Chris York, FACHE, serves as president of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, having assumed the role in May of 2023. In this role he collaborates with the hospital's executive leadership team to direct and coordinate clinical, service and operational activities. He also works to advance physician engagement and promote effective employee and community relations.

York has more than 30 years of healthcare leadership experience, much of it in the Dallas-Fort Worth market. He joined Texas Health from Community Health Systems, where he served as market CEO for Northwest Health System in Springdale, Arkansas. Before joining Community Health Systems, York spent nearly 15 years with Baylor Scott & White Health, most recently serving as president of Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Grapevine and Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Waxahachie.

He has also held leadership positions at WellStar Health System in Marietta, Georgia; Ballard Health in Johnson City, Tennessee; and Vizient Performance Consulting in Charlotte, North Carolina.

York earned master’s and bachelor’s degrees in business administration from East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tennessee. He was a fellow with the Baylor Scott & White Health/Southern Methodist University Executive Development and Growth Experience and was a healthcare executive fellow with the Advisory Board Co./Harvard University. He has served on a number of community boards and was named the 2019 Erie Chapman Foundation Healthcare CEO of the Year.

York and his wife, neonatologist Jackie York, M.D., have one son, Jack. Outside of work, he has served in various church leadership roles and enjoys mentoring, coaching, fishing and golfing.