UMass Memorial Health CEO salary and executive pay
UMass Memorial Health paid its CEO, Eric W Dickson MD, $4,141,845 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. That is up $226,509 (5.8%) from the fiscal year ending September 2024. Total revenue on that return was $790,607,985, up 14.2% from $692,531,729 for the fiscal year ending September 2024. UMass Memorial Health ranks 81st of 229 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. UMass Memorial Health has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 04-3358566, Worcester, MA.
CEO, fiscal year ending September 2025
$4,141,845
Also listed with a chief executive title on this filing: Victoria McCandless (SVP, COS & SYS CEO COMMS OFC), $517,590.
- Revenue on this return
- $790,607,985
- This is the system's parent filer; the system's largest single return is filed by UMass Memorial Health Care and affiliates (EIN 91-2155626), with $4,571,034,235 in revenue on its latest return.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending September 2025, IRS object ID 202622259349303002.View the filing
Revenue is Part I, line 12. Pay as a share of revenue and the peer comparison are not shown for a parent filer.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 32 people were paid more than $500,000, 12 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Eric W Dickson MD CEO PRESIDENT, CEO, DIRECTOR, UMM HEALTH CARE, INC. | $4,141,845 |
| Sergio MelgarEVP/CFO/TREASURER, UMM HEALTH CARE, INC. OFFICER | $3,198,492 |
| Douglas S BrownFORMER SECRETARY UNTIL 9/2024, UMM HEALTH CARE, INC. | $2,916,548 |
| Steven RoachFORMER KEY EMPLOYEE UNTIL 9/30/2024 | $1,390,063 |
| Edward J KellyPRESIDENT, MRMC | $1,317,557 |
Also paid on the latest return: Andrew Karson MD (PRESIDENT, UMMMG), $1,308,622; Michele Streeter (FORMER DIR CLINICAL STRATEGIES UNTIL 9/2022), $1,230,341; Justin Precourt (PRESIDENT, UMMMC), $1,138,669; Michael Gustafson MD (FORMER PRESIDENT, MEDICAL CENTER UNTIL 9/2023), $1,127,929; Mark Johnson MD (FORMER DIRECTOR UNTIL 9/2022, UMM HEALTH CARE, INC.), $1,112,471; Katharine Bolland Eshghi (ASSISTANT SECRETARY, UMM HEALTH CARE, INC.), $1,110,227; Robin L Sodano (SVP, INFORMATION SYSTEMS), $1,044,196; Edward Moore (PRESIDENT, HARRINGTON HOSPITAL), $979,939; Eric J Alper MD (SVP CQO & CHF INFORMATICS OFF), $975,231; Tod Wiesman (SVP, CHIEF HR OFFICER), $874,412; Alice A Shakman (SVP, CLINICAL SVCS), $815,572; Kathleen Driscoll (SVP, CHIEF PHILANTHROPHY OFC), $785,815; John Greenwood (SVP, POP HLTH & PRESIDENT, ACO), $769,249; Therese Mastrodomenico (VP/CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER MED CENTER UNTIL 9/2025), $752,821; Geraldine Vaughan (SVP/COO, UMMMG UNTIL 9/2025), $734,160; and 20 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Elvira Guardiola (VICE-CHAIRPERSON, DIRECTOR, UMM HEALTH CARE, INC.), Lynda M Young MD (CHAIRPERSON, DIRECTOR, UMM HEALTH CARE, INC.), Brian J Early (DIRECTOR, UMM HEALTH CARE, INC.), David L Bennett (DIRECTOR, UMM HEALTH CARE, INC.), Evan Benjamin MD (DIRECTOR, UMM HEALTH CARE, INC.), Jean King PhD (DIRECTOR, UMM HEALTH CARE, INC.), Jean McMurray (DIRECTOR, UMM HEALTH CARE, INC.), John Shea Esq (DIRECTOR, UMM HEALTH CARE, INC.), Leslie Bovenzi (DIRECTOR, UMM HEALTH CARE, INC.), Lisa Colombo (DIRECTOR, UMM HEALTH CARE, INC.), Michael Collins MD (DIRECTOR, UMM HEALTH CARE, INC.), Michael D Murphy (DIRECTOR, UMM HEALTH CARE, INC.), Michael Engel (DIRECTOR, UMM HEALTH CARE, INC.), Michael F O'Brien (DIRECTOR, UMM HEALTH CARE, INC.), Michael Mahan (DIRECTOR, UMM HEALTH CARE, INC.), Nancy Kane (DIRECTOR, UMM HEALTH CARE, INC.), Raymond Pawlicki (DIRECTOR, UMM HEALTH CARE, INC.), Richard Siegrist (DIRECTOR, UMM HEALTH CARE, INC.), Robert J Paulhus Jr (DIRECTOR, UMM HEALTH CARE, INC.), Rosemary Thomsen (DIRECTOR, UMM HEALTH CARE, INC.), Susan Mailman (DIRECTOR, UMM HEALTH CARE, INC.), Terence Flotte MD (DIRECTOR, UMM HEALTH CARE, INC.).
