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Apr 27, 2026
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Leading Academic Medical Centers Through Crisis and Renewal: Emory’s Turnaround and New Vision fo...
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June Lee
(CEO, Emory Healthcare and EVP for Health Affairs, Emory University, guest)
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Executive Summary
Emory Healthcare, under new CEO June Lee, executed a major turnaround from a state of financial distress and critically high employee turnover (40% first-year, 30% overall).
The core strategy was a bold, counterintuitive investment of approximately $270 million annually in workforce compensation while the organization was still operating with a negative margin.
This investment, combined with structural changes like creating system-level leadership roles, dramatically reduced turnover (to 22% first-year, 13% overall) and contract labor dependency (from 1,500 to <100 nurses).
The turnaround resulted in significant financial growth, with revenue projected to increase from $5.8 billion to $9 billion and EBITDA from $50 million to $1 billion over a three-year period.
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