{"id":37798,"date":"2022-08-08T11:01:23","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T15:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/?p=37798"},"modified":"2022-08-08T11:01:23","modified_gmt":"2022-08-08T15:01:23","slug":"jill-johnson-vankuren-will-become-new-hospital-president-ceo-in-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2022\/08\/jill-johnson-vankuren-will-become-new-hospital-president-ceo-in-september\/","title":{"rendered":"Jill Johnson VanKuren Will Become New Hospital President, CEO In September"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_37799\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37799\" style=\"width: 198px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-37799\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/08\/new-hospital-ceo-vankuren-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/08\/new-hospital-ceo-vankuren-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/08\/new-hospital-ceo-vankuren.jpg 432w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37799\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jill Johnson VanKuren will be the new president and CEO of Saratoga Hospital.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jill Johnson VanKuren of MedStar Health System in Maryland will be the new president and CEO of Saratoga Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>She starts Sept. 19.<\/p>\n<p>Michael J. Toohey, Saratoga Hospital board of trustees chairperson, announced VanKuren\u2019s appointment in July, citing her 17 years of experience with the largest integrated healthcare system in the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>VanKuren succeeds Angelo Calbone, who will retire in August after 16 years of significant investment in programs, facilities and talent. He is credited with leading the transformation of the hospital and healthcare in the Saratoga region.<\/p>\n<p>Most recently, VanKuren served as senior vice president of operations and chief operating officer at MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center, one of 10 MedStar hospitals.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>\u201cFrom her first interview, Jill impressed us with her understanding of the vital role of a community hospital in a larger health system,\u201d Toohey said. \u201cShe shares our commitment to maintaining Saratoga Hospital\u2019s reputation for exceptional quality and personal attention while bringing the benefits of the Albany Med Health System to our patients and community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>\u201cI have a deep respect for the community and the culture that the people of Saratoga Hospital have built over the years,\u201d VanKuren said. \u201cI look forward to building on that strong foundation as we evolve to support the future needs of the community. I am honored to have been selected to lead this team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>At MedStar, VanKuren held leadership positions at both the corporate and hospital levels for a system with more than 300 care locations and 31,000 employees. As an assistant vice president with MedStar corporate strategic planning, she developed system service lines and business models.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s2\"><!--more--><\/span><\/span><\/b>As senior vice president and chief operating officer at MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center, she oversaw and aligned operations at one of the largest teaching hospitals in the Baltimore area.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>\u201cJill has invaluable experience capitalizing on the strengths of a health system to serve local communities,\u201d said Dr. Dennis P. McKenna, president and CEO of the Albany Med Health System. \u201cPatients of Saratoga Hospital will benefit from her expertise as we reinforce northeastern New York\u2019s largest and only regionally governed health system and ensure access to its broad range of services.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>A graduate of East Carolina University in North Carolina, VanKuren earned a Master of Business Administration, with a specialization in healthcare administration, from Loyola University Maryland. She is board certified in healthcare management by the American College of Healthcare Executives.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>VanKuren is a member of the advisory board of Women in Healthcare. She also has served on the behavioral health advisory group of the Maryland Hospital Association and on the board of the National Alliance for Mental Illness Metropolitan Baltimore.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jill Johnson VanKuren of MedStar Health System in Maryland will be the new president and CEO of Saratoga Hospital. She starts Sept. 19. Michael J. Toohey, Saratoga Hospital board of trustees chairperson, announced VanKuren\u2019s appointment in July, citing her 17 years of experience with the largest integrated healthcare system in the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area.\u00a0 \u00a0VanKuren [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":37799,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Jill Johnson VanKuren Will Become New Hospital President, CEO In September - Saratoga Business Journal<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2022\/08\/jill-johnson-vankuren-will-become-new-hospital-president-ceo-in-september\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jill Johnson VanKuren Will Become New Hospital President, CEO In September - Saratoga Business Journal\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jill Johnson VanKuren of MedStar Health System in Maryland will be the new president and CEO of Saratoga Hospital. 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