Top-Paid People at Ohio State, 2025

The 100 highest-paid people out of 45,212 in the September 30, 2025 file, ranked by total annualized base pay. A person with more than one position has all positions added together, and the job title and department shown are the highest-paying position. Base pay only, not total compensation.

Snapshot year

#	Name	Job title	Department	Positions	Base pay
1	Warner, John	Executive Vice President	Health Sciences \| Administration	1	$3,144,848
2	Patricia, Matthew	Assistant Coach-Major Sports	Athletics \| Football	1	$2,500,000
3	Hartline, Brian	Assistant Coach-Major Sports	Athletics \| Football	1	$2,000,000
4	Day, Ryan	Head Coach-Major Sports	Athletics \| Football	1	$2,000,000
5	Walton, Tim	Assistant Coach-Major Sports	Athletics \| Football	1	$1,800,000
6	Rathmell, Kimryn	CCC/James-Chief Exec Officer (HS)	James \| James Administration	1	$1,707,750
7	Bjork, Ross	Director-Athletics	Athletics \| Administration	1	$1,650,000
8	Johnson, Larry	Assistant Coach-Major Sports	Athletics \| Football	1	$1,400,000
9	Lonser, Russell	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP Neurological Surgery	3	$1,329,908
10	Pawlik, Timothy	Chair	Medicine \| Surgery Administration	2	$1,219,530
11	Carter, Walter	President	President \| Office of the President	1	$1,189,732
12	Anderson, Jay	Chief Operating Officer (HS)	Health Sciences \| Administration	1	$1,147,937
13	Silveria, Richard	Vice President-Health Services	Health Sciences \| Administration	1	$1,086,750
14	Bradford, Carol	Dean	Medicine \| College Administration	1	$1,050,092
15	Marotti, Michael	Asst. AD - Football Sport Perf	Athletics \| Football	1	$1,000,000
16	Thomas, Andrew	Chief Clinical Officer (HS)	Health Sciences \| Administration	3	$987,576
17	Cohn, David	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP Obstetrics and Gynecology	2	$978,473
18	Whitson, Bryan	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP Cardiac Surgery	2	$973,750
19	Washburn, Ken	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP Transplant Surgery	2	$937,666
20	Glassman, Andrew	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP Orthopedics	2	$934,636
21	Moore, Amy	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP Plastic Surgery	2	$912,434
22	Srinivasan, Vishnu	Vice Pres & Chief Inv Officer	Business and Finance \| Office of Investments	1	$904,800
23	Pantoni, Mark	Chief of Staff - Executive NBP	Athletics \| Football	1	$900,000
24	Guerrieri, Matt	Assistant Coach-Major Sports	Athletics \| Football	1	$900,000
25	Bowen, Tyler	Assistant Coach-Major Sports	Athletics \| Football	1	$900,000
26	Bozinovski, John	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP Cardiac Surgery	2	$880,000
27	Prevedello, Daniel	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP Neurological Surgery	2	$876,289
28	Elder, James	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP Neurological Surgery	2	$876,289
29	Nimjee, Shahid	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP Neurological Surgery	2	$876,289
30	Chakravarti, Arnab	Chair	Medicine \| Radiation Oncology	2	$874,038
31	Rocco, Jim	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP Otolaryngology	2	$862,208
32	Lee, Cheryl	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP Urology	2	$859,718
33	Bellamkonda, Ravi	Exec Vice President & Provost	Academic Affairs Administration \| Office of the Provost	1	$853,875
34	Merritt, Robert	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP Thoracic Surgery	2	$850,000
35	Croce, Carlo	Professor	Medicine \| Cancer Biology and Genetics (CBG)	1	$837,044
36	Papadakis, Michael	Sr Vice President-Finance,B&A	Business and Finance \| Office of the Chief Financial Officer	1	$823,277
37	Carr, David	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP Dermatology	2	$816,895
38	Eicher, Michael	Senior Vice President	External Affairs \| Advancement \| Strategy and Operations \| Senior Vice President	1	$813,700
39	Powers, Ciaran	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP Neurological Surgery	2	$812,178
40	Youssef, Patrick	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP Neurological Surgery	2	$803,250
41	Viljoen, Stephanus	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP Neurological Surgery	2	$803,250
42	Grossbach, Andrew	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP Neurological Surgery	2	$803,250
43	Xu, David	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP Neurological Surgery	2	$803,250
44	Diebler, Jacob	Head Coach-Major Sports	Athletics \| Basketball Men	1	$800,000
45	Henn, Matthew	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP Cardiac Surgery	2	$790,000
46	Forrest, Arick	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP Otolaryngology	2	$770,597
47	Skoracki, Roman	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP Plastic Surgery	2	$760,793
48	Papachristou, George	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP IM Gastroenterology, Herpetology and Nutrition	2	$747,779
49	Kalady, Matthew	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP Colon and Rectal Surgery	2	$737,106
