Robert Wyllie, MD

Robert Wyllie, MD, is Chief of Medical Operations at Cleveland Clinic since 2011. In this position he is responsible for the activities of a variety of units including Business Intelligence, Pharmacy, Continuous Improvement, Hospital Throughput, Surgical Operations, and Critical Care Transport. Dr. Wyllie also oversees the operations of Service Line Performance Management, driving down the cost of health care while improving quality and enhancing patient experience.

Before Cleveland Clinic’s President and CEO, Dr. Delos Cosgrove, brought him onto his Executive Team, Dr. Wyllie was Chief of Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital, Chairman of the Pediatric Institute, and the first holder of the Calabrese Endowed Chair in Pediatrics. During his five years in the position, Dr. Wyllie recruited 160 physicians and tripled the number of pediatricians and pediatric subspecialists at Cleveland Clinic. Under his leadership, every pediatric specialty became ranked nationally by US News & World Report, and Cleveland Clinic’s became the highest rated Children’s Hospital in northern Ohio. He built a system for pediatric care across northeast Ohio, with three level 3 neonatal intensive care units staffed 24/7 by pediatric neonatologists and community hospitals staffed at all times by on-site pediatricians. Under Dr. Wyllie’s leadership, Cleveland Clinic’s Children’s Hospital grew to be the largest provider of pediatric services in northeast Ohio.

Dr. Wyllie is also a world renowned pediatric gastroenterologist with subspecialty interest in inflammatory bowel disease and complex endoscopic procedures. He is Board Certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, and has been repeatedly named among Castle Connolly’s America’s Top Doctors, Best Doctors in America, and Consumers’ Checkbook Guide to Top Doctors. Other prominent roles at Cleveland Clinic include Member of the Board of Governors, Vice Chair of the Office of Professional Staff Affairs, and Past President of the Professional Staff.