Aroostook Medical Center CEO resigns
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Sylvia Getman, president and CEO of The Aroostook Medical Center and senior vice president of Eastern Maine Healthcare System, announced her resignation from the health care provider on Monday.
Sylvia Getman, president and CEO of The Aroostook Medical Center and senior vice president of Eastern Maine Healthcare System, has stepped down, the parent company said Monday.
Getman will become president and CEO at Adirondack Health in upstate New York. A search for her replacement will start immediately, M. Michelle Hood, president and CEO of EMHS, said Monday.
“While this represents a loss for EMHS,” Hood said in a prepared statement. “We are happy for the opportunity this position will provide for her to move closer to family. I have enjoyed working with Sylvia for the past six years and will miss her passion and advocacy for rural healthcare, as well as her uncanny ability to translate complex language and situations so they are easier to understand. She has served The Aroostook Medical Center region with distinction.”
Getman is the second high-level executive to leave EMHS this year. Eileen Skinner, president and CEO of Mercy Hospital, resigned effective March 31, saying she was looking to take a break.
Getman, who was honored by Mainebiz in its annual Next List in 2013 for her contributions in spearheading sustainability in health care reform, has worked for TAMC since August 2010. During her tenure, she led the redesign of the emergency department at EMHS to improve patient flow and enhance comfort for patients and their families, as well as community efforts to increase influenza vaccination rates.
EMHS officials also credit Getman for helping to secure a $2 million gift to establish an endowment for cancer patients and support the construction of a new state-of-the-art cancer facility.
“My time with EMHS has been the most rewarding of my career and I have learned so much from my EMHS colleagues, the TAMC board, the entire TAMC team and especially from Michelle Hood,” Getman said in a release about her resignation. “As I have said on many occasions — Michelle is a visionary leader and EMHS and the communities it serves are fortunate to have her at the helm. I have also been blessed to have worked with an engaged and dedicated staff, medical staff and board of trustees who truly live our mission of service to our patients and in whose hands the organization will continue to grow and prosper.”
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