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Daniel J.
Wolterman |
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Houston, Texas, October 3, 2002 -- The board of directors of Memorial Hermann Healthcare System announced today that it has elected Daniel J. Wolterman as president and chief executive officer of Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, effective Nov. 1, 2002.
Wolterman, 46, will replace Dan S. Wilford as president and CEO. The board of directors announced in January that Wilford will retire Nov. 1 after leading Memorial Healthcare System and more recently Memorial Hermann Healthcare System for 18 years.
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"After conducting
an extensive nationwide search and interviewing a number of highly qualified
candidates, we determined that the best person for the job was already
here at Memorial Hermann," said A.T. Blackshear, Jr., chairman
of Memorial Hermann's board of directors. "Dan Wolterman is an
experienced, proven leader who already enjoys strong relationships with
our board members, medical staff, employees and communities." Wolterman joined
Memorial Hermann in 1999 as senior vice president. He currently oversees
the management of seven community hospitals and two long-term acute
care facilities. Wolterman has 22 years of experience in various executive
positions in the healthcare industry and is a member of the board of
directors of the Texas Hospital Association.
"I am tremendously
honored by the opportunity to lead Memorial Hermann," said Wolterman.
"Because of Dan Wilford's outstanding leadership over the past
18 years, Memorial Hermann is in excellent operational and financial
condition, and its relationships with the medical staff, its employees
and the communities it serves have never been better.
"With the help
of our dedicated board of directors, exceptional medical staff, and
outstanding management and employee team, I will build upon our system's
record of commitment to the communities we serve by focusing on patient
care, medical education and research, and community involvement,"
said Wolterman.
"I'm delighted
with the choice of Dan Wolterman to lead Memorial Hermann into its next
phase of growth and service," said Wilford. "I've worked closely
with him over the last four years and am confident that under his leadership,
Memorial Hermann's best days lie ahead."
Wilford joined Memorial
Healthcare System as chief executive officer in 1984. Under his leadership,
the system has grown from three community hospitals to a comprehensive
health care network that includes nine acute-care hospitals and two
long-term acute-care hospitals, a physician organization, a retirement
community, assisted living and two nursing homes, wellness programs,
rehabilitation and home health programs, and an air ambulance service.
Today Memorial Hermann is the largest not-for-profit health care system
in Texas and among the largest in the country with comprehensive services
and nearly 14,000 employees.
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