Dr. Brian Donley Named Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at NewYork-Presbyterian

Dr. Brian Donley is NewYork-Presbyterian’s new executive vice president and chief operating officer. He joins from Cleveland Clinic, where he most recently served as chief executive officer of Cleveland Clinic London. Dr. Donley succeeds Dr. Laura L. Forese, who retired in January after nearly four decades of extraordinary service to NewYork-Presbyterian.

Dr. Donley will direct the strategy and operations of NewYork-Presbyterian. He will be responsible for achieving the health care system’s operating targets and implementing its patient-centered strategic vision and culture across the enterprise.

“We are delighted to welcome Dr. Brian Donley,” said Dr. Steven J. Corwin, president and CEO of NewYork-Presbyterian. “Dr. Donley is an experienced leader, educator and innovator, whose vision and commitment to excellence, quality and compassion will be a tremendous asset to our health care system, our patients and the communities we serve.”

“I am thrilled to join NewYork-Presbyterian,” said Dr. Donley. “Throughout my career, I have been committed to transforming health care by prioritizing an ethos of empathy for our patients, their families, and one another, and focusing on our shared humanity. I am honored to be working with the outstanding team at NewYork-Presbyterian and our two renowned medical schools, Weill Cornell Medicine and Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.”

Dr. Donley comes to NewYork-Presbyterian with extensive expertise in clinical medicine and hospital operations. Since joining Cleveland Clinic as an orthopedic surgeon in 1996, he has held numerous leadership positions within the health system, including chief of the clinical enterprise. Previously, he served as president of the Cleveland Clinic regional hospitals and family health centers and as vice chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.

In his most recent position as CEO of Cleveland Clinic London, Dr. Donley led the development and opening of Cleveland Clinic’s first hospital in Europe. Dr. Donley is a professor of surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine and fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, England.

Dr. Donley attended the University of Notre Dame, graduating Phi Beta Kappa. He graduated with distinction from the University of Michigan Medical School and completed his residency in orthopedic surgery at the University of Michigan. He also attended Harvard Business School, completing the Advanced Management Program.