Leadership

President  |  Chief Nursing Officer  |  Chief Medical Officer

President

Joseph DeLeon began serving as president of Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest in May 2013. He is a former captain of the United States Air Force Medical Services Corps and has served in health care management since 1991. 

DeLeon joined Texas Health in 2005 as vice president of professional services and business development at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth. In this role, he was responsible for all ancillary functions, strategic planning and business development activities for the hospital. He led development and implementation of numerous new and expanded services including development and oversight for the Texas Health Harris Methodist Outpatient Center Burleson and the Texas Rehabilitation Hospital of Fort Worth, a joint venture with Centerre Healthcare, expanded the Texas Health Ben Hogan Sports Medicine service line across North Texas, and recruited and deployed traumatic hand surgeons and other key revenue growth initiatives.

DeLeon is chairman of the Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, and chairman of the LifeGift Board of Trustees, vice-chair of the Texas Health Specialty Hospital Board of Directors, chair of the Texas Rehabilitation Hospital of Fort Worth Board of Directors and is on the Board of Visitors for the AdRan College of Liberal Arts at Texas Christian University.

DeLeon is a fellow of the Leadership Fort Worth Program, a member of the 2012-2013 Leadership North Texas class, an alumnus of the Fort Worth Business Press 40 under 40, a member of the Bryan-College Station Chamber of Commerce Leadership Development Program and member of the Cardiovascular Health Fellowship, Health Forum for the American Hospital Association. He is an associate with the American College of Healthcare Executives.

DeLeon earned both a Bachelor of Science in political science in 1991 and a Master of Public Administration in health systems administration in 1994 from Texas A&M University.

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Chief Nursing Officer

Mary Robinson

Mary Robinson is the vice president of Patient Care Services and chief nursing officer at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth. In this role, Robinson is responsible for developing and overseeing the implementation of policies, procedures, and standards of care and practice that provide direction for the delivery of patient care at the hospital. Robinson has been with Texas Health Southwest in this role since 2007; she has served in the Texas Health Resources' system for more than 25 years. Under her leadership at Texas Health Southwest, the hospital is piloting the role of Clinical Nurse Leader ®and a digital mammography program was implemented.

Robinson has received the National Nursing Staff Development Organization Excellence in Administration Award, Lucy Harris Linn Award for Excellence in Teaching and was named a Distinguished Alumni for the University of Texas at Arlington School of Nursing. Robinson is a Magnet Appraiser with the American Nurse Credentialing Center and has served as the chair of the Texas Nurses Association's Staffing Effectiveness Committee.

Prior to joining Texas Health Southwest, Robinson served as the director of Professional Practice and Education/regional director of Clinical Education for Texas Health. She also served as the Magnet project director at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth. Robinson received her bachelor of science in nursing from the University of Texas at Arlington and earned a master's of science and Ph.D. in nursing from Texas Woman's University.

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Chief Medical Officer

Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth is currently conducting a search for a chief medical officer.

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