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TO HEALTH, MEDICAL, AND NATIONAL EDITORS:
Michael Wagner, MD, FACP named President and Chief Executive Officer
of Tufts Medical Center in permanent capacity
BOSTON, April 3, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Tufts Medical
Center Board of Trustees announced today that it has voted unanimously
to appoint Michael Wagner, MD, FACP as President and CEO of Tufts
Medical Center and Floating Hospital for Children on a permanent
basis. Wagner, a nationally respected physician executive and health
care thought leader, has held the title of Interim President and CEO
since September 2013. He had previously served as President and CEO of
the 550-member Tufts Medical Center Physicians Organization and Tufts
MC's Chief Medical Officer.
"The Board has been extremely impressed with Dr. Wagner's performance
in the interim CEO role over the past six months," said Thomas
Hollister, Chair of the Tufts Medical Center Board of Trustees. "Dr.
Wagner is a wise and innovative leader who understands the
complexities of health care from so many angles as a primary care
physician, a private sector executive and a patient safety advocate.
This expertise will be invaluable as Tufts Medical Center builds on
its rich tradition of health care innovation and transforms how care
is delivered as the health care industry continues to change. We are
very pleased that Dr. Wagner, who began his career here in our primary
care offices, will now be our chief executive officer."
"It is a tremendous honor to have the opportunity to lead this
historic institution at this exciting time," said Wagner. "I look
forward to continuing to work closely with the Board to ensure that
Tufts Medical Center sets the industry standard for how an academic
medical center can improve health care by working collaboratively with
our community partners. I have long had an affinity for Tufts Medical
Center, its staff and physicians; continuing to work side by side with
them is inspiring."
Wagner and Ellen Zane, Vice Chair of the Tufts Medical Center Board of
Trustees, will continue to work in concert on the Medical Center's
strategic planning and execution.
Wagner has diverse and extensive experience in the health care
industry though his work at academic medical centers, community
hospitals and in the private sector. Prior to returning to Tufts
Medical Center in 2008 to lead the hospital's primary care services,
Wagner was CEO of EmCare Inpatient Services, a hospital inpatient
physician management company. During his tenure, Wagner traveled the
country, helping hospitals improve patient care, patient satisfaction
and efficiency. Wagner also served on the Society for General Internal
Medicine's Commission on Physician Payment Reform, and as the Chief
Medical Officer of Fidelis Care New York, a Medicaid health insurance
company. He held leadership positions as the Vice Chair of the
Institutional Review Board for Tufts and as the Director of Medical
Education for Unity Health System, an affiliate of the University of
Rochester.
At Tufts Medical Center, Wagner began his career in Tufts MC's
internal medicine practice nearly 25 years ago and has since served as
Chief of General Medicine (1999-2003), Chief of Internal Medicine and
Adult Primary Care (2008- 2012), Chief Medical Officer (2011-2013) and
President and CEO of the Tufts Medical Center Physicians Organization
(2012-2014) during his three professional tenures at the Medical
Center.
"Dr. Wagner has deep leadership experience and great integrity and
values," said Paul Summergrad, MD, Chairman of the Tufts MC Physicians
Organization Board of Trustees and Psychiatrist-in-Chief at Tufts
Medical Center. "Tufts Medical Center physicians and caregivers relate
to Mike and trust that he understands and supports our common goal of
outstanding clinical care. Mike also knows the bigger picture, the
significance of population health and the role of the academic medical
center as the heart of innovation. He has led quality improvement
across the institution and has never wavered in his support of patient
needs. His unique background and broad expertise position Mike as an
ideal leader, best equipped to move the Medical Center in the right
direction. He has the complete support of the physician and clinician
community at Tufts Medical Center."
The Tufts MC Physicians Organization (PO) will soon begin a process to
select Wagner's successor as President and CEO of the PO.
"Dr. Wagner's tireless dedication to enhancing quality, patient safety
and patient experience at the Medical Center has inspired incredible
teamwork among caregivers to go the extra mile," said Therese
Hudson-Jinks, RN, Chief Nursing Officer at Tufts Medical Center. "He
motivates the Tufts MC Care Team, including our excellent nurses, to
exceed clinical outcome targets and delight patients with a
compassionate commitment to their care."
Wagner earned his bachelor's degree, magna cum laude, from Connecticut
College and received his medical degree from Georgetown University
School of Medicine. He completed his internal medicine residency at
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Hanover, NH, where he was Chief
Medical Resident.
About Tufts Medical Center and Floating Hospital for Children Tufts
Medical Center is an exceptional, not-for-profit, 415-bed academic
medical center that is home to both a full-service hospital for adults
and Floating Hospital for Children. Conveniently located in downtown
Boston, the Medical Center is the principal teaching hospital for
Tufts University School of Medicine. Floating Hospital for Children is
the full-service children's hospital of Tufts Medical Center and the
principal pediatric teaching hospital of Tufts University School of
Medicine. Tufts Medical Center is affiliated with the New England
Quality Care Alliance, a network of more than 1,800 physicians
throughout Eastern Massachusetts. For more information, please visit
www.tuftsmedicalcenter.org.
SOURCE Tufts Medical Center
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/CONTACT: Jeremy Lechan, (617) 636-0104, jlechan@tuftsmedicalcenter.org
/Web Site: http://www.tufts-nemc.org
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