The UK Department of Surgery is pleased to welcome Danny Bonn, an experienced operations leader in healthcare management, as its new department administrator. He officially joined the department on March 31, 2025.
Just prior to accepting his position with UK HealthCare, Mr. Bonn was formerly the senior director of operations for the obstetrics service at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where he managed a $180 million budget with general oversight of the entire scope of service and operations. In fact, after earning his master’s degree in healthcare management from Vanderbilt University, Bonn has spent the last 16 years of his professional career with Vanderbilt's medical arm, serving in various leadership roles.
These include being the Administrative Director of the Vanderbilt Medical Group and the Associate Director for Operations Improvement with the medical center. In the latter position, Bonn worked with a team of managers, engineers, and consultants to implement the first Operations Improvement department and foster a culture of 'Lean' throughout the academic medical system.
During most of that time, Bonn also served as an adjunct professor for Healthcare Operations with Lipscomb University's online Master of Healthcare Informatics degree program.
After having lived and worked in the Nashville area for most of his personal and professional life, the transition to the Lexington area is an exciting one for him and his wife and children.