Rita Bunch will step down from her role as president of Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital in Charlottesville, Va., on Sept. 13.
Ms. Bunch will join Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger Health System, according to an Aug. 19 news release from Sentara Health shared with Becker's. She had served the 176-bed Martha Jefferson Hospital since January 2022.
Ms. Bunch led the hospital through opening the Sentara Martha Jefferson Outpatient Care Center, its collaboration with Charlottesville-based UVA Health Children's on an outpatient clinic, and an emergency department restructuring to expand capacity, the release said.
Hampton Roads, Va.-based Sentara Health is a 12-hospital system.