CHELSEA, Mich. (March 21, 2022) – Saint Joseph Mercy Well being System introduced that Benjamin S. Miles has been named the brand new president of St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea, succeeding Nancy Graebner-Sundling, who started her retirement final week. Miles’ first day on the job shall be April 18.
Miles joins a robust and established management group led by Chief Medical Officer, Alon Weizer, MD; Chief Nursing Officer and Vice President of Medical Companies, Cheryl Taylor, RN; Chief Human Sources Officer, Tonia Schemer, and Government Director of Finance, Shannon Scott.
“Ben has a confirmed status as a results-oriented well being care chief, bringing experience in technique, operations, course of enchancment, undertaking administration and finance,” mentioned Shannon Striebich, senior vice chairman of operations at Trinity Well being Michigan. “He’s an articulate, efficient communicator in a position to clearly translate advanced ideas, which can assist to strengthen understanding and alignment all through our Chelsea hospital. We’re grateful to Nancy for her dynamic, caring management over the previous 10 years and we want Ben nice success in his new function.”
Over his profession, Miles has developed sturdy relationships throughout groups to realize enterprise progress whereas serving to enhance the standard and vary of well being care providers. Most lately, he served because the President – Well being Plan Companies & Chief Advocacy Officer at Parkview Well being in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the place he considerably expanded the system’s market share whereas constructing loyalty to the hospital amongst sufferers and their households. Miles leveraged his communication and relationship-building expertise to attach with nationwide and state legislators to align leaders within the creation of efficient well being care insurance policies.
“We’re excited to be working with a gifted, progressive chief akin to Ben as we proceed to develop and increase well being care choices in Chelsea,” mentioned Jeff Desmond, M.D., chairman of St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea’s Joint Enterprise Board. “Whereas we sit up for the long run, we’re deeply grateful for the sturdy basis supplied by Nancy and the continued dedication of the complete St. Joe’s Chelsea group.”
Miles earned his Grasp of Enterprise Administration from Walsh Faculty and his Bachelor of Arts in Enterprise Administration from Wayne State College. He’s a member of the American Faculty of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) and American Society for High quality (ASQ), together with quite a few neighborhood teams to assist enhance well being care and assist variety and inclusion efforts.
About St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea
St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea (SJMC) is a not-for-profit three way partnership hospital, whose companions are Saint Joseph Mercy Well being System, a member of nationwide Catholic well being care system Trinity Well being primarily based in Livonia, Mich., and Michigan Drugs, the tutorial medical middle of the College of Michigan. Based in 1970, SJMC is nationally acknowledged for each high quality of care and affected person satisfaction by nationwide rating group Press Ganey, and is accredited by the Joint Fee. SJMC employs greater than 1,200 people with a medical workers of roughly 700 physicians. Key providers embrace strong medical and surgical service traces, eight working rooms, a 24-hour emergency division and senior emergency room, a state-of-the-art most cancers middle, a bodily drugs and rehabilitation division, a complete head ache remedy unit and behavioral well being providers.
For extra details about SJMC, please go to www.stjoeschelsea.org.