Rush University System for Health CEO salary and executive pay
Rush University System for Health paid its CEO, Omar B Lateef DO, $4,819,778 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $655,710 (15.7%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $2,758,712,727, down 8.0% from $3,000,055,750 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Rush University System for Health ranks 66th of 229 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. Rush University System for Health has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 36-2174823, Chicago, IL.
CEO, fiscal year ending June 2025
$4,819,778
Also listed with a chief executive title on this filing: Robert S D Higgins MD MSHA (President & Chief Academic Officer, Rush University), $1,316,566.
- Total revenue
- $2,758,712,727
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 62%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202631349349312808.View the filing
Peers: the 183 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 70th of 184 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.17% 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, 35 people were paid more than $500,000, 17 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Omar B Lateef DO CEO President & Chief Executive Officer, RUSH | $4,819,778 |
| Matt Walsh MHAChief Operating Officer, RUSH | $1,953,598 |
| Angelique Richard PhD RN CENPSVP Hospital Operations, CNO | $1,848,687 |
| Richa Gupta MBBS MHSASVP and COO, Rush Medical Group (end 9/24) | $1,680,515 |
| Patricia S O'Neil MAEChief Financial Officer, RUSH | $1,603,687 |
Also paid on the latest return: Michael Liptay MD (Chairperson Cardiovascular/Thoracic Surgery), $1,574,424; Denise N Szalko (VP Revenue Cycle, RUSH (end 8/24)), $1,497,411; Cynthia Brincat MD PhD (Dean, Rush Medical College), $1,449,530; Keith Hood MD (Physician), $1,370,950; Carl T Bergetz JD (Chief Legal Officer, RUSH & Board Secretary, RUSH), $1,335,342; Robert S D Higgins MD MSHA (President & Chief Academic Officer, Rush University), $1,316,566; Paul E Casey MD MBA FACEP (Chief Medical Officer, RUSH), $1,262,825; John E O'Toole (Physician), $1,219,563; Ricardo Fontes (Physician), $1,202,018; David A Ansell MD (Former Officer), $1,158,345; Dino P Rumoro DO MPH FACEP (Former Officer), $1,066,541; Courtney L Kammer MHA (Chief Human Resources Officer, RUSH), $1,041,748; Jeffrey M Gautney (Chief Information Officer, RUSH), $951,457; Alex D Wiggins (Chief Investment Officer, RUSH), $835,724; Murray T Ancell MS CFRE (Chief Development Officer, RUSH (end 5/25)), $802,039; and 28 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Andrew J Mills (Trustee (end 6/25)), Ann W Cohn EdD (Trustee), Barbara Jil Wu PhD (Trustee), Bradley J Henderson (Trustee), Brian T McCormack (Trustee (end 11/24)), Carl W Stern (Trustee (end 6/25)), Carole Browe Segal (Trustee (end 6/25)), Christine A Edwards (Trustee/Vice Chair), Darrel H Hackett (Trustee), David C Habiger (Trustee), David H B Smith Jr (Trustee), Eric A Reeves (Trustee), Francis O Idehen Jr (Trustee), James W DeYoung (Trustee (end 6/25)), Jennifer W Steans (Trustee), Joan E Steel (Trustee), Joan S Rubschlager (Trustee), John J Sabl (Trustee), Jonathan A Myers MD (Trustee - Ex Officio (start 7/24)), Karen Jaffee Cofsky (Trustee), Katherine H Peterson (Trustee - Ex Officio (start 7/24)), Kenneth H M Leet (Trustee), Kip Kirkpatrick (Trustee), Matthew J Boler (Trustee (end 6/25)), Nicole J Walker (Trustee), and 16 more.
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 | Omar B Lateef DO CEO President & Chief Executive Officer, RUSH | $4,819,778 | $2,758,712,727 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Omar B Lateef DO CEO President & CEO | $4,164,068 | $3,000,055,750 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Omar B Lateef DO CEO President & CEO | $3,383,039 | $2,664,946,106 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | Omar B Lateef DO CEO President and CEO | $2,892,538 | $2,591,581,148 | 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 202631349349312808.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Omar B Lateef DOPresident & Chief Executive Officer, RUSH | $4,296,109 | $523,669 | $2,024,159 | $2,050,821 | $221,129 | $494,575 | $29,094 | $4,819,778 |
| Matt Walsh MHAChief Operating Officer, RUSH | $1,704,633 | $248,965 | $1,180,491 | $479,717 | $44,425 | $227,453 | $21,512 | $1,953,598 |
| Angelique Richard PhD RN CENPSVP Hospital Operations, CNO | $1,753,857 | $94,830 | $201,484 | $288,615 | $1,263,758 | $85,381 | $9,449 | $1,848,687 |
| Richa Gupta MBBS MHSA*SVP and COO, Rush Medical Group (end 9/24) | $1,295,274 | $385,241 | $260,975 | $241,843 | $792,456 | $366,339 | $18,902 | $1,680,515 |
| Patricia S O'Neil MAEChief Financial Officer, RUSH | $1,386,497 | $217,190 | $878,249 | $410,473 | $97,775 | $200,504 | $16,686 | $1,603,687 |
These figures come from Rush University System for Health'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 Rush University System for Health compares
Ranked 66th of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 65th, Mayo Clinic, $4,888,096
- Next in this ranking: 67th, Hartford HealthCare, $4,799,936
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta$3,008,349 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Temple University Hospital$1,176,873 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Nebraska Medicine$2,775,089 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Grady Health System$2,698,520 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Northwell Health$5,943,362 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Common questions
Omar B Lateef DO (President & Chief Executive Officer, RUSH) was paid $4,819,778 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $4,296,109 from Rush University System for Health and $523,669 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Omar B Lateef DO, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $4,819,778.
Rush University System for Health paid its CEO, Omar B Lateef DO, $4,819,778 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $655,710 (15.7%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the CEO was Omar B Lateef DO, paid $2,892,538. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $2,892,538 (Omar B Lateef DO); June 2023, $3,383,039; June 2024, $4,164,068; June 2025, $4,819,778.
Rush University System for Health's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $2,347,044,424 and total revenue of $2,758,712,727 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $411,668,303. Expenses were $2,788,845,401 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they fell 15.8%. The CEO's pay of $4,819,778 equals 0.21% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Rush University System for Health 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.