Hurley Medical Center President and Chief Executive Officer Patrick Wardell Announces Departure

Jan. 25, 2012 - PRLog -- Flint, Michigan—Hurley Medical Center President and Chief Executive Officer Patrick Wardell has announced his intention to depart in March, 2012, after accepting a position as Chief Executive Officer at Cambridge Health Alliance in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Cambridge Health Alliance is an academic and public healthcare system serving Cambridge, Somerville, and Boston's metro-north communities. With three hospital campuses, an extensive primary care network, and a largely employed medical staff, CHA provides high-quality, culturally competent care to a diverse patient population
“Hurley Medical Center is a special organization, with outstanding clinicians, nurses, specialists, and staff. I’ve enjoyed my tenure here tremendously.  With the guidance of an engaged board and the active participation of physician leadership and Hurley staff members, we have made enormous strides always mindful of our mission to serve all in our community. It has been an honor to lead an institution that lives its charitable values and always tries to put the needs of the patient above all else: that is the source of Hurley’s vitality and continued relevance to our community,” adds Wardell.

Over the past six years, Mr. Wardell has provided innovative and outstanding leadership for the 443-bed premier teaching hospital, which provides residency programs in internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, and radiology. Mr. Wardell reversed a seven-year cumulative loss of $34 million to a $7 million surplus in two years.  He also established the Hurley Children’s Hospital, constructed a soon to be open, $30 million state-of-the-art Paul F. Reinhart Emergency Trauma Center caring for 90,000 patients annually, and introduced patient-and family-centered care, and Six Sigma principles to Hurley Medical Center.

Before joining Hurley, Mr. Wardell served in various leadership roles, including Regional Senior Vice President and Executive Director for St. Mary’s Hospital and St. Joseph’s Hospital in New York, NY, President and CEO of the St. Joseph’s Healthcare System in Paterson, New Jersey, and as Group Vice President, Ambulatory and Network Management Group for the Montefiore Medical Center/The University Hospital for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York.

Mr. Wardell received his Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from Union College in New York and his Master’s in Business Administration from Cornell University’s Johnson Graduate School of Management.  He has served on various boards including National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems (NAPH), Michigan Hospital Association, and Whaley Children’s Center.

For interviews with Mr. Wardell, please contact Ilene Cantor, Director, Communications and Public Relations at Hurley Medical Center at 810-262-7164 or icantor1@hurleymc.com.

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Hurley Medical Center is a 443-bed premier public teaching hospital located in the heart of Genesee County, Michigan. As the region’s only Level I Trauma Center, Burn Center, and the highest level Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) available in Genesee County, Hurley is a recognized leader in clinical care and education, maintaining affiliations with Michigan State University, the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, the University of Michigan-Flint, Mott Community College and Henry Ford Health System. Founded in 1908, Hurley provides patient care for more than 100,000 people annually.


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