Gehrig named to new role of president of Mercy Hospitals Arkansas – Talk Business & Politics

Ryan Gehrig, president of Mercy Hospital Fort Smith, has been tapped to even be president of all Mercy hospitals in Arkansas, together with the massive Northwest Arkansas Mercy Hospital system based mostly in Rogers. The position, to start June 12, is new inside St. Louis-based Mercy.

Mercy additionally has an Arkansas hospital in Berryville (Carroll County).

Eric Pianalto, president of Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas, was named strategic development officer for Mercy Arkansas. Pianalto will companion with the Mercy Clinic officers, together with Dr. Scott Cooper, president of Mercy Clinic, and Amy Fore, lately named chief working officer for Mercy Clinics Arkansas. Pianalto, Cooper and Fore are primarily tasked to broaden hospital companies, clinic places and recruit main care and specialty physicians to satisfy rising demand.

Gehrig, who has been the Fort Smith system president for 10 years, was vice chairman of enterprise programs and chief administrative officer for Moore Medical Heart, a facility within the Norman Regional Well being System in Oklahoma. Previous to that, he was the chief working officer of Wesley Medical Heart in Hattiesburg, Miss., CEO and chief working officer of Bristow Medical Heart in Bristow, Okla., and chief working officer of Cushing Regional Hospital in Cushing, Okla.

Gehrig graduated from Texas A&M College with a bachelor’s diploma in biomedical science. He acquired a grasp’s diploma in well being care administration from Trinity College in San Antonio, Texas. As well as, he accomplished an administrative residency at Hillcrest Healthcare System in Tulsa, Okla.

“Mercy has deep roots in each communities, and as Arkansas continues to develop at a fast charge, it’s necessary our groups take a one-Mercy strategy so we are able to proceed to supply the best high quality, compassionate, faith-based care to the folks we serve,” mentioned Dr. John Mohart, president of Mercy communities, who leads operations for all Mercy hospitals. “Ryan is uniquely suited to unify our efforts in Arkansas and supply a seamless strategy to care and repair that finest meets the wants of individuals in Northwest Arkansas and the River Valley.”

Mercy has has a number of key management modifications up to now yr. Steve Mackin grew to become president and CEO of St. Louis-based Mercy on April 1, succeeding Lynn Britton, who now’s govt chairman of the Mercy board of administrators. Martine Pollard, a key member of Mercy Northwest Arkansas’ govt workforce, resigned in October 2021 to grow to be vice chairman of the Northwest Arkansas marketplace for Little Rock-based Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Defend.

Mercy has greater than 40 acute care, managed and specialty (coronary heart, kids’s, orthopedic and rehab) hospitals, handy and pressing care places, imaging facilities and pharmacies. Mercy has 900 doctor practices and outpatient amenities, 3,400 Mercy Clinic physicians and superior practitioners, and greater than 40,000 co-workers in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. Mercy additionally has clinics, outpatient companies and outreach operations in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.