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St. Joseph Medical Center Names New President and CEO
Jeffrey K. Norman to start November 9
TOWSON, Md. (Oct. 20, 2009) – Catholic Health Initiatives and the Board of St. Joseph Medical Center announced today that Jeffrey K. Norman has been named as the medical center’s new president and chief executive officer, effective November 9, 2009. He succeeds Robert Lovell, who has served as interim CEO since June 29.
“Jeff impressed me and the entire search committee with his broad and diverse experience, demonstrated leadership and significant accomplishments in a variety of health care settings. He appreciates and values the mission of St. Joseph and recognizes and embraces both the opportunities and challenges that the medical center has before it,” said William J. McCarthy, Jr., chairman of the medical center’s board of directors. “The board and I look forward to working with Jeff and to welcoming him and his wife Leslie to the Baltimore community.”
Prior to accepting the appointment at St. Joseph, Norman, 57, served as executive vice president and chief operating officer of Scottsdale Healthcare in Arizona where he was responsible for all operations of the three-hospital, 800-bed system. He developed and executed a strategic growth program for the system including recruitment of doctors and development of physician employment infrastructure and joint ventures. He is credited with improved labor productivity, reduced supply chain costs and enhanced management accountability.
Norman will report to Beth O’Brien, senior vice president and group executive officer of Catholic Health Initiatives, a national non-profit health care system based in Denver, and the St. Joseph Medical Center Board of Directors. St. Joseph Medical Center is part of Catholic Health Initiatives.
“Jeff Norman joins a very committed group of physicians, nurses, staff and volunteers as he moves St. Joseph Medical Center forward,” O’Brien said. “His depth and breadth of health care experience make him the perfect choice to lead the hospital and to advance its outstanding legacy of care.”
Norman has more than 30 years of executive experience at hospital systems in Arizona, Pennsylvania and Illinois. Norman’s professional experience includes serving as executive vice president and chief operating officer for St. Vincent’s Health System, a faith-based, not-for-profit system in Jacksonville, Fla. Prior to that, he was chief executive officer at Phoenix Baptist Hospital and Medical Center, part of Vanguard Health Systems.
“St. Joseph Medical Center has a number of really fine clinical programs that are highly rated for their outcomes. In the spirit of the ministry and legacy of St. Joseph, I want to ensure that we continue that track record of excellence,” said Norman. “My goal is to expand our clinical offerings and broaden the geographic reach of those services.”
Norman received his master’s degree in public health and his bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Pittsburgh. He and his wife, Leslie, will relocate to the Towson area in the coming months. The couple has two grown children and two children in college.
St. Joseph Medical Center is a 345-bed nonprofit, regional medical center at 7601 Osler Drive, Towson, Md., and is part of Catholic Health Initiatives. Founded in 1864 by the Sisters of St. Francis, St. Joseph has been recognized by “U.S. News & World Report” as one of America’s best orthopaedic facilities and is a nationally ranked Top 100 heart hospital. For more information about St. Joseph Medical Center, visit www.sjmcmd.org. Catholic Health Initiatives is a national nonprofit health organization with headquarters in Denver. The faith-based system operates in 20 states and includes 78 hospitals; 40 long-term care, assisted- and residential-living facilities; and two community health-services organizations. Together, those facilities provided $553 million during the 2009 fiscal year in charity care and community benefit, including services for the poor, free clinics, education and research. With annual revenues of $8.6 billion, CHI ranks as the nation's second-largest Catholic health care system.
