Chief Executive Officer

Tammy Snyder, MPH

Tammy Snyder, MPH, is chief executive officer of UVA Health University Medical Center, the flagship hospital of UVA Health, where she advances clinical excellence, patient experience, and operational performance.

Snyder joined UVA Health in August 2026 after serving as president and chief operating officer of Rochester General Hospital, one of the region’s largest tertiary care hospitals. Appointed president in May 2023, she provided executive leadership for an organization with approximately 8,000 employees and a $2 billion operating budget, overseeing hospital operations, strategic execution, financial performance, quality, patient safety, and organizational culture.

Prior to her appointment as president, Snyder served as chief operating officer of Rochester General Hospital, where she led comprehensive operational and financial improvement initiatives. Her work included implementing Lean daily management structures, advancing hospital-wide performance improvement efforts, strengthening care progression and discharge processes, and fostering a metrics-driven culture focused on quality, safety, and the patient and employee experience.

Before joining Rochester Regional Health, Snyder served as chief administrative officer for the Department of Medicine at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medicine. In that role, she oversaw administrative, clinical, research, and educational operations for multiple medical specialties across four hospital campuses, supporting more than 500 physicians and 1,600 employees.

Earlier in her career, Snyder spent more than 13 years at Johns Hopkins Medicine in progressively senior leadership roles, including chief administrative officer for the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine and chief of staff to the Johns Hopkins Hospital chief operating officer and vice president of Medical Affairs. Across these positions, she led complex clinical operations, quality and safety initiatives, and large-scale operational and financial improvement efforts within a leading academic medical center.

Snyder holds a bachelor of science in Health Policy and Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a master of public health in Health Policy and Administration from the Yale School of Public Health. Her executive education includes the Serving Executive Leadership Program at Johns Hopkins University, the Women’s Leadership Program at the Yale School of Management, and the Baldrige Executive Fellows Program. She is also a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt.

A dedicated advocate for community engagement and nonprofit leadership, Snyder has served on the boards of My Sister’s Circle and the Baltimore Ronald McDonald House. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Rochester Ronald McDonald House and remains committed to advancing healthcare, education, and community wellbeing through service and leadership.