Love speaks to the audidence at
a previous DFW Hospital Council
annual awards luncheon.
January 2021 • DALLAS MEDICAL JOURNAL 19
born in the form of “The Human Side of
Health Care.”
Love spends a lot of his time producing
content for the show. With news regarding
the current pandemic constantly changing,
Love has also used the show as a platform
to educate the community on how to stay
safe in response to COVID-19. Overall,
“The Human Side of Health Care” has
received a bevy of positive feedback.
In addition to the company’s work in the
community, the DFW Hospital Council also
has an education and research foundation
that works on using data from hospitals
to promote patient safety and healthcare
quality. While Love doesn’t work directly
on the day-to-day tasks associated with
running the DFWHC Foundation, he still
helps out where he can.
There’s a lot Love does in his position
at the DFW Hospital Council in an effort to
spread a message of health and safety.
However, his commitment to serving the
community doesn’t stop there. Outside of
work, Love serves on several committees
for many different organizations. Among
these are the Cure Glaucoma Foundation,
the Southwest Region American Heart
Association Board and the YMCA of
Metropolitan Dallas. With the desire
to contribute to so many causes, Love
emphasizes his commitment to promote
missions that further the changes he
wants to see come to light. “I look at what
the overall mission is,” Love said, “And if
it aligns with some of the things that I feel
would align with the overall health of the
community.”
A Career in Healthcare
While most of his career has been spent
in healthcare, Love actually studied business
administration in college. He worked
in a finance role before discovering his true
calling. “When I first left college, I thought
I wanted to be a partner in a major CPA
firm,” Love said. So he went in that direction,
working at a CPA firm that happened
to audit a hospital. It was here that Love
accepted a position as a staff accountant,
launching his career in healthcare. “I got to
know the hospital really well, and I got to
know the chief financial officer really well,”
Love said. “I left the CPA firm because I
just decided public accounting was not
where I wanted to spend my career. And so
I went to work at the hospital.”
Love realized he had made the right
decision one day while he was sitting at a
table in the hospital’s cafeteria talking with
two pediatric oncology nurses. “I could
tell just how committed they were to their
careers, how they loved their patients, and
how they had a passion to care for other
people,” Love said. “And that’s when I
realized this is the profession I want to be
in.” Despite not having studied medicine,
Love’s passion for healthcare comes
from his dedication to support others
who desire to deliver the best healthcare
possible. “And I have never regretted it,”
Love said. “I have thoroughly enjoyed my
career in healthcare.”
Love also credits his time working in
healthcare hospitals in Greensboro, North
Carolina, and Louisville, Kentucky, as
influencing his decision to stay in this line
of work. Love learned a lot from the culture
and camaraderie at Triad Hospitals Inc. in
Plano, Texas as well. “The workforce and
the care we delivered in the communities
we served really solidified my career also.”
Through his work, Love has met several
great physicians and other healthcare
workers. Michael Darrouzet, former DCMS
CEO and executive vice president, was one
such person. Love found a connection to
the DCMS through Darrouzet. “Michael
was at the Dallas County Medical Society,
and he became a good friend. He and
I interacted on projects together,” Love
said. “And then I worked with some of the
physicians there on things that involved
the North Texas community, especially the
hospitals,” Love said, explaining the growth
of his connection to the DCMS. Like with
much of the work he does, Love brought a
servant-hearted attitude to his projects at
the DCMS, personifying a true steward of
the medical community.
Lessons From Life
In his vast experience, Love has learned
a lot and continues to develop, even at
this later stage in his career. “I’ve learned
something new in healthcare every day,”
Love said. “I’m learning even here at the
Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council. There
are people I consider mentors even though
I’m towards the end of my career.”
One big thing Love has taken from his
years of experience is the value of hard
work. “One thing I’ve learned throughout my
career is that there’s no real substitute for
hard work,” Love said. “You have to work.
You have to be conscientious. And there’s
no substitute for that.”
As Love looks ahead to his goals and desires
for the coming year, he thinks primarily
of all the positive interactions he longs will
continue between people in broad communities.
“One of the things that I hope for as
I look outside of the medical community is
that as we move forward into 2021, I hope
we can all work together in a collaborative,
cooperative spirit where we truly do the very
best we can for our fellow man.”
Love has considered his work giving
back to the community one of his favorite
pastimes. But when he’s not volunteering
his time to serve others, Love enjoys
spending time with his wife, Mari, and
going fishing. DMJ