Congratulations to Dr. Vincent Kucich and OSF Healthcare!
Hartz Search is excited to announce the placement of Dr. Vincent Kucich as the Regional Chief Medical Officer at OSF Healthcare for the Danville-Urbana, IL Market!
After an extensive national search, OSF Healthcare selected Dr. Vincent Kucich as the Regional Chief Medical Officer. The Regional Chief Medical Officer works closely and collaboratively with the Chief Nursing Officer, President, Chief Financial Officer, and other leadership team members to assure that resource allocations for clinical team support is appropriate for high value clinical operations and OSF consistently delivers high quality, timely and well-coordinated patient-centered care. Dr. Kucich will be accountable and responsible to recruit, select, and retain highly qualified professionals. He will provide the leadership necessary to maintain a motivated, productive, and competent team through open communication and delegation of responsibilities and authority, ensure people are in place to drive business results, and guide and direct team members in their personal and professional development.
Our sincere congratulations to Dr. Vincent Kucich and OSF Healthcare!
Dr. Kucich previously has held multiple roles at OSF Health. Prior to his time at OSF Health, he was the Regional Chief Medical Officer at Presence Health. Presence Health was a healthcare system that merged with AMITA and Ascension Health in 2018. It is now solely a part of Ascension Health. Ascension Health has 15,509 licensed bed, 120 hospitals, 28 ambulatory surgery centers, 192 imaging centers, and 21 physician group locations.
Dr. Kucich received his Masters of Business Administration from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, his MD from the State University of New York Downstate Health Sciences University, and his Bachelors of Science from St. Francis College.
OSF HealthCare is an integrated health system owned and operated by The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis, headquartered in Peoria, Illinois. OSF HealthCare has 16 hospitals – 10 acute care, five critical access, one transitional care - with 2,131 licensed beds throughout Illinois and Michigan. OSF employs nearly 24,000 Mission Partners across 150+ locations; has two colleges of nursing; operates OSF Home Care Services, an extensive network of home health and hospice services; owns Pointcore, Inc., comprised of healthcare-related businesses; OSF HealthCare Foundation, the philanthropic arm for the organization; and OSF Ventures, which provides investment capital for promising health care innovation startups.
Congratulations to Eunmee Shim and OSF Saint Joseph Medical Center!
Hartz Search is excited to announce the placement of Eunmee Shim as the President of OSF Healthcare, Saint Joseph Medical Center!
After an extensive national search, Saint Joseph Medical Center selected Eunmee Shim as the President. Eunmee will direct all internal operations of the hospital/medical center while developing and implementing short-term tactics within long-term strategies that provide high-quality and cost-effective health care. Eunmee will carry forward a culture of collaboration and integration that provides a safe Mission Partner and patient care environment.
Our Sincere congratulations to Eunmee Shim and OSF Saint Joseph Medical Center!
Eunmee joins OSF Saint Joseph Medical Center from Adventist Healthcare where she rose through leadership over the last 13 years. Most recently Eunmee was the President of Fort Washington Medical Center. As President for Fort Washington Eunmee led the hospital from a Leap Frog F to Leap Frog A hospital in 5 years while expanding hospital capacity during a pandemic. Before being promoted to president in 2019, she was the Senior Vice President of Ambulatory Networks & Chief Strategy Officer, where she led Baldridge.
Eunmee earned her Bachelor of Science in nursing from Sahmyook University in Seoul, Korea and a Master of Science in nursing informatics from Columbia University School of Nursing in New York, New York.
OSF HealthCare is an integrated health system owned and operated by The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis, headquartered in Peoria, Illinois. OSF HealthCare has 16 hospitals – 10 acute care, five critical access, and one transitional care - with 2,131 licensed beds throughout Illinois and Michigan. OSF employs nearly 24,000 Mission Partners across 150+ locations; has two colleges of nursing; operates OSF Home Care Services, an extensive network of home health and hospice services; owns Pointcore, Inc., comprised of healthcare-related businesses; OSF HealthCare Foundation, the philanthropic arm for the organization; and OSF Ventures, which provides investment capital for promising health care innovation startups. In 2020, OSF On-Call was established, a digital health operating unit, including a hospital-at-home. OSF On-Call delivers care and services when, where and how patients prefer to receive them. OSF HealthCare has been recognized by Fortune as one of the most innovative companies in the country.
