Memorial Hermann announces leadership changes
Houston-based Memorial Hermann Health System has announced new roles for three of its executives which will go into effect on August 1.
In a systemwide change, Brian Dean, MPH, MBA, will become the new chief financial officer for Memorial Hermann. Since 2015, he’s served as executive vice president of academic affairs and service lines for the entire system and CEO of the system’s flagship hospital at the Texas Medical Center in Houston.
Prior to joining Memorial Hermann in 2013, he held leadership roles at Jackson Health System in Miami, University Community Health in Tampa and the University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center in Lexington.
“It has been a true honor to serve as CEO of a campus with such a revered legacy. I’ve had the opportunity to work alongside some of the finest people in medicine who share an unwavering passion to provide innovative and healing care to our patients,” Dean said in a statement.
Replacing Dean as CEO of the system’s flagship hospital will be Greg Haralson, MS, the current CEO of Memorial Hermann’s Southwest Hospital and Sugar Land Hospital. In turn, Haralson’s leadership role at those two hospitals will be filled by Malisha Patel, MHA, the current chief operations officer at the facilities.
“During their tenures with our organization, each of these three executives have demonstrated remarkable leadership capabilities, inspiring and engaging their employees to reach above and beyond to deliver the utmost in safe, high-quality care rooted in our promise to advance the health and wellness of all of Greater Houston,” said Memorial Hermann president and CEO Chuck Stokes. “Their commitment to our patients, physician partners, employees and the organization as a whole has been paramount in helping Memorial Hermann achieve several notable successes, including national recognition for our care and operational excellence.”
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