Ryan Gehrig Takes Reins Of Mercy in Arkansas (Super Mover)

Ryan Gehrig is now the president of Mercy Hospitals Arkansas, which incorporates two services in Rogers and Fort Smith. Gehrig was beforehand president of Mercy Hospital Fort Smith, a job he’ll retain together with an extra position as president of Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas.

The earlier president of Mercy Northwest Arkansas, Eric Pianalto, will now tackle the position of chief strategic progress officer for Mercy Arkansas. Pianalto will work with the Mercy Clinic crew to increase hospital providers and clinic places.

“The native panorama of well being care continues to evolve,” Gehrig stated. “This shift in our management construction provides [Pianalto] and I and our crew a singular alternative to place an excellent larger give attention to the best way to greatest serve the rising well being care wants of our communities in Arkansas.”

With a decade of expertise as Mercy Fort Smith’s president, Gehrig has earned 12 consecutive A grades for high quality of care from Leapfrog, an impartial watchdog group. He’ll give attention to progress in Arkansas and the best way to take a one-Mercy method with communities.

He joined Mercy from Norman Regional Well being System, the place he was the chief administrative officer and vice chairman of enterprise methods for Moore Medical Heart, a hospital in Norman, Oklahoma, that is part of the Norman system. Earlier than that, Gehrig was the chief working officer of medical facilities in Hattiesburg, Mississippi; Bristow, Oklahoma; and Cushing, Oklahoma.

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