UK King's Daughters Medical Center CEO salary and executive pay
UK King's Daughters Medical Center paid its CEO, Sara Marks, $1,196,109 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $79,394 (7.1%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $1,006,610,598, up 3.1% from $976,812,883 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. UK King's Daughters Medical Center ranks 217th of 229 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. UK King's Daughters Medical Center has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 61-0444716, Ashland, KY.
CEO, fiscal year ending June 2025
$1,196,109
Highest-paid person, fiscal year ending June 2025
$1,314,975Omran Abul-KhoudoudINTERIM VP, CMO INPATIENT/PROC SERVICES, PHYSICIAN
- Total revenue
- $1,006,610,598
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 40%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202611359349310271.View the filing
Peers: the 183 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 109th 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.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 12 people were paid more than $500,000, 5 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Omran Abul-KhoudoudINTERIM VP, CMO INPATIENT/PROC SERVICES, PHYSICIAN | $1,314,975 |
| Sara Marks CEO PRESIDENT/CEO | $1,196,109 |
| Autumn McFannTEASURER, SENIOR VP/CHIEF FIN. & ADMIN OFFICER | $1,155,483 |
| Scott MoorePHYSICIAN | $1,146,916 |
| Charbel SalemVP/CHIEF POPULATION HEALTH OFFICER, PHYSICIAN | $1,044,180 |
Also paid on the latest return: Paul Matharoo (PHYSICIAN), $862,826; James Detherage (VP / CMO OF OUTPATIENT & INTEGRATED PRACTICES), $818,789; Pho Nguyen (PHYSICIAN), $805,580; Bradley Wells (PHYSICIAN), $795,309; Richard Ford (VP / CMO OF INPATIENT / PROCEDURAL SERVICES), $788,615; Garrick Sherman (PHYSICIAN), $779,901; Stacy Caudill (VP/CHIEF INPATIENT CLINICAL OFFICER, PHYSICIAN), $607,702; Amy Saunders (ASSISTANT SECRETARY), $289,674.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: David Jones (CHAIRMAN, BOARD OF DIRECTOR), Mark Birdwhistell (BOARD OF DIRECTORS), Craig Collins (BOARD OF DIRECTORS), Eric Monday (BOARD OF DIRECTORS), Stephen Addington (BOARD OF DIRECTORS), Tom Burnette (BOARD OF DIRECTORS), John Stewart (BOARD OF DIRECTORS), Robert Dipaola (BOARD OF DIRECTORS), Gina Dugas (BOARD OF DIRECTORS), Penny Cox (BOARD OF DIRECTORS), Steven Clifton (SECRETARY).
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 | Sara Marks CEO PRESIDENT/CEO | $1,196,109 | $1,006,610,598 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Sara Marks CEO PRESIDENT/CEO | $1,116,715 | $976,812,883 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 Short year, 9 months | Sara Marks CEO PRESIDENT/CEO (BEG. 1/1/23) | $1,987,783 | $762,357,164 | Filing |
| Sep 2022 | Kristie Whitlatch Non-Voting CEO PRESIDENT/CEO | $2,272,109 | $854,143,689 | 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 202611359349310271.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Related | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Omran Abul-Khoudoud*INTERIM VP, CMO INPATIENT/PROC SERVICES, PHYSICIAN | $0 | $1,242,173 | $72,802 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $1,240,241 | $0 | $1,932 | $19,275 | $53,527 | $1,314,975 | |||
| Sara MarksPRESIDENT/CEO | $1,057,903 | $0 | $138,206 | $602,112 | $316,250 | $139,541 | $115,525 | $22,681 | $1,196,109 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Autumn McFannTEASURER, SENIOR VP/CHIEF FIN. & ADMIN OFFICER | $1,017,721 | $0 | $137,762 | $619,374 | $265,400 | $132,947 | $115,525 | $22,237 | $1,155,483 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Scott MoorePHYSICIAN | $1,102,860 | $0 | $44,056 | $1,101,600 | $0 | $1,260 | $15,525 | $28,531 | $1,146,916 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Charbel Salem*VP/CHIEF POPULATION HEALTH OFFICER, PHYSICIAN | $0 | $935,903 | $108,277 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $848,346 | $0 | $87,557 | $65,525 | $42,752 | $1,044,180 | |||
These figures come from UK King's Daughters 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 UK King's Daughters Medical Center compares
Ranked 217th of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 216th, FMOL Health, $1,212,532
- Next in this ranking: 218th, Temple University Hospital, $1,176,873
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
Woman's Hospital$936,701 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Hendrick Health$1,812,647 (CEO), fiscal year ending Aug 2025
Sky Lakes Medical Center$849,837 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Onvida Health$2,671,867 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
University Hospitals (Cleveland)$4,448,841 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Common questions
Sara Marks (PRESIDENT/CEO) was paid $1,196,109 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $1,057,903 from UK King's Daughters Medical Center and $138,206 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The highest-paid person on the latest return was Omran Abul-Khoudoud (INTERIM VP, CMO INPATIENT/PROC SERVICES, PHYSICIAN), at $1,314,975. That is $118,866 more than the CEO, Sara Marks.
UK King's Daughters Medical Center paid its CEO, Sara Marks, $1,196,109 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $79,394 (7.1%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending September 2022, when the CEO was Kristie Whitlatch Non-Voting, paid $2,272,109. By fiscal year end: September 2022, $2,272,109 (Kristie Whitlatch Non-Voting); June 2023, $1,987,783 (Sara Marks); June 2024, $1,116,715; June 2025, $1,196,109.
UK King's Daughters Medical Center's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $873,226,520 and total revenue of $1,006,610,598 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $133,384,078. Expenses were $805,676,074 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 8.4%. The CEO's pay of $1,196,109 equals 0.14% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns UK King's Daughters Medical Center 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.