University Health KC
Jolie Justus currently serves as the Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel at University Health KC, a role held since March 2020, following a tenure as Associate General Counsel. Prior to this, Jolie Justus worked at Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. for over two decades, where responsibilities included Director of Pro Bono Services and Associate Attorney. Additionally, Jolie Justus was a Council Member for the 4th District in the City of Kansas City from August 2015 to August 2019 and served as a State Senator in Missouri from January 2007 to January 2015. Education includes ongoing Executive Education in Managing Health Care Delivery at Harvard Business School, a Senior Executives program at the Kennedy School of Government, a Juris Doctor from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, and a Bachelor of Science in Communications from Missouri State University.
University Health KC
University Health (UH) has all the things you expect from a great health system. With two acute care academic hospital locations, the largest, most comprehensive behavioral health program in the area, a long-term care facility and multiple primary care practices, UH provides the highest quality care – from routine screenings to the most complicated cases. We are the primary teaching hospital for the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, so our doctors are academic specialists who teach tomorrow’s doctors the very latest updates. University Health Truman Medical Center, our downtown campus, is one of the busiest Level One Trauma Center in the city. Providers offer the full range of services with specialties in chronic disease management, high risk pregnancy and sleep disorders along with the state-of-the art Richard and Annette Bloch Cancer Center. University Health 1, located at 2101 Charlotte Street is an outpatient care and day-surgery center, with sixteen clinics including Sabates Eye Center, Plastic Surgery, Hernia repair and Medical Imaging with Siemens 3D Mammography. At University Health 2, 2211 Charlotte St, providers offer Primary and Women's Care. In eastern Jackson County, University Health Lakewood Medical Center sits on 300 acres of beautiful wooded grounds. We are a community hospital providing the continuum of care— from emergency medicine to a nationally-certified orthopaedic joint replacement program — as well as The Family Birthplace, We have several family medical care centers and a radiology center, Medical Imaging Eastland, that provides the latest in technology and specialized breast cancer care. Mission University Health is an academic health center providing accessible, state-of-the-art quality healthcare to our community regardless of the ability to pay.