Chief Medical Officer
Cambridge Health Alliance
Appointed: July 2010

In his new role as Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Steinberg will provide physician leadership for operations and strategic planning in addition to the oversight of medical quality at Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA). Steinberg joined CHA in 2005 as Chief Medical Quality Officer and Senior Medical Director. He has led many noteworthy performance improvement initiatives that resulted in better care for patients, placing CHA’s aggregate quality measures at or near the top quartile for safety net hospitals nationwide.

Chief of Staff
Broward Health - Broward General Medical Center and Chris Evert Children's Hospital
Appointed: May 2010
Dr. Chokshi is the first Chief of Staff from India to hold this leadership post at BGMC. During his two-year term, Chokshi’s main focus will be to ensure that BGMC continues to excel in providing quality medical care. To accomplish this, he will act as a liaison between the medical staff and hospital employees and administration, oversee the medical staff in their efforts to meet quality and safety measures, improve the efficiency of the medical staff committee structure, and work with hospital administration to improve hospital facilities and services. Chokshi joined the staff of Broward General in 1987, and has served in various leadership roles since 1996, including Vice Chairman, Chairman of the Department of Medicine, and Vice Chief of Staff. In 2001, BGMC also named Dr. Chokshi "Most Valuable Physician".

Chief Financial Officer
Broward Health
Appointed: June 2010
Mr. Martin, a Certified Public Account, will be responsible for overseeing the strategic financial operations for Broward Health. Martin has 23 years of experience in the healthcare industry focusing on fiscal and administrative leadership with a strong background in accounting, auditing, and financial consulting. For the past 10 years, Martin served as System Vice-President, Finance, with the Mount Carmel Health System in Columbus, Ohio. He also held positions in finance at Easton Hospital, Andrew Kaul Memorial Hospital, and Arthur Andersen & Company in Pennsylvania.

Chief Operating Officer
Truman Medical Centers - Lakewood
Appointed: May 2010
Missouri Senate President Pro Tem Charlie Shields spent more than 17 years with Heartland Health in St. Joseph, Mo., primarily as Special Projects Coordinator, while serving as a member of the Missouri legislature. Charlie is a proven leader having served as House Minority Whip, Senate Majority Floor Leader and Senate President Pro Tem. His legislative career focused on improving Missouri’s opportunities for high-quality education and ensuring all residents have available, affordable healthcare. After passing historic education legislation, Charlie turned his attention to health care. His Medicaid Reform Commission Recommendation Report laid the framework for dramatically rethinking health care to focus on keeping people healthy instead of treating the sick. “I am excited about the opportunity to lead TMC Lakewood,” Shields said. “TMC shares my same values of service to the community and providing healthcare to everyone. I view this opportunity as an extension of my life in public service.”

Senior Vice President of Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer
Cambridge Health Alliance
Appointed: April 2010
Ms. Cadigan comes to CHA from Quincy Medical Center, where she served for nine years as the Vice President of Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer. She has managed many clinical services including nursing, emergency, ambulatory operations, and infection control. She also led and achieved the first national accreditation of the Quincy’s Cancer Care Program, helped create a Regional Staff Nurse Council, managed multiple successful regulatory surveys, and designed and implemented a palliative care program that won the 2009 Excellence in End-of-Life Care Award from Beacon Hospice. Prior to her tenure at Quincy Medical Center, Cadigan was Director of Nursing Operations at Boston Medical Center for eight years. Highly respected statewide for leadership and patient advocacy, Cadigan also is Past President of the Massachusetts Organization of Nurse Executives and has served on the boards of many other agencies and organizations.

CEO
Regional Medical Center at Memphis
Appointed: March 2010
Dr. Coopwood previously served as CEO for Nashville General Hospital at Meharry, after becoming the first appointed Chief Medical Officer there in 2000. In 2005, Coopwood received the Matthew Walker Comprehensive Health Center's coveted Dr. Archie Powell Excellence in Health Award. He has also served as an associate clinical professor of surgery at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and associate professor of surgery at Meharry Medical College. A 2005 graduate of Leadership Nashville, Coopwood was named a fellow to the Health Care Solutions Group, co-founded by Vanderbilt University and the Nashville Health Care Council. As a member of the Nashville Downtown Rotary Club, he has chaired the Organ Donation Committee. Coopwood is also a board member of the National Public Health and Hospital Institute, the Nashville Health Care Council, and the Tennessee Court Appointed Special Advocate Association.

Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
UMass Memorial Medical Center
Worcester, MA
Appointed: March 2010
Dr. Daley will also become a faculty member of the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Daley previously served as chief medical officer at Partners Community Healthcare, and senior vice president and chief medical officer at Tenet Healthcare Corp. She has also held various senior quality leadership roles at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Massachusetts General Hospital. Daley is widely known for creating the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, which she joined in 1990 as co-chair and director of research. Daley was named one of the top 25 women executives in health care by Modern Healthcare in 2007.

President and CEO
Orlando Health
Orlando, FL
Appointed: February 2010
Sitarik formerly served as Orlando Health's vice president. Since last year, Sitarik has been responsible for leading the organization's strategic planning process. She has been with Orlando Health since 1978 starting as a graduate nurse in the NICU, and she has extensive executive experience, including previous roles as president of Orlando Regional Medical Center-Lucerne Hospital and executive director of Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children. Orlando Health is $1.5 billion hospital system.

Chief Executive Officer and Administrator
Memorial Hospital Pembroke
Pembroke Pines, FL
Appointed: November 2009
Ms. Carpenter previously served as chief nursing officer at Memorial Hospital Miramar. She will oversee Memorial Hospital Pembroke and the Memorial Urgent Care Center in Pembroke Pines, Florida.

Senior Vice President and Chief Executive Officer
Memorial Regional Hospital
Hollywood, FL
Appointed: November 2009
Mr. Ross most recently served as senior vice president of the health system’s western operations and interim CEO of Memorial Hospital Pembroke. In his new position, he will oversee Memorial Regional (south Florida’s largest hospital), Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital and Memorial Regional Hospital South in Hollywood, Florida.

Chief Executive Officer
UC San Diego Medical Center
San Diego, CA
Appointed: November 2009
Mr. Jackiewicz previously served as Associate Vice Chancellor and Chief Financial Officer for Health Sciences at the University of California, San Diego. He has an extensive background in administrative and financial management, serving as chief operating officer of Columbia University Medical Center, senior associate chair for finance and administration at the Stanford University School of Medicine, director of finance and administration for Oregon Health Sciences University and director of business and financial operations at the University of Pennsylvania Health System.

Chief Executive Officer
Coney Island Hospital
Brooklyn, NY
Appointed: November 2009
Mr. Wagner has been an HHC employee for most of the past 30 years, beginning as a Pharmacist and progressing to increasingly demanding leadership roles, most recently as Executive Director of North Central Bronx Hospital where he has served since 2002. In February of 2009, Mr. Wagner stepped in as Acting Executive Director of Coney Island Hospital Center.