Children's
Hospital Central California Names New CEO
(March
18, 2010) Madera, CA -- The Children's Hospital Central California
Board of Trustees has announced that Gordon L. Alexander, Jr., MD will become
President and CEO of the Hospital. Dr. Alexander will come to Children's
Hospital this summer from Fairview Health Services in Minneapolis,
Minnesota where he has served as the President
of the University
of Minnesota Children's
Hospital and University of Minnesota Medical Center for the last 11 years. He
currently oversees an 800-bed hospital including the 207-bed children's
hospital and a 200-bed behavioral hospital with over 35,000 admissions per year
and 450,000 annual visits per year. In his tenure there, he instituted
a performance management system which has resulted in strong financial
performance and led a strategic planning process which has improved
quality and patient safety and expanded access for services to children. In
addition, he has partnered with the University's Foundation to raise more than
$50 million for the Children's Hospital.
Dr.
Alexander also served as the Chief Medical Officer and Senior Medical
Director Fairview Clinics at the same organization in the mid-90s. He joined Fairview in 1980 as an
Ob/Gyn with Southdale Obstetrics and Gynecology, P.A. He attended the
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Minneapolis/St. Paul where he earned a
bachelor's degree in business and a doctor of medicine degree from the
University of Minnesota Medical School.
Children's
current CEO and President, William F. Haug, let the Board of Trustees know last
year that he would not be renewing his contract. Haug came to Children's Hospital in 2000. The
transition of leadership will take place over summer.
About Children's
Hospital Central California
We
received Magnet
Nursing designation in 2004 and redesignation in 2008. We are the first
children's hospital west of the Rockies to
receive Magnet
Nursing designation, the highest nursing benchmark in the world. We are
accredited by the Joint Commission
and we are proud to have been recognized by the LeapFrog Group with an award for Excellence
in Patient Safety and Health Care Quality.
We
perform more than 9,000 pediatric surgeries a year and our Pediatric
and Neonatal
Intensive Care Units have some of the lowest mortality rates in the country
while treating some of the sickest kids.
Our
Craycroft
Cancer Center is a full member of the nationally-recognized Children's Oncology Group (COG),
and sees more than 100 new cases a year. Our Willson
Heart Center has pioneered pediatric heart care for half a century.
We
are the premier pediatric medical center in the heart of the Golden State.
We are Children's Hospital
Central California - Amazing People, Incredible Care.
RSS
Feed
Children's Hospital on Twitter
Be
a Children's Hospital Fan on Facebook
