As president of MedStar Montgomery Medical Center, Emily Briton is responsible for the overall strategic and operational direction of the hospital, with a primary focus on building and advancing the hospital’s service lines, programs and clinical quality. She is also a senior vice president for MedStar Health, a $5 billion not-for-profit health system serving Maryland and the Washington, D.C., region.
Prior to this role, Emily served as senior vice president and chief operating officer at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, where she oversaw all hospital operations and the business and administrative operations of all clinical service lines and procedural areas.
Briton joined MedStar Health in 2011 as the corporate administrative resident, and later served as the preceptor for the MedStar Washington Hospital Center Administrative Fellowship Program. She was involved in many strategic systemwide projects for the corporate executive team and system leadership team. After completing her administrative residency, she joined the operations team in the Washington region of MedStar Health, where she focused on supporting and enhancing service line integration. She continued that work, building significant experience in integrating service lines across MedStar Health, in her roles of director of operational support for the Washington region integrated service lines, followed by her roles as assistant vice president and vice president of service line operations. She was responsible for systemwide operations for Radiology, Pathology, Anesthesiology, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, hospital medicine, Behavioral Health and Gastroenterology. She supported and facilitated operational collaboration between service line leadership and various MedStar entities, initiating processes to assure an integrated strategy for growth and recruitment.
In 2018, she joined MedStar Washington as vice president of Professional Services and, in collaboration with the Chief Medical Officer, she was responsible for managing integrated and regional systemwide lines of business, including Anesthesiology/Pre-Anesthesia Testing/Pain Management, Radiology, Behavioral Health, Otolaryngology, Gastroenterology/Endoscopy Suite, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Endocrinology and our Gender Affirmation Program.
Emily was an inaugural recipient of the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington’s Capital Chai Award, which recognized 18 of Greater Washington’s Jewish leaders under 40 who are committed to making the world a better place. She is also a member of Leadership Greater Washington Class of 2023 and America’s Essential Hospitals 2023 Women’s Leadership Academy. A guest lecturer at George Washington University Milton School of Public Health, Emily holds a Master of Health Administration from George Washington University and Bachelor of Science in kinesiology from The University of Texas. She is also a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives.
Emily Briton