St. Pat's current leader, Steve Witz, is headed for Purdue University, where he'll head the Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering. Witz had been president for three years, after replacing longtime St. Pat's president Larry White, who'd led the hospital for 22 years.
Replacing Witz for now will be John Schwartz, who most recently served as interim president of Providence Medford Medical Center in Medford, Ore. Schwartz has 30 years of experience in the health-care business and a long history in management.
Schwartz received a bachelor's degree in business administration from Augsburg College in Minneapolis and a master's in hospital administration from the University of Minnesota.
Schwartz will take the reins at St. Pat's on Monday. Meanwhile, St. Pat's has started a national search for a permanent CEO/president, hiring the national search firm of Spencer Stuart to guide the effort. Robert L. Deschamps III, chair of the St. Pat's board of directors, said Schwartz doesn't plan to apply for the permanent job.
“We'd talked about appointing someone from inside the hospital, so this will give people who are internal candidates time to focus on going through the whole hiring process,” Deschamps said.
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