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Barclay Berdan
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Barclay E. Berdan, F.A.C.H.E., senior executive vice president of system alignment and performance for Texas Health Resources, is an industry veteran with more than 30 years of health care leadership experience. He oversees the development of business and strategic plans for Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital, Texas Health Harris Methodist Stephenville, Texas Health Harris Methodist Fort Worth, Texas Health Harris Methodist HEB, Texas Health Harris Methodist Azle, Texas Health Harris Methodist Southwest Fort Worth and Texas Health Harris Methodist Cleburne hospitals. Other areas of expertise include advocacy and community health, pastoral care, system nurse executive leadership, marketing, communication and public relations.
The Texas Health executive is also chairman of the Texas Hospital Association for the 2008-09 year.
Berdan joined Texas Health in 1986 as vice president/administrator for Texas Health Harris Methodist Southwest Fort Worth, overseeing the construction and opening of the hospital. He served as the chief operating officer of Texas Health Harris Methodist Fort Worth from 1993 to 1999 and then served as its president from 1999 to 2007. He also served as executive vice president for Texas Health from 2005 to 2007. Before joining Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospitals, Berdan worked for American Medical International for nine years and held several hospital leadership positions in Florida, Arkansas and Texas.
Under his leadership, the Texas Health Harris Methodist Fort Worth received many prestigious honors and national recognitions. In addition, the campus developed and expanded to include a new neonatal ICU, expansions in Women's Services and the Emergency Department, a new Blood Bank, the Klabzuba Tower housing a comprehensive cancer center, the Ben Hogan Sports Therapy Institute, the Clearfork Surgery Center and physician offices, the David E. Bloxom Sr. Tower for critical care patients and more.
Berdan's leadership team, in conjunction with the medical director for cardiovascular services, completed the new Texas Health Harris Methodist Heart Center, a 150,000 square-foot building dedicated to cardiovascular services which houses 100 patient beds, four surgery suites and four cath labs. The $62 million project opened in December 2005.
Berdan's past experiences also included serving in administrative positions at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Jackson Park Hospital, both in Chicago.
Berdan earned a bachelor of science degree in biology from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth and a master's degree in business administration with a specialization in hospital administration from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.
Active in his community, Berdan also has served in leadership positions on the board of directors for LifeGift Organ Procurement Organization, the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council, Healthy Tarrant County Collaboration, Fort Worth Sister Cities International and Fort Worth South, Inc. He has been actively involved with the American Heart Association, the Boy Scouts, the American Hospital Association, and the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce, just to name a few.
Berdan was named Texas Health Harris Methodist's Enlightened Leader of the Year in 1999, an Outstanding American Heart Association Heart Walk Chair in 2001 and Co-Chair in 2002.
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