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 | Eric W Dickson MD CEO PRESIDENT, CEO, DIRECTOR, UMM HEALTH CARE, INC. | $4,141,845 | $790,607,985 | Filing |
| Sep 2024 | Eric W Dickson MD CEO PRESIDENT, CEO, DIRECTOR, UMM HEALTH CARE, INC. | $3,915,336 | $692,531,729 | Filing |
| Sep 2023 | ERIC W DICKSON MD CEO PRESIDENT, CEO, DIRECTOR, UMM HEALTH CARE, INC. | $3,120,083 | $563,656,357 | Filing |
| Sep 2022 | ERIC W DICKSON MD CEO PRESIDENT, CEO, DIRECTOR, UMM HEALTH CARE, INC. | $3,085,922 | $486,009,918 | 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 202622259349303002.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Related | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Eric W Dickson MDPRESIDENT, CEO, DIRECTOR, UMM HEALTH CARE, INC. | $3,516,681 | $0 | $625,164 | $1,670,356 | $1,244,887 | $601,438 | $562,434 | $62,730 | $4,141,845 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Sergio MelgarEVP/CFO/TREASURER, UMM HEALTH CARE, INC. OFFICER | $3,101,808 | $0 | $96,684 | $1,074,441 | $573,853 | $1,453,514 | $64,887 | $31,797 | $3,198,492 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Douglas S Brown*FORMER SECRETARY UNTIL 9/2024, UMM HEALTH CARE, INC. | $2,641,402 | $0 | $275,146 | $214,998 | $1,205,467 | $1,220,937 | $264,508 | $10,638 | $2,916,548 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Steven Roach*FORMER KEY EMPLOYEE UNTIL 9/30/2024 | $0 | $1,248,835 | $141,228 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $260,888 | $352,759 | $635,188 | $125,316 | $15,912 | $1,390,063 | |||
| Edward J Kelly*PRESIDENT, MRMC | $0 | $1,080,516 | $237,041 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $1,080,516 | $0 | $0 | $223,056 | $13,985 | $1,317,557 | |||
These figures come from UMass Memorial 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 UMass Memorial Health compares
Ranked 81st of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 80th, Children's Minnesota, $4,156,070
- Next in this ranking: 82nd, Ballad Health, $4,135,022
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
Johns Hopkins Health System$2,922,528 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Norton Healthcare$4,115,838 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Penn State Health$3,235,216 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
St. Luke's Health System (Idaho)$2,104,597 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Hartford HealthCare$4,799,936 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Common questions
Eric W Dickson MD (PRESIDENT, CEO, DIRECTOR, UMM HEALTH CARE, INC.) was paid $4,141,845 for the fiscal year ending September 2025: $3,516,681 from UMass Memorial Health and $625,164 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Eric W Dickson MD, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $4,141,845.
UMass Memorial Health paid its CEO, Eric W Dickson MD, $4,141,845 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. That is up $226,509 (5.8%) from the fiscal year ending September 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending September 2022, when the CEO was ERIC W DICKSON MD, paid $3,085,922. By fiscal year end: September 2022, $3,085,922 (ERIC W DICKSON MD); September 2023, $3,120,083; September 2024, $3,915,336; September 2025, $4,141,845.
UMass Memorial Health's return for the fiscal year ending September 2025 reports total expenses of $751,182,585 and total revenue of $790,607,985 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $39,425,400. Expenses were $684,274,355 for the fiscal year ending September 2024, so they rose 9.8%. The CEO's pay of $4,141,845 equals 0.55% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns UMass Memorial Health filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on August 13, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending September 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.