By Pete Woody 
 
Bryce Burkett is the new associate vice president of real estate services for VCU Health. In this position, Burkett works directly with the real estate team and is responsible for the design and construction of capital projects for the health system. He began his new role on Jan. 5. 
  
Burkett is a health care real estate and construction leader and brings more than 15 years of experience in large, complex systems to VCU Health. During his career he has managed over $1 billion in capital projects across academic health systems and community hospitals.   
 
Burkett comes to VCU Health as a highly skilled professional in cross-functional team leadership, relationship building, contract negotiation and contract management.  
 
“Bryce has been recognized for driving enterprise-wide project delivery transformation, stakeholder alignment, and the integration of real estate strategies that support academic and clinical excellence,” said Shirley Gibson, DNP, MSHA, RN, FACHE, VCU Health’s vice president of real estate. “He is an experienced capital project management director with a demonstrated history of leadership in the hospital & health care industry.” 
 
In Burkett’s previous role, he served as director of real estate services project management at Baylor Scott & White Health, overseeing a large territory across Central Texas and managing both internal and third-party project teams. His background spans general contracting and owner-side project management with deep health care expertise.  
  
Burkett received his Bachelor of Science degree with a focus on construction management from the University of Houston and has been a national speaker on best practices in capital project budgeting and digital transformation in health care construction. 

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