John H. Durham, chairman, Board of Trustees of Abington Health and Abington Memorial Hospital, announces that, afterwards a civic search, the Board of Trustees of Abington Health voted to accredit Laurence M. Merlis its new admiral and arch controlling officer. We are actual admiring that Mr. Merlis has acclimatized the position as admiral and CEO of the Abington Health arrangement ... he was the best applicant to accommodate the eyes and administration that will be so analytical for Abington over the next decade.
Abington, PA (Vocus/PRWEB ) December 11, 2009 -- John H. Durham, chairman, Board of Trustees of Abington Health and Abington Memorial Hospital, announces that, afterwards a civic search, the Board of Trustees of Abington Health voted to accredit Laurence M. Merlis its new admiral and arch controlling officer. Merlis will be afterwards Richard L. Jones, Jr., who will be backward able January 31, 2010. Jones had appear his planned retirement endure July.
Laurence M. Merlis, New President and CEO, Abington Health and Abington Memorial Hospital
“We are actual admiring that Mr. Merlis has acclimatized the position as admiral and arch controlling administrator of the Abington Health system,” Durham commented. “After accurate analysis of the candidates, the seek board assured that he was the best applicant to accommodate the eyes and administration that will be so analytical for Abington over the next decade.”
Merlis has served as admiral and arch controlling administrator at GBMC HealthCare/Greater Baltimore Medical Center back 1999. During his tenure, the hospital has maintained able operating margins and accomplished connected growth, earning it an A+ acclaim appraisement from Standard and Poors and A-2 from Moody’s. Merlis accomplished a analytic amalgamation with Johns Hopkins, as able-bodied as several collective ventures with physicians. Under his leadership, a analytic technology plan was alien at GBMC that included PET/CT, automatic surgery, abridged technology and an beat beeline accelerator.
Prior to abutting GBMC HealthCare, Merlis had served as controlling carnality admiral of Meridian Health System from 1997 to 1999, as admiral and arch controlling administrator of Riverview Healthcare Services from 1993 to 1997; and as admiral and arch controlling administrator of Essex Valley Healthcare from 1986 to 1993.
Originally from Bay Shore, NY, Merlis becoming a Bachelor of Science amount from Union College and a Masters of Business Administration from The George Washington University. He is a adolescent in the American College of Healthcare Executives and served as carnality administrator of the Maryland Hospital Association, a allotment of abounding added able activities. Merlis will accept his role at Abington on February 15, 2010.
About Abington Health
Abington Health is the awning alignment that encompasses its flagship hospital, Abington Memorial Hospital, in Abington and Lansdale Hospital in Hatfield Township. Abington Health entities aswell cover acceptable outpatient facilities, Abington Health Center -- Schilling Campus in Willow Grove and Abington Health Center -- Warminster Campus in Bucks County. Together, these accessories serve added than 44,000 inpatients, 123,000 emergency patients and over 560,000 outpatient visits annually. Also included is Abington Health Physicians, a arrangement of specialists and primary affliction physicians active by Abington Memorial Hospital and Lansdale Hospital. All told, Abington Health’s medical agents consists of added than 1,400 primary affliction physicians and medical and surgical specialists, as able-bodied as over 125 physicians-in-training aural 5 address programs. Abington Health employs 6,400 employees, authoritative it one of the better administration in Montgomery County.
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