Vice President, Johns Hopkins Medicine
Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Office of Johns Hopkins Physicians
Executive Director, Clinical Practice Association

Melissa Feld Helicke is vice president of Johns Hopkins Medicine, vice president and chief operating officer for the Office of Johns Hopkins Physicians and executive director of the Clinical Practice Association.

In these roles, she ensures the success and efficient execution of all operations within the Office of Johns Hopkins Physicians and the Clinical Practice Association, working in tandem with representatives from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, the hospitals and the Johns Hopkins Health System on the shared vision of clinical growth and integration.

Previously, Helicke served as chief operating officer for Johns Hopkins Community Physicians, where she was responsible for practice operations across all of the locations and led primary care expansion planning and implementation through practice integrations and new-build growth. She worked closely with the organization’s entire clinical and administrative leadership and interfaced with ambulatory leadership throughout Johns Hopkins Medicine, particularly through the Office of Johns Hopkins Physicians.

Helicke joined Johns Hopkins Medicine in 1996 as an administrative fellow. She then served as administrator for the Department of Medicine at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center for nearly 15 years. She also served as an assistant dean at Johns Hopkins Bayview, and partnered with the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and medical center leadership to build programs that supported the academic mission and reinforced bonds among Bayview, The Johns Hopkins Hospital and the school of medicine.

After earning a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the Pennsylvania State University, Helicke worked as an auditor for PricewaterhouseCoopers. She earned master’s degrees in health administration and business administration from the University of Pittsburgh.