Jon Duckert named president of Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southlake

# Appointment and immediate context

# Duckert's background and relevant experience Duckert has more than 20 years of experience in healthcare leadership. His resume emphasizes management of joint-venture hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers. He spent over 13 years at United Surgical Partners International (USPI), where he served in both chief executive officer and chief financial officer roles for joint-venture facilities.

He later served as CEO at two Baylor Scott & White Medical Center campuses—Uptown and Sunnyvale—both of which were joint ventures between Baylor Scott & White Health and USPI. He also was CFO of Houston Physicians' Hospital, a joint venture between USPI and Memorial Hermann Health System. That combination of operational and financial leadership in joint-venture settings is directly relevant to the governance model at Southlake.

# About Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southlake Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southlake has served its community for more than 20 years as a multispecialty surgical hospital. Notable recognitions listed for the hospital include The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval for Advanced Certification in Spine Surgery and Level 3 Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation (GEDA) for enhanced care of older adults. U.S. News & World Report rated the hospital High Performing for hip replacement in the current year.

# Southlake's profile Duckert's track record managing joint-venture hospitals and surgery centers maps onto Southlake's ownership and operational structure. His mixed experience as both CEO and CFO suggests he brings both clinical operations and financial oversight skills—useful for a physician-owned hospital where physician partners practice independently and joint governance can require close collaboration between clinical leaders and hospital administration.

# The broader system Texas Health Resources is a faith-based, nonprofit health system with 29 hospital locations under several banners, including Texas Health Presbyterian and Texas Health Harris Methodist. The system reports service across 16 counties, more than 8 million people in its service area, more than 4,400 licensed hospital beds, about 6,400 physicians with active staff privileges, and roughly 30,000 employees.

# What this means for Southlake readers

# Contact and further information Texas Health Resources materials list a centralized contact number and website for system-level information. For hospital-specific details, the Southlake campus maintains public information about services, accreditations, and patient care recognitions.