Louisville, Ky.-based Baptist Health selected Gerard Colman to serve as CEO, effective Dec. 4.
Here are four takeaways:
1. Mr. Colman will come to Baptist Health from Milwaukee-based Aurora Health Care System, where he was COO.
2. He has been with Aurora for four years, prior to which he worked at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, where he served in a number of roles, including senior vice president and chief of clinical operations.
3. He began his healthcare career in the U.S. Navy as a corpsman.
4. He succeeds Steve Hanson, who departed earlier this year,