New York, United States, August 2026 — Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) has announced the appointment of Pam Teufel (Pam T.) as Chief People Officer (CPO), effective September 8, 2026. Teufel brings more than three decades of human resources leadership experience, predominantly across healthcare organizations ranging from academic medical centers and community health systems to private equity-backed healthcare businesses. She will report to HSS President and CEO Bryan T. Kelly, MD, MBA.
Teufel joins HSS from Main Line Health, where she served as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer from March 2021 to June 2026. During her tenure, she led strategic HR initiatives spanning executive compensation, retirement benefits, change management, employee recognition, learning, and organizational effectiveness. She also served for four years as a Board Member of the Greater Philadelphia Business Coalition on Health.
Previously, Teufel served as Chief Human Resources Officer at Saint Peter’s Healthcare System, where she helped transform the HR function through new technology, an HR service center, leadership development, employee engagement, and modernization of legacy practices. Before that, she was Chief People Officer at DermOne – Dermatology, Cosmetic & Scarless Vein Center, leading people systems, employer branding, talent attraction and retention, and total rewards in a growing healthcare environment.
Earlier, Teufel served as Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at Thomas Jefferson University, with responsibility for HR across the university, hospitals, and physician practice plan. As the first functional leader hired to combine these HR functions, she established an enterprise-wide approach to talent management, executive compensation, shared services, and HR leadership. Her earlier healthcare leadership experience includes serving as Vice President of Human Resources at Temple Health – Temple University Health System, where she led HR for a health system of approximately 6,600 employees, and more than four years in HR leadership roles at Scripps Health.
Teufel also spent more than seven years with LabCorp, progressing from Manager, Human Resources to Divisional Director, Human Resources, with responsibility for HR operations and people strategy across multiple regions and states. Earlier, she worked with Wegmans Food Markets as a Personnel Representative and began her professional career in broadcasting as an Evening Anchor with Gilmore Communications 1470 WTKO. A 2025 recipient of the HR Lifetime Achievement Award, Teufel has built a career around HR transformation, organizational design, employee engagement, leadership development, total rewards, labor relations, and building higher-performing, resilient workplace cultures. At HSS, she will bring this experience to the organization’s people strategy and continued pursuit of HR excellence.
About Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS)
Founded in 1863, Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) is an academic medical center focused on musculoskeletal health. HSS is nationally ranked No. 1 in orthopedics for the 17th consecutive year and No. 3 in rheumatology by U.S. News & World Report for 2026–2027. It was also ranked the world’s No. 1 hospital for orthopedics for a fifth consecutive year in 2025 in Newsweek’s survey of medical professionals across more than 20 countries.
An affiliate of Weill Cornell Medical College, HSS has its main campus in New York City, with additional facilities in New Jersey, Connecticut, Long Island and Westchester County in New York, and Florida. The organization combines specialized patient care with research, innovation, and education focused on advancing musculoskeletal health.
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