Duke University Health System CEO salary and executive pay
Duke University Health System paid its CEO, Craig T Albanese MD, $2,338,899 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $302,756 (14.9%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $6,165,109,566, up 6.9% from $5,766,300,632 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Duke University Health System ranks 152nd of 229 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. Duke University Health System has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 56-2070036, Durham, NC.
CEO, fiscal year ending June 2025
$2,338,899
Highest-paid person, fiscal year ending June 2025
$2,356,997A Eugene Washington MDCHANCELLOR EMERITUS FOR HEALTH AFF.
- Total revenue
- $6,165,109,566
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 2%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202641359349301294.View the filing
Peers: the 183 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 179th of 184 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.04% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 25 people were paid more than $500,000, 16 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| A Eugene Washington MDCHANCELLOR EMERITUS FOR HEALTH AFF. | $2,356,997 |
| Craig T Albanese MD CEO DIRECTOR/CEO | $2,338,899 |
| Monte D Brown MDVP FOR ADMINISTRATION/SECRETARY | $2,268,939 |
| Vincent E PriceDIRECTOR | $2,200,045 |
| Thomas A Owens MDEXECUTIVE VP, DUHS & COO | $1,929,950 |
Also paid on the latest return: Mary E Klotman MD (DIRECTOR), $1,580,961; Gregory Pauly (PRESIDENT DUH/ACUTE CARE SERVICES/VICE DEAN SOM), $1,565,235; Jeffrey M Ferranti (VP & CHIEF DIGITAL OFFICE), $1,414,572; John A Quelch (EXECUTIVE VICE CHANCELLOR, DKU), $1,340,182; Lisa M Goodlett (SENIOR VP, CFO, TREASURER), $1,315,876; Richard P Shannon MD (CHIEF QUALITY OFFICER), $1,237,767; Mary K Martin (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, DUH), $1,230,940; Peter Grossi (DIRECTOR), $1,131,437; Alison Toth (DIRECTOR), $1,089,977; Erik Paulson (DIRECTOR), $1,075,275; Howard Francis MD (DIRECTOR), $1,072,963; Keith Stover (VP FINANCE/COO, PRMO), $986,740; Rhonda Brandon (CHIEF HR OFFICER), $981,269; Robert N Willis (FORMER OFFICER), $860,068; Devdutta Sangvai MD (PRESIDENT, DUKE REGIONAL HOSPITAL), $818,221; and 10 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Leslie E Bains (DIRECTOR), Denise Bennett (DIRECTOR), Federico Manon (DIRECTOR), Carmichael S Roberts Jr (DIRECTOR), Nancy M Schlichting (DIRECTOR), Laurene Sperling (DIRECTOR), G Richard Wagoner Jr (DIRECTOR), Denise Barnes (DIRECTOR), Garheng Kong MD (DIRECTOR), Thomas H Lister (DIRECTOR), Gerald Hassell (DIRECTOR), Amanda Richards (DIRECTOR), Adam Silver (DIRECTOR).
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2025 | Craig T Albanese MD CEO DIRECTOR/CEO | $2,338,899 | $6,165,109,566 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Craig T Albanese MD CEO DIRECTOR/CEO | $2,036,143 | $5,766,300,632 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Craig T Albanese MD CEO CEO | $1,460,941 | $4,672,834,668 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | A Eugene Washington MD CEO DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT & CEO | $2,727,834 | $4,600,505,996 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending June 2025.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202641359349301294.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Related | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| A Eugene Washington MD*CHANCELLOR EMERITUS FOR HEALTH AFF. | $0 | $2,285,670 | $71,327 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $995,113 | $1,267,557 | $23,000 | $42,072 | $32,472 | $2,360,214 | |||
| Craig T Albanese MDDIRECTOR/CEO | $2,279,485 | $0 | $59,414 | $1,583,735 | $672,750 | $23,000 | $42,072 | $22,513 | $2,344,070 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Monte D Brown MDVP FOR ADMINISTRATION/SECRETARY | $2,213,088 | $0 | $55,851 | $488,464 | $657,136 | $1,067,488 | $42,072 | $15,313 | $2,270,473 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Vincent E Price*DIRECTOR | $0 | $2,137,417 | $62,628 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $2,114,417 | $0 | $23,000 | $42,072 | $27,489 | $2,206,978 | |||
| Thomas A Owens MDEXECUTIVE VP, DUHS & COO | $1,853,877 | $0 | $76,073 | $1,177,120 | $653,757 | $23,000 | $42,072 | $37,821 | $1,933,770 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
These figures come from Duke University Health System's Form 990 returns, as the IRS publishes them. The methodology page explains how they're chosen. To report an error, email corrections@ceopaycheck.com.
How Duke University Health System compares
Ranked 152nd of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 151st, Carle Foundation, $2,348,482
- Next in this ranking: 153rd, Stanford Medicine Children's Health, $2,338,281
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
Sanford Health$4,999,360 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Indiana University Health$5,720,461 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Inova Health System$6,579,451 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Novant Health$8,150,937 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Risant Health (Geisinger)$14,295,895 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Common questions
Craig T Albanese MD (DIRECTOR/CEO) was paid $2,338,899 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $2,279,485 from Duke University Health System and $59,414 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The highest-paid person on the latest return was A Eugene Washington MD (CHANCELLOR EMERITUS FOR HEALTH AFF.), at $2,356,997. That is $18,098 more than the CEO, Craig T Albanese MD.
Duke University Health System paid its CEO, Craig T Albanese MD, $2,338,899 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $302,756 (14.9%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the CEO was A Eugene Washington MD, paid $2,727,834. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $2,727,834 (A Eugene Washington MD); June 2023, $1,460,941 (Craig T Albanese MD); June 2024, $2,036,143; June 2025, $2,338,899.
Duke University Health System's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $5,399,496,441 and total revenue of $6,165,109,566 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $765,613,125. Expenses were $5,073,619,859 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 6.4%. The CEO's pay of $2,338,899 equals 0.04% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Duke University Health System filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on May 15, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.