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PATEL JOINED CHI FRANCISCAN HEALTH in February 2015 after serving as executive vice president and chief strategy and operations offi cer at northern New Jersey's Hackensack University Health Network and Hackensack University Medical Center, a 1,400-bed health care system and teaching hospital. Patel holds a bachelor's degree from The Johns Hopkins University and master's degrees in health administration and business administration from the University of Pittsburgh. His career has included leadership roles at Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC in Pittsburgh, Franciscan Alliance St. James Health in Chicago and Sharp HealthCare in San Diego. "I am incredibly honored and humbled by the confi dence placed in me to lead CHI Franciscan Health," Patel said. "Now more than ever, health care involves a wide range of providers coordinating care to treat the entire patient. CHI Franciscan Health has been a national leader in this philosophy, and I look forward to enhancing and maintaining the level of effi cient and effective health care the system provides." Patel is also senior vice president of Divisional Operations for Catholic Health Initiatives' Pacifi c Northwest Division, a role in which he provides strategic and operational leadership for CHI Franciscan Health and two sister facilities in Oregon. Ketul J. Patel, new CEO of CHI Franciscan Health, is eager to apply the lessons he's learned through more than 20 years of leadership to improve the health of communities throughout the Puget Sound. New CEO Brings Experience, Holistic Philosophy Learn more about our new CEO and watch a short video of Patel addressing the new community he's honored to serve at chifranciscan.org/Patel. MICHAEL MARSHALL, MD, joined Franciscan Medical Group, CHI Franciscan Health's physician network, in February 2015. Dr. Marshall is a board- certifi ed family medicine physician with 17 years of family medicine and urgent care practice experience in the United States and Canada. Dr. Marshall's educational and professional journey has taken him from Africa to North America. He received his undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, before moving to Canada. In Canada and the United States, he received board certifi cations and earned a master's degree in medical management from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Dr. Marshall has served in leadership roles at medical groups in Wisconsin and New Hampshire. Most recently, he held the roles of president of Allina Health Clinics and senior vice president of Allina Health, a nonprofi t health system located in Minnesota's Twin Cities region. "I 'm honored to be pa r t of Fra nc isca n Medica l Group," Dr. Marshall said. "I look forward to the opportunity to partner with its exceptional physicians and providers to transform health care in the South and West Sound and further CHI Franciscan Health's long-standing commitment to building healthier communities." Meet Franciscan Medical Group's New Leader Franciscan Medical Group recently welcomed a new president and chief medical o cer with extensive experience in leading and integrating primary and specialty care physician clinics. Learn more about Dr. Marshall at chifranciscan.org/Marshall. KETUL J. PATEL, CHI FRANCISCAN HEALTH CEO MICHAEL MARSHALL, MD chifranciscan.org /// HIGHLINE MEDICAL CENTER 5