St. Jude CEO James Downing to Step Down This Year, Move to Faculty Role

St. Jude CEO James Downing to step down this year, move to faculty role

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Dr. James Downing, the president and CEO of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, announced Thursday he will step down later this year as part of a planned leadership transition. Downing will move into a faculty role in the Department of Global Pediatric Medicine, which he helped establish in 2018. He will continue his [...]

St. Jude CEO stepping down

Dr. James Downing is leaving as president and CEO of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, a post he has held since 2014.

CEO of St. Jude to step down, will take on new faculty role

The President and CEO of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will be stepping down from his executive role.