NYC Health + Hospitals appointed William A. Brown CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals/Coney Island in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Here are five notes:
1. Mr. Brown comes to NYC Health + Hospitals from Louisville, Ky.-based Baptist Health, where he served as West Region executive and president of Baptist Health Paducah (Ky.).
2. He also served as CEO of VHS West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, Ill., and VHS Westlake Hospital in Melrose Park, Ill.
3. He earned his MBA degree from the Hagan Graduate School of Business Administration at Iona College in New Rochelle, N.Y.
4. He succeeds Anthony Rajkumar, who resigned.
5. NYC Health + Hospitals/Coney Island includes 371 beds and more than 2,900 staff members.