UPMC Names Wild President of UPMC Hillman Cancer Center

PITTSBURGH – UPMC has named veteran health care executive Elizabeth Wild as president of UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, the region’s only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Wild, who first joined UPMC in 2002, has more than 20 years of health care experience in the U.S. and internationally, and has held several leadership roles at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, most recently as senior vice president. She succeeds UPMC executive vice president Chuck Bogosta, who remains as president of the rapidly growing UPMC International Division and as an officer and board member of UPMC Hillman Cancer Center.

Wild has been an integral part of the leadership team responsible for UPMC’s efforts to deliver patient-focused, cost-effective cancer care across UPMC Hillman’s network of more than 70 cancer centers in Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, Maryland, Ireland and Italy. She has led business development activity, including new partnerships and expansion in western and central Pennsylvania, as well as clinical innovation initiatives aimed at transforming UPMC Hillman’s approach to cancer care.  

In her new role as president, she will provide the strategic vision to further enhance the growth and development, both domestically and globally, of UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, which is among the largest cancer-care networks in the country, providing care to more than 110,000 patients annually.

Wild, a native of Washington, Pa., earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Notre Dame and her MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

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