Kenneth Samet Biography and Net Worth

MedStar Health President and Chief Executive Officer Kenneth A. Samet is responsible for a $9 billion healthcare delivery system. With more than 40 years of experience in healthcare administration, Samet provides strategic oversight and management for MedStar Health—the largest healthcare provider in Maryland and the Washington, D.C., region, comprised of 10 hospitals, a comprehensive network of health-related businesses that includes ambulatory, home health, a large multispecialty physician network, and an insurance product with approximately 170,000 members. MedStar Health has large research and innovation platforms and one of the largest graduate medical education programs in the country. In addition, MedStar Health is one of the region’s largest employers, with more than 37,000 associates and 5,200 credentialed physicians, serving more than a million patients and their families each year. MedStar Health is proud to be the long-standing clinical and medical education partner of Georgetown University.

Samet is presently a member of the board of directors of a number of organizations including Georgetown University, the Greater Washington Partnership, and the Economic Club of Washington; and has years of governance experience on public and private portfolio company boards to include Catalyst Health Solutions, Cogentix Medical, Evolent Health, and Luminex Corp. He has held leadership positions on the boards of the American Hospital Association (AHA), District of Columbia Hospital Association (DCHA) and Maryland Hospital Association (MHA). Samet received his bachelor’s degree in business administration from Old Dominion University and his master’s degree in health services administration from the University of Michigan.