Texas Medical Center Names New CEO

HOUSTON, TX — The Texas Medical Center has a new CEO, and his name is Bill McKeon. McKeon, who had served as COO of the center, fills the role left vacant when Dr. Robert Robbins left in March to take the job of president of the University of Arizona

"Bill’s broad and diverse set of experiences from around the world, coupled with his ability to bring people together to execute on a vision, is exactly what we need as the TMC enters its next chapter of expanded innovation and growth," O. Holcombe Crosswell, chairman of the TMC board of directors, said in a statement.

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McKeon had also served as president and CEO of Cellnovo, a London-based medical technology firm. He joined the TMC in 2013.

"I am honored the Board of Directors selected me as the next president and CEO during what we believe is the most transformational period in the history of the Texas Medical Center," McKeon said in a statement. "The opportunity ahead for TMC and Texas is vast, but to seize it, we must further align our great leaders and institutions to advance our position as the ‘third coast’ of life sciences.”"

"Bill has built a broad base of support across the Board and leadership throughout the medical center to lead TMC," Downey Bridgwater, TMC’s vice chairman of the board of directors, said in the statement.

The TMC also announced the appointment of Shawn Cloonan as COO. Cloonan had previously served as the center's general counsel and executive vice president of planning and development.

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