Nikoma Wolf, MBA FACHE, Chief Operating Officer, Baylor Scott & White Medical Center, Irving
In 2005 Nikoma Wolf started her career with Baylor Scott & White Health Care System as a leader in Medical Staff Services. Through various opportunities she has assumed the roles of Medical Staff Services Director, Service Line & Business Development Director/VP and currently serves as Chief Operation Officer. Ms. Wolf has been instrumental in working with the Medical Staff at several system hospitals to grow and develop service lines such as Orthopedics, Neuroscience, Oncology, Pain Management, and various sub-specialty Surgical programs. In her current role, Ms. Wolf has oversight of the day-to-day operations for a 293-bed acute care facility. In addition, her facility oversight includes tenant leasing and facility maintenance for 3 medical office buildings. She is actively engaged in business development through strategic planning and is an active participate in board governance. She plans, designs, and manages facility construction projects and oversees capital budget process for all facility investments. To date Ms. Wolf has had operational oversight for over 250 million dollars of campus improvements.
During her tenure, Ms. Wolf Achieved several national accreditation program certifications to include; Breast Centers (NAPBC), American College of Surgeons’ Cancer Program (ACoS), Primary Stroke Center from The Joint Commission, and led a successful site Hospital survey in 2010 from The Joint Commission. She was responsible for assisting with the business development and strategic planning for new 148-bed facility built in 2012. With this new facility she built the Medical Staff Services department and onboarded 500 physicians. Under her leadership she had grown several service lines adding program enhancements that improved quality, patient satisfaction, and profitability. She currently finished a facility innovation and renovation project to support a new patient bed tower to include staff mobile communication devices, development of patient infotainment integration, and identify product solution for RTLS.
Ms. Wolf earned her undergraduate degree in healthcare administration from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and her master’s degree in business from Texas Woman’s University. She is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE). Ms. Wolf remains active in the community and is a graduate of Leadership Irving-Las Colinas.