50	Seely, Elizabeth	CAO-Hospital Division (HS)	Health System Shared Services \| Hospitals Administration	1	$735,084
51	Pollock, Raphael	Executive Director (HS)	CCC \| Comprehensive Cancer Center	2	$731,855
52	Garcia, Anne	Sr Vice Pres & General Counsel	Legal Affairs \| Administration	1	$730,439
53	Dauer, Jennifer	Vice President	Health Sciences \| Administration	1	$724,500
54	Chao, Albert	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP Plastic Surgery	2	$722,757
55	Li, Zihai	Professor	Medicine \| IM Medical Oncology	2	$718,135
56	Augostini, Ralph	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP Electro Physiology	2	$716,943
57	Dalm, Brian	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP Neurological Surgery	2	$713,016
58	Khalsa, Siri Sahib	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP Neurological Surgery	2	$713,016
59	Houmsse, Mahmoud	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP IM Cardiovascular Medicine	2	$710,328
60	D'Souza, Desmond	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP Thoracic Surgery	2	$710,000
61	Kneuertz, Peter	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP Thoracic Surgery	2	$710,000
62	Moroi, Sayoko	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP Ophthalmology	2	$708,542
63	Souza, Jason	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP Plastic Surgery	2	$705,913
64	Hummel, John	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP Electro Physiology	2	$704,917
65	Savona, Salvatore	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP IM Cardiovascular Medicine	2	$702,606
66	Afzal, M. Rizwan	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP IM Cardiovascular Medicine	2	$702,606
67	Choi, Kukbin	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP Cardiac Surgery	2	$700,000
68	Wada, Takuya	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP Cardiac Surgery	2	$700,000
69	Alvarez, Ammu	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP Cardiac Surgery	2	$700,000
70	Hebsur, Shrinivas	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP IM Cardiovascular Medicine	2	$697,217
71	Mayerson, Joel	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP Orthopedics	2	$695,846
72	Miller, Timothy	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP Sports Medicine Center	2	$695,846
73	Bishop, Julie	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP Orthopedics	2	$695,846
74	Flanigan, David	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP Sports Medicine Center	2	$695,846
75	Awan, Hisham	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP Orthopedics	2	$695,846
76	Jones, Grant	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP Sports Medicine Center	2	$695,846
77	Magnussen, Robert	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP Sports Medicine Center	2	$695,846
78	Kaeding, Christopher	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP Sports Medicine Center	2	$695,845
79	Janis, Jeffrey	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP Plastic Surgery	2	$690,289
80	Chandawarkar, Rajiv	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP Plastic Surgery	2	$690,289
81	Yu, Elizabeth	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP Orthopedics	2	$684,841
82	Bumgardner, Ginny	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP Transplant Surgery	2	$684,747
83	Rajab, Amer	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP Transplant Surgery	2	$684,747
84	Cvetanovich, Greg	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP Orthopedics	2	$683,469
85	Beal, Matt	Physician - Orthopedics	Health Sciences \| FGP Orthopedics	2	$683,469
86	Eckel, Tobin	Physician - Orthopedics	Health Sciences \| FGP Orthopedics	2	$683,469
87	Vasileff, William	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP Orthopedics	2	$683,469
88	Goyal, Kanu	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP Orthopedics	2	$683,469
89	Speeckaert, Amy	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP Orthopedics	2	$683,469
90	Chonko, Douglas	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP Orthopedics	2	$683,469
91	Martin, Kevin	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP Orthopedics	2	$683,469
92	Costantine, Maged	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP Maternal Fetal Medicine	2	$682,476
93	Mallampalli, Rama	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP IM Administration	2	$682,224
94	McGuff, Kevin	Head Coach-Major Sports	Athletics \| Basketball Women	1	$675,000
95	Landon, Mark	Chair	Medicine \| Obstetrics and Gynecology	2	$672,546
96	Stulz, Rene	Professor (9M)	Fisher College \| Finance	1	$664,981
97	Gumina, Richard	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP IM Cardiovascular Medicine	2	$663,550
98	Locklyn, Carlos	Assistant Coach-Major Sports	Athletics \| Football	1	$650,000
99	Bailey, Keenan	Assistant Coach-Major Sports	Athletics \| Football	1	$650,000
100	Park, Brian	Physician	Health Sciences \| FGP Neurological Surgery	2	$649,538

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