Dr. Baligh Yehia is a nationally recognized physician leader known for driving growth, accelerating transformation, advancing quality and safety, and elevating patient experiences across clinically integrated systems of care. As President of Jefferson Health, he oversees a $15B enterprise that integrates care delivery, insurance, and higher education. Since joining in 2023, he has driven operational transformation and financial turnaround, growing hospital admissions, outpatient visits, and reducing care inefficiencies, while expanding access through 32 hospitals and 700 sites across PA and NJ.

Under his leadership, Jefferson achieved NCI Comprehensive Cancer Center designation, acquired Lehigh Valley Health Network to become a top 15 nonprofit health system in the nation, and opened the patient-centered Honickman Center. He also launched bold initiatives to screen more than one million patients for health-related social needs and to return 10 million hours back to clinicians to focus on patient care through the use of AI.

Previously, Dr. Yehia led Ascension Medical Group and held leadership roles at Johns Hopkins, the University of Pennsylvania, and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases and holds a Master of Public Policy degree from Princeton and a Master of Science in Health Policy from the University of Pennsylvania.