Jason C. Chang joined The Queen’s Health Systems (QHS) in 2015 as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. He was later appointed President of The QHS Innovation Institute and Executive Vice President of Innovation and Strategy.

An accomplished health care executive, his leadership experience includes both for-profit and non-profit health care sectors. His background includes hospital and health system management; ambulatory service and clinical program development; quality and service improvement; managing tertiary/quaternary services in a teaching hospital environment; clinical integration and physician network development; and strategic development of innovation and technologies.

Prior to joining QHS, Mr. Chang was the Chief Executive Officer of McAllen Heart Hospital at South Texas Health Systems, an $800 million regional health system operated by a subsidiary of Universal Health Services. South Texas Health Systems is comprised of five hospitals with 840 licensed beds, a trauma program, a transplant program, a children’s hospital, a behavioral health hospital, and a network of 120 employed physicians in 17 locations.

He received his Bachelor of Science from Northern Arizona University and his Master of Business Administration from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Mr. Chang currently serves as the chair for the Vizient West Coast Network Board and is also a member of the American Hospital Association’s Health Systems Committee. Locally, he is a board member for both the Healthcare Association of Hawaii and the St. Francis Healthcare System.

Mr. Chang remains deeply committed to the Queen’s mission in meeting the health care needs of the community and to provide, in perpetuity, quality health care services to improve the well-being of Native Hawaiians and all the people of Hawaii.