St. John’s Episcopal Hospital Announces the Appointment of New Chief Executive Officer

 
NEW YORK - July 27, 2015 - PRLog -- St. John’s welcomes Gerard (Jerry) Walsh, a proven health care executivewith broad based experience in hospital administration and management, most recently in the position of CEO of Western Maryland Hospital Center in Hagerstown, Maryland. During his tenure with Western Maryland, he built a new leadership team including a new chief medical officer and chief nursing officer, implemented several clinical services for the chronic care population including podiatry, dental, gynecology, ophthalmology and wound care, developed a plan of correction that rectified numerous Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services deficiencies, and delivered a 3-year strategic plan recommending a forward course of action.

Based on more than 25 years of healthcare leadership experience, CEO Walsh brings a depth of expertise in organizational change, physician development, implementation of quality and patient safety programs, mergers and acquisitions, and a strong knowledge of community hospitals. With proven success in developing strong medical staff relationships through recruitment of

talented physicians and the creation of new programs and services that drive margin growth, he comes to St. John’s to expand high quality healthcare services to the community.   “I look forward to my new role at St. John’s Episcopal Hospital as the new CEO. The Hospital is vital to the community. We plan to be constructive participants while offering strong leadership in the ongoing public conversation about the future of healthcare including quality, cost and access. Patients will always be at the center of these discussions. Improving patient care is the reason our Hospital exists,” said Mr. Walsh.

Prior to leading Western Maryland Hospital Center, Mr. Walsh spent 15 years as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Shore Regional Health, a three-hospital health system affiliated with University of Maryland Medical System. In this position, he was first charged to lead the regionalization plan for the Mid Shore, which integrated Chester River Health System into Shore Health System to form a new company - Shore Regional Health. Further, with overall system responsibility for net revenues of $320M, Quality and Process Improvement, Patient Safety, Joint Commission Accreditation and Shore Medical Group (a multi-specialty physician network and hospitalist program), he oversaw 231 acute licensed beds, a 20-bed Acute Rehab Center, Home Health and Hospice, 2625 employees and 415 active physicians, and built multi-million dollar programs including a 50-physician multi-specialty group practice.

Mr. Walsh also has significant administrative experience from his COO role with North Shore University Hospital at Forest Hills, New York, where he oversaw a 19,000 sq. ft. emergency department reconstruction project, initiated a $30M facility construction project, worked with architects and engineers to plan construction for a new two story radiology building, and instituted an extensive twelve month management education and professional development project.  He also developed outpatient practice units for Pain Management, Men’s Health, and Pediatric Cardiology, developed an ongoing service excellence program to improve customer satisfaction, and oversaw medical staff growth to include an additional 300 new physicians.

"I am both honored and extremely excited to lead St. John's Episcopal Hospital into the future. I have been anticipating entering my new role and look forward to the many opportunities and challenges ahead. My first priority will be getting to know the employees, hospital and community leaders and the medical staff so that we may work together to provide an excellent patient and family experience at St. John's."

A native New Yorker, Jerry was born and raised in Queens and attended High School in East Elmhurst. He has a Bachelors of Science in Health Care Administration from St. John’s University, Jamaica, New York, and a Masters Degree in Health Systems Management from Iona College, New Rochelle, New York.  He is married to his wife Karyn and they have one grown daughter.

"We are excited about Jerry's experience and welcome his leadership to St. John’s Episcopal Hospital and to the communities we serve," said Bishop Lawrence C. Provenzano, the Episcopal Bishop of Long Island and President of the Board of Trustees of Episcopal Health Services Inc.  "In his new role as Chief Executive Officer, Jerry will be responsible for developing and delivering against the hospital’s strategic plan, for Board guidance, improving margins, and returning the Hospital to reputable profitable growth, thereby creating a pathway to strong sustainability while elevating the level of care we provide to our patients, families and area communities. His results-oriented approach and ability to think strategically will play a pivotal role in extending our track record of providing quality healthcare, close to home, for the residents of our service area who value being cared for in a medical setting that knows them and welcomes them.”

About St. John’s Episcopal Hospital

St. John's Episcopal Hospital, the cornerstone of Episcopal Health Services Inc., is the only full-service acute care hospital in the Rockaways. Celebrating 110 years of community care in 2015, the 257-bed facility provides people of all faiths with comprehensive preventive, diagnostic, treatment and rehabilitative services, regardless of ability to pay. Key programs serving the Rockaways, southern Queens County and southwestern Nassau County include an Emergency Department with 45,000 patient visits annually, a growing minimally invasive surgery program, obstetrics and gynecology, imaging, behavioral health, pediatrics, wound care and dialysis.

St. John's Episcopal Hospital is fully accredited by The Joint Commission and is a teaching affiliate of SUNY Downstate Medical Center and Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine. The hospital is also a New York State Designated Stroke Center, a recipient of the Gold-Plus Get with the Guidelines®-Stroke Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association, and is a certified emergency heart care station. St. John's Episcopal Hospital is also designated as a 911/Level II trauma receiving hospital by the New York City Department of Health.

Mission Statement

The mission of Episcopal Health Services Inc. of the Diocese of Long Island is to provide quality health care with an emphasis on patient safety through its hospital and ambulatory care facilities and continuing graduate medical education, recognizing the emerging life-care needs of the communities we serve.

The mission is overseen by the Bishop of Long Island and guided by the teachings and traditions of the Episcopal Church. An essential element of this ministry is pastoral care provided by a chaplaincy program sensitive to the faiths and traditions of those served.

Learn more at www.ehs.org.

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