Kenneth D. Kozel has been named President and Chief Executive Officer of Shore Health System.
Kozel has 23 years of health care experience, including most recently as president of the two hospitals that comprise Upper Chesapeake Health in Harford County. During more than eight years in executive leadership at Upper Chesapeake Health, Kozel helped guide the organization through multiple major projects resulting in improved patient safety and an enhanced environment of care, including a $35 million patient tower expansion and infrastructure renovations for Upper Chesapeake's two hospitals.
"I am very excited about becoming the next President and CEO of Shore Health System," Kozel said in a statement to The Star Democrat. "It has been a career aspiration of mine to become a CEO of a community hospital system and Shore Health is exactly the type of community I was hoping to find. In addition to finding the ideal community setting, there are so many similarities between Upper Chesapeake Health and Shore Health that will help to ensure my success. These similarities include the size of the hospitals, the scope of services provided and most importantly, the outstanding people who work for the health system and live in the community. Finally, the engagement and commitment to excellence demonstrated by everyone on the Shore Health Board of Directors, the medical staff, and the leadership team was great to witness and I am eagerly looking forward to becoming part of the Shore community and calling the Shore my home."
Kozel is scheduled to begin working at Shore Health System by Oct. 3.
1 comment:
Has he been to a shore health hospital? I have, and I very familiar with UCH, and I don't see many similarities between the two. UCH in Bel Air has 306 and Easton has 160 ish? Perhaps he is talking about internal ones.
Never less, good luck to him, he's a good guy. This is a big move and this no doubt will be a big change for him.
Sounds like they are doing shuffling due to the University Of Maryland medical system take over/merger.
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