Beth Israel Lahey Health Announces Organizational Structure and Members of Senior Leadership Team

BOSTON – Kevin Tabb, MD, who will serve as Beth Israel Lahey Health's President and CEO, today announced the organizational structure and operating model that will position the new health care system to deliver on its commitments to ensuring patients have access to coordinated, high-quality, lower-cost care in the communities where they live and work. Tabb also announced members of Beth Israel Lahey Health's senior leadership team.

"With the creation of Beth Israel Lahey Health, we have an amazing opportunity to care for our communities in a new and better way," Tabb said. "To deliver on our promise to our patients, we will work together to expand access and provide extraordinary care — all while advancing medicine through discovery and education."

Effective March 1, Beth Israel Lahey Health's organizational structure and operating model will be driven by four deeply interconnected domains designed to advance meaningful partnerships across organizations, care settings, specialties, and geographies to ensure our patients receive the care they need in the communities where they live and work. They include:

• A physician enterprise that encompasses the system's network of employed primary care and specialty physicians located throughout our region;

• A hospital and ambulatory services group that includes world-class academic medical centers and teaching hospitals with affiliations with Harvard Medical School and Tufts University School of Medicine; leading community hospitals; a renowned orthopedics hospital; and comprehensive ambulatory centers;

• A population health enterprise that embraces a new model of care to improve the health of all those we serve; the population health domain will include the system's clinically integrated network of affiliated providers and vital services, including behavioral health and home care services;

• A robust network of administrative and operational services to advance strategic goals, both locally and at the system level, that offers expertise and standardized resources based on best practices.

Tabb also named some members of Beth Israel Lahey Health's senior leadership team, which includes individuals who have shaped the proud legacies of the new system's member organizations, as well as leaders from other prestigious organizations who share Beth Israel Lahey Health's vision for the future.

"Every member of the Beth Israel Lahey Health senior leadership team — those named today and those who will be named in the future — will bring to Beth Israel Lahey Health a demonstrated track record of leadership and innovative thinking," Tabb said. "We will bring Beth Israel Lahey Health's vision to life through true partnerships between local and system leaders, as well as the enthusiasm and talent of all our employees and providers."

Kerry Brown: Chief of Staff
Deborah Devaux: Executive Vice President, Chief Population Health Officer
Deborah DosSantos: Deputy General Counsel
Steve Fischer: Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
John Halamka, MD, MS: Executive Director, Health Technology Exploration Center
Hilary Jacobs, LICSW: President, Behavioral Health
Jamie Katz: General Counsel
Kristine Laping: Chief Development Officer
Stanley Lewis, MD: Chief Strategy Officer
Pauline Lodge: Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning & Business Development
David Longworth, MD: Interim Chair, Beth Israel Lahey Health Primary Care Network
Richard Nesto, MD: Chief Medical Officer
Timothy O'Connor: Finance Integration Lead
Peter Shorett: Interim Chief Integration Officer
Sherrie String: Interim Chief Human Resources Officer

Several key senior leadership positions have not yet been filled, including Executive Vice Presidents who will oversee the Hospital and Ambulatory Services and the system's Physician Enterprise, as well the roles of Chief Information Officer, Chief Communications and Marketing Officer and Chief Academic Officer. Recruitment is under way for these positions and will be announced at a later date.

About Beth Israel Lahey Health

Beth Israel Lahey Health is a health care system that brings together academic medical centers and teaching hospitals, community and specialty hospitals, more than 4,700 physicians and 39,000 employees in a shared mission to expand access to great care and advance the science and practice of medicine through groundbreaking research and education.