The successful placement of Eunmee Shim was led by Chief of Staff – Gabby Ross, Former Partner – Carol Maxwell, and CEO Mike Hartz.
Congratulations to Emily Harrison and Southeast Georgia Health System!
Hartz Search is excited to announce the placement of Emily Harrison as the Manager of Talent Acquisition at Southeast Georgia Health System!
After an extensive national search, Southeast Georgia Health System selected Emily Harrison as the Manager of TA, reporting directly to the Chief Human Resources Officer. The Manager of Talent Acquisition will work in a collaborative partnership with management to understand current and future workforce needs. This manager will strategically and proactively plan, develop, and direct recruitment processes and employment programs. Emily will also conduct full life cycle recruitment in sourcing the best talent, as well as maintaining effective programs for retention, promotion, and succession planning.
Our sincere congratulations to Emily Harrison and Southeast Georgia Health System!
Emily joins Southeast Georgia Health System from Hueman People Solutions where she held the role as the Talent Acquisition Manager. In that role, she led a team of 38+ recruiters to provide world class service and develop talent acquisitions strategies aligned with overall business objectives. She spearheaded recruitment strategies with their partnership for Allied Health professions and successfully implemented a whole house talent solution at UC Health, a leading academic medical system and one of the nation’s top 25 public research universities. In her first year, Emily played a pivotal role in the success of streamlining hiring processes, increased hiring volumes to a total of 6K+ hires in 12 months, and traveler reductions to reduce costly agency usage.
Southeast Georgia Health System is a not-for-profit healthcare system with multiple locations and services. The Health System has served residents and visitors to the beautiful Golden Isles and surrounding areas of southeast Georgia since 1888. Headquartered in the historic port city of Brunswick, the Health System serves the needs of residents from six counties in southeast Georgia - Brantley, Camden, Charlton, Glynn, McIntosh, and Wayne.
Congratulations to Edie Willey and Southeast Georgia Health System!
Hartz Search is excited to announce the placement of Edith “Edie” Willey as the Executive Director of Human Resources at Southeast Georgia Health System!
After an extensive national search, Southeast Georgia Health System selected Edie Willey as the Executive Director of Human Resources, who will oversee and lead compensation, benefits administration, recruitment and retention, policies and procedures, communications, performance appraisal, team member health, and workers’ compensation. Additionally, she will participate in developing ongoing strategies and providing input on specific HR needs in the health system.
Our sincere congratulations to Edie Willey and Southeast Georgia Health System!
Edie joins Southeast Georgia Health System after previously working as the Chief People Officer for Bozeman Health. Edie has an extensive background in leading the HR team, developing the organization's development function, and providing HR consulting, coaching, and leadership development to a large client base.
Edie holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of North Carolina and two Master's degrees in Spiritual Psychology from the University of Santa Monica and Organizational Psychology from Alliant International University.
Southeast Georgia Health System is a not-for-profit healthcare system with multiple locations and services. It has served residents and visitors to the beautiful Golden Isles and surrounding areas of southeast Georgia since 1888. Headquartered in the historic port city of Brunswick, the System serves the needs of residents from six counties in southeast Georgia: Brantley, Camden, Charlton, Glynn, McIntosh, and Wayne.
Congratulations to Travis Maher and Kaiser Permanente!
Hartz Search is excited to announce the placement of Travis Maher as the Chief Nurse Executive at Kaiser Permanente - San Jose!
After an extensive national search, Kaiser Permanente selected Travis Maher as the San Jose - Chief Nurse Executive. Travis Maher will provide direction, leadership, planning, organization, and general management for all aspects of patient care within the medical center. As the CNE, Travis ensures the integration of services and compliance with long-range objectives and strategies, including the provision of excellent quality services and responsible fiscal management. This role provides strategic leadership as the patient care executive responsible for the professional practice of nursing and other designated patient care services. Travis has oversight for the professional practice of nursing and the provision of nursing care in all licensed and surveyable areas of the medical center. This role represents the professional practice of nursing and clinical provision of care as a member of the medical center executive leadership team, the medical executive committee and other medical staff committees.
