For Immediate
Release
Contact: Heather Woolwine
(843)792-7669
MUSC names new hospital CEO, VP of clinical
operations
Dr. Pat Cawley
accepts offer to man the helm of MUSCÕs hospital system
Charleston,
S.C. (Jan. 24, 2013)
– After a nationwide search and unanimous board of trustees approval, Dr.
Patrick Cawley, formerly the chief medical officer of
the Medical University Hospital Authority (MUHA), has accepted the position of
Vice President of Clinical Operations and Executive Director. He replaces
recently retired CEO and VP of Clinical Operations Stuart Smith. An interim
medical director appointment is forthcoming. A constant champion of MUSC
Excellence initiatives and a leader in quality and safety measures, Cawley will also remain an associate professor of medicine
at MUSC.
Cawley was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania where he attended
Scranton Preparatory School and graduated with honors from the University of
Scranton. He received his doctor of medicine degree from Georgetown University,
an MBA from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and completed an internal
medicine residency at Duke University. He is board certified in internal
medicine and was named a Master in Hospital Medicine by the Society of Hospital
Medicine. He is a certified physician executive through the American College of
Physician Executives and a fellow of the American College of Healthcare
Executives. He is a fellow in the Liberty Fellowship Program and a member of
the Aspen Global Leadership Network. He has been named one of AmericaÕs Best
Doctors¨.
Cawley co-founded the first hospital medicine program at Duke
University and later managed a private practice hospital medicine group in
Conway, South Carolina. He is a past-president of The Society of Hospital
Medicine, the fastest growing medical specialty society in the United States.
Cawley has worked in both academic and nonacademic hospitals and
has served as a consultant to numerous hospitals in hospital medicine program
development. He is a frequent lecturer on the competitive advantages of
hospitalist programs as well as implementation of patient safety and quality
programs in hospitals. In his role as the medical director, Cawley
was responsible for the quality and safety of all patient
care programs as well as direct oversight of clinical service lines. Prior to
this position, he served as section chief of hospital medicine and Vice
Chairman of Clinical Affairs in the Department of Medicine at MUSC.
Cawley lives in Mount Pleasant, SC with his wife and three
children.
Photo
available upon request.
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MUSC
Founded
in 1824 in Charleston, The Medical University of South Carolina is the oldest
medical school in the South. Today, MUSC continues the tradition of excellence
in education, research, and patient care. MUSC educates and trains more than
3,000 students and residents, and has nearly 13,000 employees,
including approximately 1,500 faculty members. As the largest non-federal
employer in Charleston, the university and its affiliates have collective
annual budgets in excess of $1.7 billion. MUSC operates a 750-bed medical
center, which includes a nationally recognized Children's Hospital, the Ashley
River Tower (cardiovascular, digestive disease, and surgical
oncology), and a leading Institute of Psychiatry. For more information on
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