Meet Mike Hyek

Mike Hyek is the president of OhioHealth Morrow County Hospital, the newest hospital in the OhioHealth system. He has served in this role since 2022, and he helped lead the transition from a managed hospital to full member of the health system. He is passionate about supporting the local community and has enjoyed supporting OhioHealth’s mission of improving the health of those we serve.

Mike has been with OhioHealth for 18 years. He formerly served as the Senior Director of Service Lines Prevention and Wellness at the OhioHealth McConnell Heart & Health Center in Columbus and was part of the team that opened the OhioHealth Neuroscience Wellness Center on the McConnell Center’s campus.

He has a long history of managing outpatient health facilities, with a specific focus on wellness and disease prevention. Mike has served as a university-level professor teaching classes and providing guest lectures. He began his career in healthcare at Memorial Hermann Healthcare in Houston working in cardiac rehabilitation as an exercise physiologist and later, program manager. Mike has also authored several research publications.

Mike has a bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science and Chemistry from Texas Lutheran University and a doctorate degree in Pharmacology from the University of Houston.

Mike grew up in a small Texas town called Edna with a population 6,000 and moved to Ohio in 2000. Mike enjoys working out, home improvement projects, boating and traveling. He is married and has two children.