The Queen’s Health Systems (QHS) has announced the appointment of David Hope, MHSA, CMPE, as President of Queen’s University Medical Group (QUMG) and Senior Vice President of QHS. Hope had been serving as QUMG president in an interim capacity since July 2025 and has made an immediate impact on operations.
Hope is responsible for overseeing more than 700 employed providers across QHS’ hospital campuses and ambulatory locations, and manages the professional service agreements that the organization has with community physicians. He also plays an integral role in QHS’ partnership with the University of Hawai‘i’s John A. Burns School of Medicine, supporting education and training for the next generation of health care professionals.
Hope is an experienced health care executive with an extensive background in strategic and operational planning. Prior to joining QUMG, he served as Vice President of Physician Services at Meritus Health in Hagerstown, Maryland. Before that, he spent nine years at Wake Forest Baptist Health in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, as Associate Vice President of Network Operations and Associate Vice President of Ambulatory Services.
A native of Arkansas, Hope earned a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee, and his Master of Health Services Administration at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. His entire career has been focused on physician practice administration spanning private groups, regional health systems and a large, academic medical center.
