Doug Hock

Doug Hock provides leadership, direction and administration of clinical operations across the CHOP system. He has built a leadership team focused on driving employee engagement, integrating digital technology into all aspects of care and work, and improving the patient experience along the dimensions of outcomes, safety, customer service and efficiency. 

Before coming to CHOP, Mr. Hock served at two nationally respected children's hospitals: Texas Children’s Hospital, where he served as Senior Vice President, and Children's Health in Dallas, where he served as President and Chief Operating Officer.

Mr. Hock is responsible for  clinical operations, which includes three hospitals and more than 50 CHOP Care Network locations; information systems, where he is leading the development and implementation of CHOP’s digital transformation and AI strategy; and facilities development, where he is leading the development and implementation of a $3.4-billion facilities master plan for CHOP. The plan includes Roberts Children's Health – a new inpatient complex that will open on CHOP’s Philadelphia Campus in 2028 – and the Morgan Center for Research and Innovation, CHOP’s third wet-bench research building.   

Mr. Hock’s board service over the years includes The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania, the Children’s Hospital Association, and the Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation. Modern Healthcare has named him one of the 25 top COOs in healthcare, and he was included on Becker’s Healthcare’s 2024 list of COOs to Know.  

Mr. Hock is a native of Philadelphia and received his BS in Business and Economics from Lehigh University and his Master of Business Administration from Rice University.