Tampa General Hospital CEO salary and executive pay
Tampa General Hospital paid its CEO, John Couris, $2,944,103 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. That is up $284,905 (10.7%) from the fiscal year ending September 2024. Total revenue on that return was $3,809,952,749, up 20.7% from $3,155,899,362 for the fiscal year ending September 2024. Tampa General Hospital ranks 119th of 229 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. Tampa General Hospital has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 59-3458145, Tampa, FL.
CEO, fiscal year ending September 2025
$2,944,103
- Total revenue
- $3,809,952,749
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 16%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending September 2025, IRS object ID 202622269349300532.View the filing
Peers: the 183 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 153rd of 184 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.08% 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, 16 people were paid more than $500,000, 5 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| John Couris CEO CEO & PRESIDENT | $2,944,103 |
| Kiran Dhanireddy MDVP, CHIEF TRANSPLANT INST. | $1,468,131 |
| Kelly CullenEVP & COO | $1,366,558 |
| Keith Eric Sommers MDTHORACIC SURGEON | $1,189,729 |
| Steve L ShortEVP & PRESIDENT, TGHN | $1,004,788 |
Also paid on the latest return: Mark Runyon (EVP & CFO), $998,308; Debbie A Rinde-Hoffman MD (DIRECTOR/TRANSPLANT CARDIO), $934,093; Benjamin D Mackie MD (VP, CO-CHIEF HEART & VASCU), $922,045; Scott J Arnold (EVP & CHIEF DIGITAL/INNOVA), $872,684; Stacey Brandt (EVP & CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE), $863,644; Margaret Duggan MD (EVP & CMO), $860,478; Anthony Watkins (TRANSLPANT SURGEON), $810,328; Adam Smith (EVP/CHIEF AMBULATORY CARE), $694,959; Qualenta Kivett (EVP & CHIEF PEOPLE/TALENT), $664,974; Laura Haubner MD (SVP & CHIEF QUALITY OFFICE), $601,257; Frances M Leppla (EVP & CHIEF PHILANTHROPY O), $592,349; Wendi Goodson-Celerin DNP (EVP & CNO), $483,020; Robin W Delavergne (SVP, EXTERNAL AFFAIRS), $435,884; Melissa Golombek (VP WOMEN & CHILDREN'S SERVICES), $373,764; Raviender Bukkapatnam MD (DIRECTOR), $117,260; and 1 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Marylou Bailey (DIRECTOR), Kimberly A Bruce (DIRECTOR), Kenneth A Burdick (DIRECTOR), Blake J Casper (DIRECTOR, VICE CHAIRMAN), Gregory J Celestan (DIRECTOR, SECRETARY), Phillip S Dingle (DIRECTOR), Gordon Gillette (DIRECTOR), Drew A Graham (DIRECTOR, CHAIRMAN), Oscar J Horton (DIRECTOR), Patricia Jurinski (DIRECTOR), T Corey Neil (DIRECTOR), Bruce Zwiebel MD (DIRECTOR), Natalie Annis-Goodwin (DIRECTOR).
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | John Couris CEO CEO & PRESIDENT | $2,944,103 | $3,809,952,749 | Filing |
| Sep 2024 | John Couris CEO CEO & PRESIDENT | $2,659,198 | $3,155,899,362 | Filing |
| Sep 2023 | John Couris CEO CEO & PRESID | $2,154,726 | $2,356,345,813 | Filing |
| Sep 2022 | John Couris CEO CEO & PRESID | $1,993,519 | $2,005,820,046 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending September 2025.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending September 2025, IRS object ID 202622269349300532.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| John CourisCEO & PRESIDENT | $2,897,033 | $47,070 | $1,447,130 | $1,207,250 | $242,653 | $17,250 | $29,820 | $2,944,103 |
| Kiran Dhanireddy MDVP, CHIEF TRANSPLANT INST. | $1,442,315 | $25,816 | $1,189,118 | $166,600 | $86,597 | $7,328 | $18,488 | $1,468,131 |
| Kelly CullenEVP & COO | $1,340,991 | $25,567 | $195,372 | $79,072 | $1,066,547 | $17,250 | $8,317 | $1,366,558 |
| Keith Eric Sommers MDTHORACIC SURGEON | $1,141,185 | $48,544 | $971,185 | $170,000 | $0 | $17,250 | $31,294 | $1,189,729 |
| Steve L ShortEVP & PRESIDENT, TGHN | $964,985 | $39,803 | $636,289 | $250,491 | $78,205 | $17,250 | $22,553 | $1,004,788 |
These figures come from Tampa General Hospital'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 Tampa General Hospital compares
Ranked 119th of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 118th, Valley Children's Hospital, $2,982,371
- Next in this ranking: 120th, Johns Hopkins Health System, $2,922,528
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
Franciscan Health$3,036,555 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute$531,515 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
PeaceHealth$4,455,419 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Boston Children's Hospital$3,490,323 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
UChicago Medicine$3,295,016 (highest-paid), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
John Couris (CEO & PRESIDENT) was paid $2,944,103 for the fiscal year ending September 2025: $2,897,033 from Tampa General Hospital and $47,070 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, John Couris, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $2,944,103.
Tampa General Hospital paid its CEO, John Couris, $2,944,103 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. That is up $284,905 (10.7%) from the fiscal year ending September 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending September 2022, when the CEO was John Couris, paid $1,993,519. By fiscal year end: September 2022, $1,993,519 (John Couris); September 2023, $2,154,726; September 2024, $2,659,198; September 2025, $2,944,103.
Tampa General Hospital's return for the fiscal year ending September 2025 reports total expenses of $3,503,806,605 and total revenue of $3,809,952,749 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $306,146,144. Expenses were $2,883,195,611 for the fiscal year ending September 2024, so they rose 21.5%. The CEO's pay of $2,944,103 equals 0.08% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Tampa General Hospital filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on August 14, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending September 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.