Jeff Thompson
Pediatrician, Author, Speaker , Mentor, Chief Executive Officer-retired (Gundersen Health System),
- Role
- Author, Speaker, Pediatrician, CEO Emeritus at Gundersen Health System
- Location
- La Crosse, WI, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Jeff Thompson
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 ratings 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 resides in Lacrosse, Wisconsin with his wife and in near proximity to his three grown children.
Experience
Author, Speaker, Pediatrician, CEO Emeritus
Jan 2020 — Present · US
Education
University of California, Davis - School of Medicine
Post Graduate Year 1, Pediatric Residency
1978 — 1979
University of Wisconsin-Platteville
Bachelor of Science (BS), Zoology/Animal Biology
1970 — 1974
Upstate Medical University
Pediatrician/Neonatologist, Pediatrics
1979 — 1984
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Doctor of Medicine (MD), Medicine
1974 — 1978
Skills
- Hospitals
- Customer Service
- Healthcare Management
- Social Impact
- Emr
- Healthcare Information Technology
- Electronic Medical Record (Emr)
- Healthcare
- Strategic Planning
- Hipaa
- Team Building
- Medicine
- Physician Relations
- Quality Improvement
- Leadership
- Clinical Research
- Healthcare Information Technology (Hit)
- Public Health
- Public Speaking
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