Michael A. Young

President and CEO • Temple University Health System

Michael A. Young, MHA, FACHE, is President and Chief Executive Officer of Temple University Health System (TUHS), a $2.2 billion academic health system dedicated to providing access to quality patient care and supporting excellence in medical education and research. The Health System consists of Temple University Hospital – Main Campus; TUH-Episcopal Campus; TUH Jeanes Campus; TUH-Northeastern Campus, TUH-Women and Families Campus, TUH-Chestnut Hill Hospital Campus; The Hospital of Fox Chase Cancer Center and Affiliates, an NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center; Temple Transport Team, a ground and air-ambulance company; Fairhill Community Physicians, a network of community-based specialty and primary-care physician practices; and Temple Faculty Practice Plan, Inc., TUHS’s physician practice plan comprised of more than 500 full-time and part-time academic physicians in 20 clinical departments. TUHS is affiliated with the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University (LKSOM).

Temple University Hospital Inc. is one of Philadelphia region’s most respected academic medical centers and the chief clinical training site for Temple University’s Lewis Katz School of Medicine. An 879-bed non-profit acute care hospital. TUH Inc. includes a flagship campus in North Philadelphia adjacent to LKSOM, a Jeanes Campus in Northeast Philadelphia, and Episcopal and Northeastern campuses located within three miles of the main and medical
school campus. TUH-Main Campus provides a broad spectrum of primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary care to patients throughout the tri-state area and beyond. It is accredited as an Adult Level 1 Trauma Center by the Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation and is a Regional Burn Center.

Mr. Young is a five-time CEO with more than three decades of proven leadership at institutions including Pinnacle Health System, in Harrisburg; Grady Memorial Hospital, in Atlanta; Erie County Medical Center, in Buffalo; and Lancaster General Hospital & Health System.

He earned his Bachelor and Master of Health Administration degrees from the University of Pittsburgh and is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.