Royal Oak, Mich.-based Beaumont Health has announced the appointment of John T. Fox, MBA, as president and CEO, beginning in March.
Mr. Fox, currently CEO of Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare, has more than 30 years of experience leading large, complex integrated health systems and academic medical centers.
In 1999 he joined Emory as COO and became CEO in 2002. Prior to joining Emory, Mr. Fox served as executive vice president of Clarian Health, now known as IU Health, in Indianapolis. Before that, he was with Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, serving as vice president and CFO.
As the newly created system's CEO, Mr. Fox will be responsible for providing strategic direction and leadership for the system, which was officially formed in September 2014 through a merger between Beaumont Health System, Oakwood Healthcare in Southgate, Mich., and Botsford Health Care in Farmington, Mich.
Mr. Fox will succeed Gene Michalski, the initial president and CEO of Beaumont Health since June 2014, and president and CEO of Beaumont Health System since 2010. Mr. Michalski will retire this year.
More articles hospital and health system executive moves:
Beaumont Health names 9 new executives
Orlando Health names David Strong CEO
Mayo Clinic names Dr. John Presutti CEO for Waycross facility