10 Universal Health Services regional operations leaders
Regional Vice President, Division Vice President and Divisional Senior Vice President are among the current titles held by these Universal Health Services regional operations leaders. A reader can learn how regional operations leaders run their areas at Universal Health Services from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Brad Lincks
LinkedInExperience: Regional Vice President • Behavioral Health · UHS
Brad Lincks has been Regional Vice President, Behavioral Health at UHS since March 2024, a role the profile describes as covering markets in Louisville, Lexington, Bowling Green, Radcliff, Hopkinsville and Southern Indiana through direct report CEOs. Brad Lincks was Group CEO, Louisville Market at UHS from 2021 to 2023.
Christopher West
LinkedInExperience: Regional Vice President (WA, OR, AK, NV, WY) · UHS
Christopher West has been Regional Vice President (WA, OR, AK, NV, WY) at UHS since November 2023, based in Seattle, Washington. Christopher West was Group Director at Fairfax Behavioral Health from 2022 to 2023, Group Chief Executive Officer at Acadia Healthcare from 2020 to 2022 and Regional Vice President, Behavioral Health at HCA Healthcare from 2019 to 2020.
David Franklin, MBA
LinkedInExperience: Regional Vice President-Behavioral Health · UHS
David Franklin has been Regional Vice President-Behavioral Health at UHS since January 2021, working in Colorado, a role the profile describes as oversight of free standing acute behavioral health hospitals in several states. David Franklin was Group Chief Executive Officer at UHS from 2020 to 2021 and Vice President of Operations at Diamond Healthcare from 2014 to 2019.
Ethan Permenter
LinkedInExperience: Divisional Senior Vice President · UHS
Ethan Permenter has been Divisional Senior Vice President at UHS since April 2022, based in Memphis, Tennessee. Ethan Permenter was Divisional Vice President at UHS from 2019 to 2022, Regional Vice President from 2017 to 2019 and Group Director/Chief Executive Officer at Parkwood Behavioral Health System from 2016 to 2017.
Joseph Gallagher
LinkedInExperience: Division Vice President · UHS
Joseph Gallagher has been Division Vice President at UHS since January 2025, based in Grapevine, Texas, with a profile headline that reads Divisional Vice President @ UHS. Joseph Gallagher was Regional Vice President at UHS from 2018 to 2024, Group Director from 2012 to 2017 and Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director from 2008 to 2011.
Michael S. McDonald, Jr.
LinkedInExperience: Divisional Vice President · UHS
Michael S. McDonald, Jr. has been Divisional Vice President at UHS since January 2021, based in the Philadelphia area. Michael S. McDonald, Jr. was Regional Vice President at UHS in 2020, Group Director/CEO Friends Hospital from 2016 to 2019 and Chief Executive Officer/Managing Director, Holly Hill Hospital from 2012 to 2016.
Mike Zauner
LinkedInExperience: Division Vice President · UHS
Mike Zauner has been Division Vice President at UHS since February 2026, a role the profile describes as financial, P&L and operational accountability for hospitals in multi state healthcare operations. Mike Zauner was Regional Vice President, Western Region at UHS from 2022 to 2026 and Group Director / CEO from 2016 to 2022.
Ryan Chandler
LinkedInExperience: Regional Vice President - Florida, South Carolina, Texas, and Oklahoma · UHS
Ryan Chandler has been Regional Vice President - Florida, South Carolina, Texas, and Oklahoma at UHS since June 2026, based in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Ryan Chandler was Group Vice President, Florida and South Carolina at UHS from 2023 to 2026 and Chief Executive Officer at Northwest Texas Healthcare System from 2018 to 2023.
Sally Perry
LinkedInExperience: Divisional Vice President · UHS
Sally Perry has been Divisional Vice President at UHS since January 2025, based in Savannah, Georgia. Sally Perry was Regional Vice President at UHS from 2022 to 2025, CEO and Group Director at Coastal Harbor Health System from 2018 to 2022 and Chief Operating Officer at Coastal Harbor Health System from 2012 to 2014.
Shane Frazier
LinkedInExperience: Regional Vice President · UHS
Shane Frazier has been Regional Vice President at UHS since September 2023, based in Little Rock, Arkansas, and also lists the title Group Chief Executive Officer at Universal Health Services - Pinnacle Pointe Behavioral Healthcare from 2020. Shane Frazier was Chief Executive Officer at Pinnacle Pointe Behavioral Healthcare System from 2014 to 2020.
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Pick the person whose states, such as Kentucky and Southern Indiana, Florida and South Carolina, Colorado, or Washington and Oregon, match the area behind your question. Note whether a person's title names behavioral health, since that shapes what the person can speak to.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you set priorities across the hospitals in your region when they compete for the same resources?
- 02What does a typical week look like for a regional vice president in your role?
- 03What did you learn from the first big operational problem you handled across several facilities?
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