Ellen L. Barton is the Chief Administrative Officer at St. Joseph Medical Center, a CHI facility in Towson, MD.

Prior to assuming her current position, Ms. Barton was an independent consultant for 10 years. Previously, Ms. Barton held positions as Vice President, Risk Management, MedStar Health, Inc., an integrated health care delivery system, (1999-2000); Vice President, Claims and Health Care Practice Leader, Aon Risk Services, Inc. of Maryland, (1998-1999); Vice President, Legal Services for American Radiology Services, Inc., (1997-1998) and Vice President and General Counsel of New American Health, Inc., (1996-1997). She served as President, Neumann Insurance Company and Director of Risk Management, Franciscan Health System (1987-1996). She also served as General Counsel for Franciscan Health System (1993-1996) and as Senior Vice President Legal Services (1994-1996). Ms. Barton sat on the Board of Directors and served as Chairperson of Preferred Physicians Insurance Company, a Nebraska stock insurance company, Consolidated Catholic Casualty Risk Retention Group, Inc., a Vermont based captive insurance company, and Alternative Insurance Management Services, Inc., a captive insurance company management firm based in Colorado. Ms. Barton served as a member of the Trinity Health System Insurance Management Advisory Committee.

Ms. Barton is a graduate of Rosemont College and received her J.D. degree from the University of Cincinnati. She also holds the distinction of Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter. Ms. Barton has conducted numerous seminars on risk management issues on a national as well as regional level and has published articles in related areas.

Ms. Barton is admitted to the Bars of Ohio, Maryland, and Pennsylvania and holds membership in the Maryland Bar Association, the Society of Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriters, the American Health Lawyers Association—in which she currently serves as Chairperson of the Risk Management Affinity Group of the Hospitals and Health Systems Practice Group, the Maryland Society for Healthcare Risk Management of which she was President for 2002-2003, and the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management of which she was President for 1990. She is also the 1993 recipient of the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management’s Distinguished Service Award. In 2001, the ASHRM Modules Program—The Barton Certificate in Healthcare Risk Management—was named in her honor.