John Mcconnell MD

Dr John McConnell is currently the Executive Director of Wake Forest Healthcare Ventures, a newly formed Medical Center company that develops and commercializes innovative products and services in areas such as health care analytics and digital health. Dr McConnell joined Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center (WFBMC) in November 2008 after being named the Medical Center’s first Chief Executive Officer. WFBMC is composed of the fully integrated healthcare system, Wake Forest School of Medicine and Wake Forest Innovations.

As CEO, he had the overall responsibility for the Medical Center’s research, commercialization, education, and patient care programs. Previously, Dr McConnell was the Executive Vice President for Health System Affairs at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.

In that capacity, he had the overall executive responsibility for the UT Southwestern faculty physician practice, University Hospitals, and outpatient clinics. A urologist and translational researcher by training, Dr McConnell has served on the Advisory Board of National Institutes of Health-National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases and was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences in 2004.