Our sincere congratulations to Travis Maher and Kaiser Permanente!
Travis is a strategic Healthcare Executive with extensive healthcare delivery experience within large highly complex matrixed health systems. He has been with Kaiser Permanente since December 2022. He joined as the Executive Director of Staffing, Scheduling & Strategy of the Northern California Market in Oakland, CA. In this role, he was accountable for strategic leadership to develop, implement and operate the systems and processes to improve, optimize and align scheduling and staffing for all hourly employees of the 21 Northern California Medical Centers. Prior to joining Kaiser Permanente, he was the CNO/ VP, Patient Care at Ascension Saint Joseph in Joliet, IL where he was responsible for nursing services for the 498 licensed bed medical center and over 18,000 admissions per year. Prior to Ascension, he has years of additional CNO experience at Detroit Medical Center, and Abbott Northwestern Hospital.
Travis holds an Associate of Science in Practical Nursing and Bachelor of Science Nursing Degree from Dickinson State University, and an MBA from Cardinal Stritch University.
Kaiser Permanente (KP) is one of the country’s largest not-for-profit health care systems with over $100 billion in annual revenue. Founded in 1945, the company has grown from a 12-bed hospital to serve 12.5 million members in eight states and the District of Columbia. KP is nationally and internationally recognized for providing innovative, high-quality, evidence-based health care and coverage through its integrated system.
More than 235,000 employees and over 24,600 Permanente Medical Group physicians serve the health care needs of members and communities in seven Kaiser Permanente Markets covering Northern California, Southern California & Hawaii, Colorado, Georgia, Mid-Atlantic States (Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia), Oregon and Washington.
Congratulations to Ken Neuvirth and Southeast Georgia Health System!
Hartz Search is excited to announce the placement of Ken Neurvirth as the Executive Director of Oncology Services at Southeast Georgia Health System!
After an extensive national search, Southeast Georgia Health System selected Ken Neuvirth as the Executive Director of Oncology Services, who will serve as the leader of the service line and is responsible for overseeing daily operations, personnel supervision, physician relationships, quality initiatives, and supply cost control in the ambulatory environment.
Our sincere congratulations to Ken Neuvirth and Southeast Georgia Health System!
Ken joins Southeast Georgia Health System after previously working as the Senior Director of Oncology Services for UNC’s Seby B Jones Regional Cancer Center. Ken has over twelve years of clinical leadership experience and 25 years of healthcare experience. He is a highly motivated leader with a focus on quality improvement initiatives, mentorship, and service line growth. Ken has had much success and experience in multi-phased expansion projects for UNC and UNC Appalachian.
Ken holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Augsburg College and a Master of Science in Nursing from the University of Mary.
Southeast Georgia Health System is a not-for-profit healthcare system with multiple locations and services. The Health System has served residents and visitors to the beautiful Golden Isles and surrounding areas of southeast Georgia since 1888. Headquartered in the historic port city of Brunswick, the Health System serves the needs of residents from six counties in southeast Georgia - Brantley, Camden, Charlton, Glynn, McIntosh, and Wayne.
Congratulations to Carl Swithers and Tucson Medical Center!
Hartz Search is excited to announce the placement of Carl Swithers as the Vice President of Ancillary Services at Tucson Medical Center!
After an extensive national search, Tucson Medical Center selected Carl Swithers as the Vice President of Ancillary Services. Carl will be responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the hospital’s ancillary services within the organization. The role also involves developing outpatient service lines, including but not limited to Pharmacy, Radiology, Food and Nutrition, Wound Care, Infusion, Pain, Therapies, Laboratory, Cath Lab, Cancer Care, and Hospice at Tucson Medical Center (TMC).
Our sincere congratulations to Carl Swithers and Tucson Medical Center!
Carl joins Tucson Medical Center from Parkview Health where he rose through leadership as Director of Laboratory Services and most recently as the Vice President of Ancillary Operations for UCHealth Parkview Medical Center. There, he was responsible for both clinical and non-clinical operations, 36 cost centers, and multiple service lines, facilities, and campuses.
