Tufts Medical Center CEO salary and executive pay
Tufts Medical Center paid its CEO, Phil Okala, $1,816,696 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. On the return for the fiscal year ending September 2024, the CEO was Michael Tarnoff MD, paid $1,390,602. Total revenue on that return was $1,478,733,790, up 7.2% from $1,379,611,248 for the fiscal year ending September 2024. Tufts Medical Center ranks 184th of 229 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. All of Phil Okala's reportable pay, $1,780,793, came from related organizations (column E). Tufts Medical Center has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 27-0440772, Boston, MA.
CEO, fiscal year ending September 2025
$1,816,696
Highest-paid person, fiscal year ending September 2025
$2,678,414Michael DandorphTRUSTEE
- Total revenue
- $1,478,733,790
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 42%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending September 2025, IRS object ID 202622269349302082.View the filing
Peers: the 183 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 107th of 184 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.12% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
This is a group return: one Form 990 filed for a group of affiliated organizations together.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 17 people were paid more than $500,000, 6 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Michael DandorphTRUSTEE | $2,678,414 |
| Phil Okala CEO PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE (UNTIL 9/25) | $1,816,696 |
| Michael Tarnoff MDFORMER TRUSTEE | $1,745,976 |
| Diana RichardsonFORMER KEY EMPLOYEE | $1,224,871 |
| Andrew DevoeTREASURER | $1,148,895 |
Also paid on the latest return: Jason Hall MD (TRUSTEE), $1,064,648; Erika Werner MD (TRUSTEE), $966,424; Reza Vagefi MD (TRUSTEE), $947,462; F Clarissa Yang MD (FORMER TRUSTEE), $803,023; Zachary Redmond Esq (SECRETARY), $693,637; Erik Garpestad MD (CMO/SVP MEDICAL STAFF), $690,793; Karen Freund MD (TRUSTEE), $638,250; Kara Greer (SVP CHIEF TALENT OFFICER), $637,324; Therese Hudson-Jinks (TRUSTEE), $584,467; Rachel Wasserstrom (TRUSTEE (UNTIL 6/24)/CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER), $551,232; Sarah McKay (VP OF PATIENT CARE), $522,232; Marvin A Konstam MD (FORMER TRUSTEE), $520,503; Douglas Civiello MD (CHIEF PERFUSIONIST), $478,419; Kyle Hook MD (PERFUSIONIST), $414,008; Nancy Bruce (VP CARDIOVASCULAR SERVICE LINE), $403,773; and 3 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Ann Louise Puopolo BSN RN (TRUSTEE), Brian Kavoogian (TRUSTEE, CHAIR), Gautam Shrikhande MD (TRUSTEE), Gerald Cohen (TRUSTEE), Helen Boucher MD (TRUSTEE), John Herman (PRESIDENT (AS OF 9/25)), Lauren Mazerall (PRESIDENT), Margaret Brown Esq (TRUSTEE (UNTIL 2/26/25)), Paul Nasser (TRUSTEE), Regina Rockefeller (TRUSTEE), Rene Russo (TRUSTEE), Stanley Goldstein (TRUSTEE (UNTIL 2/26/25)), William Sullivan (TRUSTEE).
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 | Phil Okala CEO PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE (UNTIL 9/25) | $1,816,696 | $1,478,733,790 | Filing |
| Sep 2024 | Michael Tarnoff MD CEO CEO/TRUSTEE (UNTIL 3/24) | $1,390,602 | $1,379,611,248 | Filing |
| Sep 2023 | Michael Dandorph CEO TRUSTEE/PRESIDENT/CEO | $1,581,075 | $1,300,641,648 | Filing |
| Sep 2022 | Michael Dandorph CEO TRUSTEE/PRESIDENT/CEO | $2,165,710 | $1,159,688,990 | 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 202622269349302082.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Related | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Michael Dandorph*TRUSTEE | $0 | $2,307,376 | $371,038 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $1,543,189 | $503,750 | $260,437 | $345,035 | $26,003 | $2,678,414 | |||
| Phil Okala*PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE (UNTIL 9/25) | $0 | $1,780,793 | $35,903 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $1,332,791 | $337,500 | $110,502 | $9,900 | $26,003 | $1,816,696 | |||
| Michael Tarnoff MD*FORMER TRUSTEE | $1,564,033 | $0 | $181,943 | $279,442 | $0 | $1,284,591 | $174,124 | $7,819 | $1,745,976 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Diana Richardson*FORMER KEY EMPLOYEE | $1,100,883 | $0 | $123,988 | $191,997 | $0 | $908,886 | $118,289 | $5,699 | $1,224,871 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Andrew Devoe*TREASURER | $0 | $1,123,052 | $25,843 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $853,264 | $256,959 | $12,829 | $6,578 | $19,265 | $1,148,895 | |||
These figures come from Tufts Medical Center'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 Tufts Medical Center compares
Ranked 184th of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 183rd, FirstHealth of the Carolinas, $1,817,818
- Next in this ranking: 185th, Maimonides Medical Center, $1,815,126
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
Lakeland Regional Health$1,740,097 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Baptist Health (Arkansas)$2,295,979 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Eisenhower Health$2,905,536 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Christ Hospital$1,872,912 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Akron Children's$1,791,308 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Common questions
Phil Okala (PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE (UNTIL 9/25)) was paid $1,816,696 for the fiscal year ending September 2025: $0 from Tufts Medical Center, $1,780,793 from related organizations and $35,903 in other compensation (Part VII columns D, E and F).
The highest-paid person on the latest return was Michael Dandorph (TRUSTEE), at $2,678,414. That is $861,718 more than the CEO, Phil Okala.
Tufts Medical Center paid its CEO, Phil Okala, $1,816,696 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. On the return for the fiscal year ending September 2024, the CEO was Michael Tarnoff MD, paid $1,390,602. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending September 2022, when the CEO was Michael Dandorph, paid $2,165,710. By fiscal year end: September 2022, $2,165,710 (Michael Dandorph); September 2023, $1,581,075; September 2024, $1,390,602 (Michael Tarnoff MD); September 2025, $1,816,696 (Phil Okala).
Tufts Medical Center's return for the fiscal year ending September 2025 reports total expenses of $1,416,825,897 and total revenue of $1,478,733,790 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $61,907,893. Expenses were $1,381,312,086 for the fiscal year ending September 2024, so they rose 2.6%. The CEO's pay of $1,816,696 equals 0.13% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Tufts Medical Center 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.