Tom Laymon

SVP, Chief of Care Delivery Operations Atrium Health

Tom Laymon is the Senior Vice President of Care Delivery Operations for Atrium Health, an integrated network with more than 1,600 providers, 350 locations, 6,600 employees, and five million patient visits annually.  As one of the leading healthcare systems in the Southeast, the Medical Group serves both North and South Carolina.

In 2008, Tom joined Carolinas HealthCare System, now Atrium Health, as Vice President of Finance for the physician division and led the financial management strategies of the physician networks, including the integration of physician acquisitions, startups, new service lines, as well as the financial execution of an aggressive growth plan over 5 years. He was then promoted to President-Chief Operations Executive of the Medical Group in 2013.

Recognized as an accessible, forward-thinking and solutions-oriented leader, Tom is actively focused on consumerism and its effects on the healthcare system, chartering an internal team to change the way we engage with our patients. Firmly committed to the patient and consumer experience, he also leads the ambulatory patient relationship management team which is focused on integrating service and financial care into the patient delivery model.

Prior to joining Carolinas HealthCare System, Tom served as Chief Executive Officer of one of the nation’s largest orthopedic groups where he led the integration of a newly merged consortium to a high functioning single enterprise.  He was responsible for advancing the mission and vision of the organization as well as development and execution of the strategic plan and governance model.  Tom also served as the Chicago Region President of a healthcare management and technology company, providing group practice management services and technology solutions to a large group of hospital-based physician networks.

Born and raised in Illinois, Tom values bringing people together to accomplish something greater than themselves.  His loves are family, relationships and seeing others succeed. Tom enjoys leadership roles in his church and community, and has served as a school board member, on several church boards, as well as financial advisor to a Catholic trust fund.  He also presides over a high school fishing club that was started in memory of his teenage son, an avid angler, who lost his life in a tragic auto accident. The pillars of the club are fun, fellowship, faith, and fishing.

Tom received a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Olivet Nazarene University in 1986 and earned his CPA in 1991. He lives in Weddington, N.C. with his wife and has a daughter in college.