Carl holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Business Administration from Pennsylvania State University.
Tucson Medical Center, licensed at more than 600 beds, has been Tucson’s locally governed nonprofit regional hospital for more than 75 years. TMC is Southern Arizona’s leading provider of emergency care and pediatric care (including Tucson’s first Pediatric Emergency Department), with intensive care units for adults, children, and newborns. Other specialty areas include women’s health, maternity, cardiac care, orthopedics, neuroscience, hospice, surgical, and vascular care.
Congratulations to Pat Uychiat and Keck Medical Center of USC!
Hartz Search is excited to announce Patricia “Pat” Uychiat’s placement as the Associate Administrator, Laboratory Services, at Keck Medical Center of USC!
After a nationwide search, Keck Medical Center of USC has chosen Pat Uychiat as the Associate Administrator, Laboratory Services. She will ensure the efficient operation of all Laboratory Services throughout the KMC hospitals and USC Care clinics. This strategically focused role will assess, plan, implement, and evaluate all aspects of programs and ensure their financial viability, quality of service, and efficient and effective operation. Pat is responsible for the quality and clinical lab performance, achievement of financial goals, management of personnel, development and oversight of new programs, coordination of assessment and consulting services for non-managed programs, joint venture oversight, and building trust and respect through communication and collaboration that develops performance-oriented culture-based accountability.
Pat will report directly to the Chief Operating Officer of Keck Medical Center of USC, Jon Reuter.
Our sincere congratulations to Pat Uychiat and Keck Medical Center of USC!
Prior to joining Keck Medical Center of USC, Pat was the Administrative Director, Laboratory Services for Clinical and Anatomic Pathology at Mount Sinai West. She was responsible for overseeing the laboratory operations, leading change, developing and implementing new clinical laboratory policies and programs.
Pat is currently earning her Executive Master’s in Healthcare Administration from Columbia University and received her Bachelor’s in Medical Technology from Southwestern University.
Keck Medicine of USC is the University of Southern California’s medical enterprise, one of only two university-based medical systems in the Los Angeles area. Keck Medicine combines academic excellence, world-class research, and state-of-the-art facilities to provide highly specialized care for some of the most acute patients in the country. Keck Medical Center of USC, which includes Keck Hospital and USC Norris Cancer Hospital, 4 Medical Office Buildings, and 50+ Clinics, is among the top 50 hospitals in the country in 10 specialties, as well as the top three hospitals in metro Los Angeles and the top 10 hospitals in California, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2023-24 Best Hospitals rankings.
HARTZ Search is a proud partner of Keck Medical Center of USC. We look forward to Pat Uychiat’s and Keck Medical Center of USC’s continued success!
Congratulations to Jim Jahnke and Juliette Fowler Communities!
Hartz Search is excited to announce the placement of Jim Jahnke as the Chief Financial Officer at Juliette Fowler Communities!
After an extensive search, Juliette Fowler Communities selected Jim Jahnke as the Chief Financial Officer, who will be responsible for leading finance/accounting, facilities, and information systems functions for all service lines, including the Juliette Fowler Foundation. The Chief Financial Officer will report directly to the Chief Executive Officer and is a trusted executive leadership team member.
Our sincere congratulations to Jim Jahnke and Juliette Fowler Communities!
Jim joins Juliette Fowler Communities after working as the Fractional and Interim CFO at Tower Hill Partners. Prior to that, he worked at Uplift Education as the Chief Financial Officer. Through his leadership, Jim has exhibited the highest ethical standards, and experience knowing how to lead growth and manage the risk of the business.
Jim holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Denver and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Juliette Fowler Communities (JFC) is a 132-year-old faith-based nonprofit organization that fosters communities where people can find a sense of belonging and thrive. The campus is home to over 370 residents today, including 113 market-rate independent, assisted living, and memory care assisted living for seniors and 250 independent and assisted living affordable housing for seniors. JFC is home to up to eight young women who are in danger of homelessness (ages 18 to 24). Fowler’s Children Youth and Family Services “CYFS” – resources and connections help over 700 individuals annually – neighborhood families in need, foster families, DISD students, and their families. Fowler provides counseling and services and can connect them to shelters and other partners who help them.