Next CEO at UNC Health Care named


Dr. Wesley Burks, executive dean for the UNC School of Medicine, has been chosen to serve as UNC Health Care’s next CEO.

On Friday, the University of North Carolina system's Board of Governors voted unanimously to appoint Burks as CEO of the health-care system.

Burks will replace Dr. William Roper, who is stepping down effective Jan. 1 to serve as president of the UNC system. Roper will succeed Margaret Spellings, who announced her resignation last month. Roper had previously announced his…

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