PITTSBURGH, Pa. (December 9, 2020) – Brian Johnson, MD, a longtime physician leader and primary care physician at Allegheny Health Network’s West Penn Hospital, has been named as the hospital’s new president, effective immediately. He has been serving in the role on an interim basis since September.
As president of West Penn, Dr. Johnson will work with network leaders, Institute chairs, and on-site clinical leaders to ensure that West Penn provides the highest quality of care and best experience possible to the many patients and communities served by the hospital. He will also help to develop and implement West Penn’s operating, clinical, and community-care strategies going forward.
“We are extremely excited to have Dr. Johnson join our team of outstanding hospital physician presidents at AHN as the new leader of West Penn,” said Cynthia Hundorfean, President and CEO, Allegheny Health Network (AHN.) “Dr. Johnson has spent most of his professional career at West Penn and is a highly skilled and respected clinician and physician leader. He fully understands the vital role that West Penn plays in promoting the health and well-being of communities throughout the Pittsburgh region, and we look forward to the hospital’s continued growth and success under his direction.”
Dr. Johnson has served as West Penn’s chief medical officer since 2017, and he has been a part of the Allegheny Health Network family since 2006. Since then, he has served in several clinical leadership positions, including medical director of West Penn’s Clinical Decision Unit and site director of the hospital’s Internal Medicine Residency Program.
A lifelong Western Pennsylvania resident, Dr. Johnson completed his undergraduate studies at Washington & Jefferson College and received his medical degree from Temple University School of Medicine. After medical school, he completed an internal medicine residency, including a chief resident year, and participated in the cardiology fellowship program at Allegheny General Hospital.
“West Penn Hospital has a long and distinguished legacy of providing high quality care and service to our region, and it is an incredible honor and a privilege to have the opportunity to help lead and carry that tradition on for current and future generations,” Dr. Johnson said. “I’ve worked alongside the exceptional physicians, nurses and other employees at West Penn for many years, and I could not ask for more talented, committed and compassionate team.”
Located in Pittsburgh’s Bloomfield neighborhood, West Penn is AHN’s flagship hospital for women’s and infants’ care, and is well-known for many other advanced specialties, including orthopedics, autoimmune disease, neurosurgery, cancer care, bone marrow transplantation, burn care and bariatric surgery, among others. The first hospital in western Pennsylvania to earn three consecutive Magnet recognitions for nursing excellence, West Penn also has been named to the IBM Watson Top 100 Hospital list for two consecutive years, in 2019-2020 and 2020-2021.