Chief Operating Officer, Office of Johns Hopkins Physicians
Johns Hopkins Medicine

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.

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 and assistant dean for the campus for nearly 15 years.

Helicke earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the Pennsylvania State University and master’s degrees in health administration and business administration from the University of Pittsburgh.