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. UMass Memorial Health ranks 73rd of 148 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; most revenue is reported by UMASS Memorial Health Care INC & Affiliates (EIN 91-2155626), $4,571,034,235 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 |
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 73rd of 148 hospital systems by CEO pay.
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
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
Beth Israel Lahey Health$4,734,371 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
WellSpan Health$3,176,598 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Dartmouth Health$2,525,898 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 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). UMass Memorial Health ranks 73rd of 148 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay.
The CEO, ERIC W DICKSON MD, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $4,141,845. Next was SERGIO MELGAR (EVP/CFO/TREASURER, UMM HEALTH CARE, INC. OFFICER), at $3,198,492. On the latest return, 32 people were paid more than $500,000, 12 of them more than $1 million.
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.
From the 4 Form 990 returns UMass Memorial Health filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending September 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above. The methodology page explains how they're chosen.