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Elliot J. Sussman, MD, MBA; President and Chief Executive Officer
BiographyDr. Sussman serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Lehigh Valley Health Network. Under Dr. Sussman’s leadership since 1993, the health network has enjoyed its greatest period of growth. It includes three hospitals, a 400-plus-member employed physician group and eight community health centers. The health network is the region’s largest employer with more than 9,500 employees and is a major clinical affiliate of Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine.The health network is recognized for numerous national honors, including Magnet status for nursing. It has been ranked as one of “America’s Best Hospitals” by U.S. News & World Report for 13 consecutive years, most recently in 2008 for gastrointestinal disorders, geriatrics and heart care and heart surgery. The health network also ranks as one of 33 top hospitals for quality and patient safety (The Leapfrog Group), one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For (Fortune Magazine), one of the top 100 Integrated Healthcare Networks (SDI), and one of the 100 Most Wired and 25 Most Wireless health networks for embracing health care technology. Dr. Sussman is the Leonard Parker Pool Professor of Health Systems Management, Professor of Medicine and Professor of Public Health Sciences at Pennsylvania State University’s College of Medicine. He is Chair of the Board of the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC). He is past chair of the Administrative Board of the AAMC’s Council of Teaching Hospitals. He is a member of the Society of Medical Administrators and the Healthcare Executives Study Society. Besides serving as a trustee for Lehigh Valley Health Network, Dr. Sussman serves on the boards of Lehigh University, the Allentown Art Museum, United Way, Lehigh Valley PBS/WLVT TV, the CEO Education 2010 Leadership Group and Lehigh Valley Partnership, the Universal Health Realty Income Trust and iCAD, Inc. He is a member of the Society of Medical Administrators and the Healthcare Executives Study Society. From 1989 to 1993, Dr. Sussman was Associate Dean and Associate Professor of Medicine, Biological Sciences Division and Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago. His professional experience also includes serving as Executive Director, Clinical Practices of the University of Pennsylvania, Associate Administrator and Director, Clinical Effectiveness Program, Hospital of the University of Pennsyvlania, and Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Sussman was a Fellow in General Medicine and a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania, and trained as a resident in internal medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He holds an MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, an MD from Harvard University, where he was AOA, and a BA magna cum laude from Yale University. He received a D.Sc. (hon) from Muhlenberg College and a Doctor of Public Service (hon) from Cedar Crest College. A Message From Dr. SussmanIt has been said that the two most critical things in life are your freedom and your health. Without them, no one can thrive. At Lehigh Valley Health Network, our charitable mission is to heal, comfort and care for the people of our community, and it is a mission we take very seriously. We dedicate ourselves to quality care day in and day out. In 2008, U.S. News & World Report ranked us as one of America’s Best Hospitals for the 13th consecutive year. We have earned a total of 28 specialty category listings in the past five years alone. We also are very proud of our nurses, who go above and beyond to care for our patients every day, thus helping ensure safe, high-quality care. The American Nurses Credentialing Center recognizes our nurses’ excellence with Magnet designation. It is the gold standard for nursing care, earned by fewer than 5 percent of hospitals nationwide. One of our hallmarks of quality is how we link patient care, education and research. We liken our model of care to a tricycle, with the smaller, rear wheels of education and research powering the larger, front wheel of patient care. Our education and research initiatives contribute to the quality of patient care by bringing to the Lehigh Valley the finest teaching physicians and nurses and the very latest medical knowledge. Our unique model of care creates what we call an academic community hospital. It helps us best fulfill our mission and ensure that we’ll be here to care for the people of our community now and for generations to come. |
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