Ed Jimenez, MBA

President and CEO

Edward Jimenez serves as the President and CEO of Main Line Health. Ed, a veteran healthcare executive with nearly 30 years of progressive leadership experience, joined the System in 2025. Ed has an exceptional track record of leadership, innovation and a deep commitment to fostering a culture of collaboration, excellence and continuous improvement.

Before joining Main Line Health, Ed served as President and CEO of University Hospital, a 500-bed academic medical center in Newark, New Jersey. Under his leadership, University Hospital embarked on a $1.8 billion campus renovation and expansion project, achieved #1 survival in the United States for liver transplantation and enhanced employee engagement with the hospital landing on Forbes’ America’s Best Employers list. Ed was instrumental in spearheading an ambulatory strategy focused on network and service line expansion.

Prior to University Hospital, Ed worked at UF Health for 12 years, first serving as the COO and then becoming the CEO, a role he held for nearly a decade. At UF Health, Ed grew the system from a $1 billion and 8,000 employee organization to a $2.7 billion organization comprising seven hospitals, 16 ambulatory care facilities and 14,000 employees. Under his leadership, UF Health saw remarkable growth with a focus on an ambulatory strategy designed to increase access to care. He also fostered robust affiliate and partner relationships with health systems and providers around the state. Throughout Ed’s tenure, UF Health was consistently recognized in the annual U.S. News & World Report rankings for its clinical quality in pediatric and adult medical specialties.

Over his career, Ed has held progressive senior leadership roles at St. Joseph’s Healthcare System, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and University Hospital (under its previous name as the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey).

Ed earned a Master of Business Administration from the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College in New York and a bachelor’s degree in politics from Brandeis University in Massachusetts.

Ed is the Chair-Elect of the Association of American Medical Colleges’ Council of Academic Health System Executives Administrative Board and currently holds several national board appointments. He also has faculty appointments at Johns Hopkins University, University of Florida and Rutgers University.