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Leadership at Stead Family Children's Hospital

Our Leadership Team
Alexander
Bassuk
MD, PhD
Physician-in-chief and Chair, Stead Family Children’s Hospital, Stead Family Department of Pediatrics, Professor
Jim
Leste
MS, FACHE
Chief Administrative Officer, UI Health Care Stead Family Children's Hospital

As chief administrative officer of Stead Family Children’s Hospital, Jim Leste, MS, FACHE, provides on-site leadership, which includes managing financial performance, clinical quality, and employee, physician, and community relations. He also serves as the executive leader for the UI Center for Disabilities and Development (CDD) and Children’s and Women’s Services at UI Health Care.

Leste previously served as vice president of operations for Children’s Minnesota. He is board certified as a fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives and has held various leadership positions within Children’s Minnesota over the last two decades—including vice president of support operations; senior director of surgical specialties; director of safety, security, and emergency management; among others.

He is a board member and past board chair of Life Link III, the largest consortium owned critical care air medical transport company in the country. He has also served in an adjunct faculty role at Saint Mary’s University in Minnesota.

Jacqueline
Nelson
DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC
Associate Chief Nursing Officer, Children's & Women's Services

Jacqueline Nelson, DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC is the Associate Chief Nursing Officer, Children's & Women's Services at UI Health Care Stead Family Children’s Hospital. She grew up in Clemons, Iowa, and has spent most of her career at UI Health Care. She earned a Doctor of Nursing Practice from Rush University, Chicago; a Master of Business Administration, a Master of Arts in Nursing, and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from University of Iowa. She is certified with American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) as Nurse Executive, Advanced.

Derek
Zhorne
MD
Associate Chief Medical Officer, Stead Family Children's Hospital, Clinical Associate Professor

Derek Zhorne, MD is currently the Associate Chief Medical Officer of Stead Family Children's Hospital and a Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine. He is a graduate of the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine (MD) and completed pediatric residency, chief residency, and a fellowship in Pediatric Hospital Medicine at Texas Children’s Hospital/Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Zhorne spends his clinical time in the Stead Family Children's Hospital as a pediatric hospitalist and he has special interests in evidence-based clinical practice and caring for children with medical complexity. He has received collegiate and departmental teaching awards for his contributions to resident and medical student education.

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