SUNY Upstate Medical
University.
He resides in Lacrosse, Wisconsin with his wife and in near
proximity to his three grown children.
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