Lancaster (Pa.) Regional Medical Center named Brooks Turkel market CEO, effective Sept. 19, according to a Central Penn Business Journal report. He will oversee Lancaster Regional and assist in leading Heart of Lancaster Regional Medical Center in Lititz, Pa., as market CEO. Heart of Lancaster Regional will, however, retain its current CEO Deborah Willwerth.
Mr. Turkel most recently served as CEO of Regional hospital of Scranton (Pa.), prior to which he was CEO of Philadelphia-based Chestnut Hill Hospital. He replaces Russell Baxley as CEO of Lancaster Regional, who stepped down to take on a new role at a South Carolina-based hospital.
Both Lancaster Regional and Heart of Lancaster are part of Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems. The two hospitals used to operate under the leadership of one market CEO, but in 2014, the hospitals hired two separate CEOs, according to the report.