Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital leader to step down after 20 years | Maryland Daily Record

The longtime chief of Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital in Baltimore will retire from his place on the finish of this 12 months, the hospital introduced Tuesday. Sheldon Stein led the hospital for 20 years, overseeing important development and the institution of many applications and initiatives. 

“It’s onerous to place into phrases what this hospital means to me, nevertheless it has been an honor and a privilege to serve so many kids from Baltimore and past alongside our dedicated workers,” Stein mentioned within the announcement. “I’ve all the time seen myself as merely a facilitator to take away obstacles and supply sources in order that our passionate staff of medical doctors, nurses, clinicians, and help workers can present the very best quality of care potential. My success could be nothing with out the help of your complete MWPH neighborhood, whom I’ll miss dearly.” 

All through Stein’s time as its chief, the hospital has grown greater than seven instances over, going from lower than $20 million in internet belongings to $144 million at present. It additionally grew from 151 workers to 550 and added new places in Prince George’s County and Harford County. 

The hospital invested over $50 million in capital enhancements underneath Stein’s management, together with opening and rising an outpatient facility, the Jack & Mae Rosenberg Outpatient Heart, and increasing two inpatient models: the Sheila S. and Lawrence C. Pakula Heart for Toddler Specialty Care and the Phyllis C. Meyerhoff Heart for Pediatric and Adolescent Rehabilitation. 

MWPH, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary this 12 months, is collectively owned by two of Maryland’s largest well being methods, the College of Maryland Medical System and Johns Hopkins Medication. The partnership was shaped in 2006, underneath Stein’s management. 

Stein is finest identified among the many establishment’s workers for selling using revolutionary instruments, strategies and applications, the hospital mentioned. Throughout his tenure, the hospital launched a spread of latest applications, such because the Trauma and Therapeutic program, a behavioral well being program for youngsters and adolescents who’re experiencing or have skilled trauma, and Weight Sensible, a weight administration program for teens. Specialists from MWPH have been invited by the Kids’s Hospitals Affiliation to take part in a job pressure to develop finest practices for pediatric weight administration. 

Stein has additionally acquired quite a few honors for his work as MWPH’s president and CEO, together with being named a Most Admired CEO by The Day by day File in 2016. A respiratory therapist by commerce, he joined MWPH as vp of affected person care companies in 1995, earlier than rising to chief working officer after which president and CEO. 

MWPH’s Board of Trustees might be hiring a agency to launch a nationwide seek for the hospital’s subsequent chief, and Stein will stay in his position till November with a purpose to help with the search course of.

In his last months main the establishment, Stein will oversee MWPH’s largest-ever fundraising marketing campaign, Hope Heal Develop, which goals to lift $15 million by the tip of 2022. The funds will go in direction of expansions and renovations to the Rosenberg Outpatient Heart, the development of the Capacity Heart, and the institution of the MWPH Kids’s Fund, which might be used for the whole lot from gear upgrades to capital enhancements. 

After he retires, Stein plans to golf, journey and spend extra time along with his grandchildren, based on MWPH’s announcement.