Connecticut Hospital Association members have elected trustees and officers for the 2017Â-18 board of trustees. They are: Marna P. Borgstrom, CEO, Yale New Haven Hospital and Yale New Haven Health, who was elected secretary and chairman of the committee on government; Dr. John M. Murphy, president and CEO, Western Connecticut Health Network, elected chairman of the committee on patient care quality; Christopher M. Dadlez, president and CEO, Trinity Health – New England, elected chairman of the committee on population health; and Elliot T. Joseph, CEO, Hartford HealthCare, elected chairman of the committee on hospital finance.
Newly elected or reÂ-elected trustees include: Dr. Rohit Bhalla, vice president of quality, chief quality officer, Stamford Hospital; Joseph of Hartford HealthCare; Bimal Patel, president, Hartford HealthCare east region; and Dr. John F. Rodis, president, St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center.
Other members of the 2017-Â18 CHA board include: Chairman David A. Whitehead, executive vice president and chief strategy and transformation officer, Hartford HealthCare; Treasurer Christopher M. O’Connor, executive vice president and chief operating officer, Yale New Haven Health; Jennifer Jackson, president and CEO, CHA; Diversified Network Services board Chairman Patrick A. Charmel, president and CEO, Griffin Hospital; CEO Forum Chairman Kurt A. Barwis, president and CEO, Bristol Hospital; Vincent G. Capece Jr., president and CEO, Middlesex Hospital; Judith A. Carey, board member, Trinity Health – New England; Anne Diamond, CEO, UConn John Dempsey Hospital; Jeffrey A. Flaks, president and COO, Hartford HealthCare; William M. Jennings, president and CEO, Bridgeport Hospital; James E. Mitchell, board secretary, Lawrence + Memorial Hospital; James E. Shmerling, president and CEO, Connecticut Children’s Medical Center; and Colleen O. Smith, registered nurse and healthcare consultant, Nursing Consultant Partners.
