Omer Sultan joins MD Anderson as new Chief Financial Officer

MD Anderson News Release August 31, 2021

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center today named Omer Sultan senior vice president and chief financial officer (CFO). With his extensive financial leadership experience in the health care industry, Sultan will join the institution’s Executive Leadership Team on Oct. 4.

In his role as CFO, Sultan will lead all institutional financial matters and serve as a financial strategist to anticipate and adapt to changes in an increasingly dynamic health care environment. He also will lead the fiscal management and strategic allocation of institutional assets and implement new methods for effective optimization of operating revenue, while optimizing investments focused on the delivery of patient care and prevention services, groundbreaking research and education.

“Omer is an experienced strategic leader who possesses the technical skill, emotional intelligence, coachability and drive to assume responsibility for MD Anderson’s fiscal health and financial stewardship,” said Peter WT Pisters, M.D., president of MD Anderson. “His breadth and depth of knowledge as a seasoned financial leader will be invaluable to the institution. We welcome Omer to our team.”

Working closely with colleagues on the Executive Leadership Team and with leaders across the institution, Sultan will drive process improvements focused on innovation and serve as a trusted voice across all audiences through transparent communication of financial information.

“I am excited to join the leadership team at the nation’s top cancer hospital,” Sultan said. “MD Anderson is renowned for its outstanding patient care, research, prevention and education, and I look forward to collaborating with the team to ensure the institution’s continued growth and success in its mission to end cancer.”

Sultan currently serves as the vice president of finance at Northwestern Memorial Healthcare, the parent corporation of a $6.7 billion, 11-hospital academic health system serving the greater Chicago area with more than 25,000 employees and more than 200 outpatient locations. He leads multi-year strategic financial planning, annual consolidated capital and operating budgets, and initiatives to advance the system’s global health care leadership.