Who's Who in Health Care: Pam Davis, System CEO, Edward-Elmhurst Health

Pam Davis is System CEO of Edward-Elmhurst Health, which includes Edward Hospital, Elmhurst Hospital and Linden Oaks Behavioral Health.

The system has annual revenues of more than $1 billion; more than 100 outpatient locations across a service area of 1.7 million residents in the west and southwest suburbs of Chicago and nearly 8,400 employees. She was president & CEO of Edward from 1988 through June 2016.

In those 28 years, she guided the hospital through an era of growth, and into regional and national prominence. Davis transformed Edward, the Chicago area's 9th largest hospital, from a relatively small community hospital into a regional medical center with care that rivals that provided by Chicago's top teaching hospitals. Davis is known as an innovator — she's been responsible for the introduction of patient and visitor comforts, including all private patient rooms, DuPage County's first medically-based fitness center, animal-assisted therapy, healing arts, healing gardens, concierge service and valet parking.

Davis serves as a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, Section for Health Care Systems delegate, member of Regional Policy Board 5 for the American Hospital Association and an at-large trustee on the Illinois Hospital Association's board of trustees.

She serves on the Boards of DuPage Regional Development Alliance and Choose DuPage, and is a member of The Chicago Network, Naperville Responds for Our Veterans, Naperville Development Partnership and Illinois Hospital Association Transforming Illinois Healthcare Task Force.

Davis holds a BA in Economics/Social Studies and an MA in Hospital and Health Services Administration from the University of Iowa. She was born and raised in West Chicago, and has three children and three grandchildren.