Executive Director, Ohio State East Hospital
Executive Director, Ohio State Harding Hospital
Executive Director, Dodd Rehabilitation Hospital
Amanda Lucas is the executive director of Ohio State’s Dodd Rehabilitation Hospital, East Hospital and Harding Hospital. With extensive experience in the academic medical center environment, Amanda’s areas of expertise include operations (hospital and ambulatory), financial management, integration of services from separate entities into service lines, development and implementation of new programs, facilities/space planning and community outreach. She’s been particularly successful in recruiting, developing partnerships, improving financial performance, building teams and managing change in the health care setting.
Additionally, she has extensive experience managing behavioral health in both the hospital and ambulatory environment.
Throughout her career, Amanda has demonstrated a deep passion for and commitment to improving the health of our communities. She currently serves on the Ohio Hospital Association Behavioral Health Committee and the Central Ohio American Heart Association Heart Walk Executive Leadership Team. Previously she served as a board member and chair of the Center for Balanced Living, a board member for Ohio Health Information Partnership and on the ADAMH Franklin County Crisis Steering Committee. She has significantly expanded behavioral health services to address the evolving needs of our community, including establishing a model for behavioral health immediate care. She’s been actively engaged in community discussions on Columbus’ Near East Side, listening and incorporating community feedback into planning for a new Ohio State rehabilitation hospital.
Since Amanda joined Ohio State in 2011, she’s demonstrated strategic acumen in advancing both behavioral health and neurological specialties. As the executive director of Clinical Operations for the Neurological Institute, she led the successful growth of the specialty within the Wexner Medical Center, including the establishment of the Brain and Spine Hospital in 2016, and helped forge a strategic partnership with Lifepoint Health to expand our inpatient rehabilitation program.
Prior to joining Ohio State, Amanda served as the administrator of Behavioral Health at Nationwide Children’s Hospital for five years and held a series of progressive leadership roles at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for 15 years.
