Tuesday, November 18, 2014AKRON, Ohio -- The Summa Health System Board of Directors announced the appointment Monday of Dr. Thomas Malone as its new president and CEO. Malone ‘s appointment takes effect Jan. 1. He replaces longtime Summa CEO Tom Strauss who is retiring at year’s end.
Malone, 57, is a native of Niles. He currently serves as chief operating officer for Summa’s Care Delivery System. He joined Summa in 2013 from Michigan’s Harper University and Hutzel Women’s Hospital, where he was CEO of the 560-bed academic medical center affiliated with Wayne State University.
“The CEO Search Committee was uniformly impressed with Dr. Malone’s extensive skills and savvy,” said Norman Wells, chair of Summa’s board of directors.
Malone has directed all clinical operations of Summa Akron City, St. Thomas, Barberton and Wadsworth-Rittman hospitals.
“I am honored to have been selected to lead such an incredible organization,” he said. “Health care is evolving so rapidly, and all of us at Summa are up to the challenges. I look forward to continuing our successes.”
In addition to his previous CEO role at Harper, Malone was Chief Medical Officer at the Detroit Medical Center where he led the implementation of an EMR system for all seven hospitals and was responsible for resident medical education, managed care contracting and employed physician practices.
“Dr. Malone is the right choice at the right time to lead the organization,” said Strauss, who has led Summa for the past 15 years. “From the moment Tom arrived here last year, he embraced challenges head-on and quickly showed the organization what a great leader he is.”
Malone received his undergraduate degree from John Carroll University and his medical degree from The Ohio State University. He completed his residency in pediatrics at Columbus Children’s Hospital and his perinatal-neonatal fellowship at Brown University in Providence, R.I. He also holds a Master of Business Administration from Notre Dame University in South Bend, Ind.
Malone is a diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners, the National Board of Pediatrics and Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine. In addition, he is the recipient of the distinguished teacher award from Methodist Hospital of Indiana.
Malone and his wife, Megan, live in Cuyahoga Falls.
SOURCE: Summa Health System
Published by The Business Journal, Youngstown, Ohio.
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