NEW ORLEANS – Tulane Health System (THS) COO Jyric Sims is among Modern Healthcare’s 2015 class of Up and Comers.
Modern Healthcare, the leader in healthcare business news, research and data, annually honors 12 emerging leaders all age 40 or under, who have made significant contributions in the areas of healthcare administration, management or policy early in their careers.
“No one understands better than young healthcare leaders how quickly change is occurring in the field,” said Merrill Goozner, editor of Modern Healthcare. “Every one of the winners in this year’s Up & Comers competition offered a unique vision for healthcare’s future, and demonstrated the drive and leadership skills required to achieve it. We expect to hear lots more from this group in the years ahead.”
Sims has risen through the ranks quickly within HCA, the managing partner of THS, becoming a COO by age 30. Sims joined Tulane as COO in December of 2014. Prior, Sims served as COO of 230-bed HCA Affiliate St Lucie Medical Center, Associate COO of 595-bed HCA Affiliate Clear Lake Regional Medical Center, and Director at 600-bed University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Among many other accomplishments and accolades, Sims was recently selected to the 2015/16 class of the New Orleans Regional Leadership Institute and is also serving as an Adjunct Professor instructing a course in the MHA program at Tulane University School of Public Health.
“I am incredibly honored to be recognized within such an amazing national group of healthcare leaders,” said Sims. “This is a team sport and I wouldn’t be where I am today without my colleagues and mentors, who have guided and motivated me along the way. I take great pride in the profession and the people we serve daily.”
Nominations for the program, now in its 29th year, opened in early June and closed in mid-August. The number of submissions more than doubled from the previous year to greater than 200.
Tulane Health System is an acclaimed teaching, research and medical system serving the greater New Orleans area. Tulane has more than 500 credentialed physicians who provide leading-edge care, ranging from primary to tertiary to quaternary. Facilities in the New Orleans area include Tulane Medical Center, Tulane Lakeside Hospital for Women and Children, Tulane Pediatrics, Tulane Cancer Center Comprehensive Clinic, Tulane Transplant Institute, Tulane Multispecialty Center Metairie, Tulane Multispecialty Center Uptown, Tulane Multispecialty Center Downtown and the Tulane Institute of Sports Medicine. Tulane Health System is a partnership jointly owned by HCA and Tulane University.
