Steward Health Care names Dunn Utah president

Steward Health Care, owner and operator of five hospitals in northern Utah has named Brian Dunn as its regional president for Utah. Dunn has more than 30 years of experience in management of regional healthcare organizations.

Michael Jensen, who has been the interim regional president since June, will continue as president of Davis Hospital and Medical Center in Layton.{mprestriction ids="1,3"}

In addition to the Davis Hospital, Steward Health Care owns the Jordan Valley Medical Center, Jordan Valley Medical Center-West Valley Campus, Mountain Point Medical Center and Salt Lake Regional Medical Center. The Utah Steward network also includes the Davis Hospital Weber Campus Emergency Department and the Steward Urgent and Primary Care centers in Taylorsville and Woods Cross. Steward is the nation’s largest private, for-profit, physician-led healthcare network, the company said.

“I’m excited and humbled to take on the role as Steward’s Utah regional president,” said Dunn. “This is a community I have served for many years and I look forward to building on the access to high-quality and affordable healthcare Steward provides the greater Salt Lake region.”

Most recently, Dunn was an operating partner at private equity firm The Riverside Co. Prior to Riverside, he served as the CEO at Success Health and executive vice president for hospital operations at Promise Healthcare. Dunn has also worked for CHG Healthcare Services and as the CEO and president of Salt Lake Regional Medical Center. Dunn returned to the Salt Lake community after having served as the Arizona and Nevada regional president for IASIS Healthcare. IASIS was acquired by Steward in 2017.

“It has been a great privilege to serve as the interim president for Steward in this important and thriving market. I look forward to continuing to serve the Wasatch Front at Davis Hospital and Medical Center,” said Jensen. “We are pleased to welcome Brian back to the Steward family. He has served as an outstanding and respected leader in this community and his leadership experience will be invaluable to strengthening Steward’s presence here.” 

Dunn earned his bachelor of arts degree from the University of Utah and his master of health administration from Virginia Commonwealth University/Medical College of Virginia. He has served on various community boards, including the American Heart Association’s Utah Chapter, Catholic Community Services, Salt Lake Applied Technology College and the David S. Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah.{/mprestriction}