Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, June 2025 – Patrick Gallagher, MBA, a human resources leader with more than 20 years of experience in the higher education and health care sectors, will be joining UMass Chan Medical School as the Deputy Executive Vice Chancellor, People Strategy. He will begin his tenure on June 30, and his office will be located on the main Worcester campus.
Since 2022, Gallagher has served as Vice President of Administrative Services and Chief Administrative Officer for Yeshiva University in New York City, the nation’s flagship Jewish university, where he managed several departments including human resources, facilities management, information technology services, and institutional project management.
Previously, he spent more than 11 years at Weill Cornell Medicine in Brooklyn, most recently as Assistant Vice Provost of Operations and Support Services.
Gallagher’s career has been focused on leading initiatives to strengthen and align human resource functions with institutional goals, and he has worked extensively with executive leadership on matters related to total rewards and the development of data-driven, organizational performance metrics. He is deeply committed to launching initiatives that foster high-performance workplace cultures.
Gallagher holds a bachelor’s degree in political science and history from Eastern Michigan University and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of North Carolina, Kenan-Flagler Business School.
The search committee for this position was led by co-chairs Mary Ahn, MD, Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences; and Lisa M. Colombo, DNP, MHA, RN, Executive Vice Chancellor for ForHealth Consulting.
About UMass Chan Medical School
UMass Chan Medical School is Massachusetts’ first and only public academic health sciences center, comprising three graduate schools focused on medicine, biomedical sciences, and nursing. The institution is also home to two business divisions: ForHealth Consulting, which provides consulting services to government and health organizations, and MassBiologics, the only nonprofit FDA-licensed manufacturer of biologics in the U.S.
Consistently ranked among the top medical schools for primary care by U.S. News & World Report, UMass Chan is also a global leader in biomedical research. Its collaborative culture attracts top-tier students and faculty worldwide, driven by a mission to improve community health, advance research, and train future caregivers.
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