Memorial Hermann Health System CEO salary and executive pay
Memorial Hermann Health System paid its CEO, David L Callender MD, $6,061,094 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $140,860 (2.4%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $8,563,610,095, up 0.4% from $8,526,519,854 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Memorial Hermann Health System ranks 46th of 229 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. Memorial Hermann Health System has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 74-1152597, Houston, TX.
CEO, fiscal year ending June 2025
$6,061,094
Also listed with a chief executive title on this filing: Anne E Neeson (EVP, CEO - Foundation), $1,143,076; Marissa Kiefer (SVP, CEO-Children's Hospital), $974,133; Paul C O'Sullivan (SVP, CEO- MC & GH), $1,417,542; Justin P Kendrick (SVP, CEO - NE & TW), $1,289,638; Malisha S Patel (SVP, CEO - SW & SL), $1,247,019; Jerry A Ashworth (SVP, CEO - Cypress & Katy), $1,101,628; Noel J Cardenas (SVP, CEO - SE & PL), $1,079,279.
- Total revenue
- $8,563,610,095
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 11%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202621349349310177.View the filing
Peers: the 183 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 163rd of 184 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.07% 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, 31 people were paid more than $500,000, 26 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| David L Callender MD CEO CEO/President | $6,061,094 |
| Erin S AsprecEVP/COO | $3,050,088 |
| Alec KingEVP/CFO/Treasurer | $2,672,097 |
| James McCarthy MDEVP, CPE | $2,235,852 |
| Joshua UrbanSVP/President COMM HOSP | $2,129,151 |
Also paid on the latest return: Feby Abraham (EVP, CSO), $2,055,410; Deborah C Gordon (EVP/CAO/CLO/SECRETARY (Former)), $1,823,760; Eric Smith (SVP, CDO), $1,819,161; Obiefuna Chikelue (SVP, CIO), $1,753,902; Kyle Price (SVP, Srvc Lines), $1,733,713; Amanda Hammel (SVP,CIO), $1,730,421; Heath Rushing (SVP, Srvc Lines), $1,703,587; Lori P Knowles (SVP/CHRO), $1,664,260; Paul C O'Sullivan (SVP, CEO- MC & GH), $1,417,542; Justin P Kendrick (SVP, CEO - NE & TW), $1,289,638; Jeffrey Stephens (SVP, Supply Chain), $1,247,970; Malisha S Patel (SVP, CEO - SW & SL), $1,247,019; Phillip Chang (SVP, CQO), $1,241,916; Richard Lyman (SVP/REV CYCLE), $1,193,156; Teal Holden (SVP/AMB & POST-ACUTE SVCS), $1,155,261; and 13 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Alan V Ytterberg (Director), Anne Taylor (Director), David S Habachy (Director), Donald M Woo (Director), Edward B Adams Jr (Director), Gregory L Armstrong (Director), Ira L Flax MD (Director), Jarvis V Hollingsworth (Director), Jay Schneider (Director), John A Graf (Director), John M Esquivel (Director), Kevin P Brady (Director), Monica K Benton (Director), Neelofer S Durrani MD (Director), Peter R Huntsman (Director), Richard S Figueroa (Director), Rishi A Varma (Director), Sara N Ortwein (Director), Stacy P Methvin (Director, Board Chair), Willoughby C Williams Jr (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 | David L Callender MD CEO CEO/President | $6,061,094 | $8,563,610,095 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | David L Callender MD CEO CEO/PRESIDENT | $5,920,234 | $8,526,519,854 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | David L Callender MD CEO CEO/PRESIDENT | $4,017,427 | $7,581,409,425 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | David L Callender MD CEO CEO/President | $3,554,199 | $7,314,063,690 | 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 202621349349310177.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| David L Callender MDCEO/President | $5,438,998 | $622,096 | $2,039,513 | $3,354,527 | $44,958 | $587,206 | $34,890 | $6,061,094 |
| Erin S AsprecEVP/COO | $2,640,462 | $409,626 | $1,209,981 | $1,423,836 | $6,645 | $392,527 | $17,099 | $3,050,088 |
| Alec KingEVP/CFO/Treasurer | $2,310,691 | $361,406 | $1,196,149 | $1,110,288 | $4,254 | $326,981 | $34,425 | $2,672,097 |
| James McCarthy MDEVP, CPE | $1,948,222 | $287,630 | $862,837 | $1,080,689 | $4,696 | $252,158 | $35,472 | $2,235,852 |
| Joshua UrbanSVP/President COMM HOSP | $1,827,220 | $301,931 | $928,491 | $893,746 | $4,983 | $295,118 | $6,813 | $2,129,151 |
These figures come from Memorial Hermann 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 Memorial Hermann Health System compares
Ranked 46th of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 45th, Sentara Health, $6,375,042
- Next in this ranking: 47th, Northside Hospital, $5,944,335
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
Vanderbilt University Medical Center$16,481,139 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Stanford Health Care$5,385,633 (CEO), fiscal year ending Aug 2025
Northside Hospital$5,944,335 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Cleveland Clinic$9,709,152 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Orlando Health$9,439,845 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Common questions
David L Callender MD (CEO/President) was paid $6,061,094 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $5,438,998 from Memorial Hermann Health System and $622,096 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, David L Callender MD, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $6,061,094.
Memorial Hermann Health System paid its CEO, David L Callender MD, $6,061,094 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $140,860 (2.4%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the CEO was David L Callender MD, paid $3,554,199. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $3,554,199 (David L Callender MD); June 2023, $4,017,427; June 2024, $5,920,234; June 2025, $6,061,094.
Memorial Hermann Health System's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $8,330,178,323 and total revenue of $8,563,610,095 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $233,431,772. Expenses were $7,666,749,931 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 8.7%. The CEO's pay of $6,061,094 equals 0.07% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Memorial Hermann Health System filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on May 14, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.