JOHNSTON HEALTHCARE SEARCH (JHS) - Key Persons

Brian A. Johnston - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director
  • Senior Managing Partner and Healthcare Practice Leader
Brian A. Johnston, Senior Managing Partner and Healthcare Practice Leader, brings over 25 years of broad-based healthcare executive search management experience to the firm. From the Nashville, Tennessee, offices, Brian leads the JHS healthcare practice partnering with board members and senior leadership within the healthcare industry to provide confidential retained executive search and strategic consulting services across the country. For the majority of his career, Brian has focused in partnering with a wide portfolio of leading healthcare organizations in the hospital and healthcare arena conducting executive searches for board, CEO, COO, CMO, CXO, CFO, Operations VPs, and business unit leaders across the nation and internationally. Brian's depth of healthcare experience, his unique approach, communication style, and commitment to both his clients and candidates has grown a portfolio of clients that cover the spectrum from PE/VC firms, investor-owned and not-for-profit national hospital/healthcare systems, physician practice management organizations, ASCs, ACOs, managed care, data analytics and revenue cycle IT firms, and healthcare consulting firms, to early and mid-stage start-ups. Previously, Brian was the Practice Leader, North American Healthcare Services for one of the top 10 global retained search firms, servicing a growing portfolio of national and global healthcare clients. In addition, Brian has provided 2+ years of interim leadership as Director of Corporate Recruitment for Vanguard Health Systems, where he managed national recruitment for senior corporate level positions for the firm's 18 hospitals and numerous ancillary business units. Brian was also Director of Business Development for a large regional firm where he provided strategic management of IT and engineering search and consulting services for a wide range of clients across the southeast United States. Brian received his degree in Communications from North Carolina State University and resides in Nashville, Tennessee, where he is involved with ACHE, HFMA, MGMA, HIMSS, The Association for Patient Experience, Nashville Healthcare Council - Leadership HealthCare, and Junior Achievement.