PeaceHealth St. John Medical Center has selected Sheila Lynam, MD as the organization’s new Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Lynam will step into the role formerly held by Eleen Kirman, MD, who has retired. As Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Lynam will provide medical oversight, expertise and leadership to ensure the delivery of safe, effective healthcare services. Her responsibilities will also include the development and implementation of innovative clinical programs. Her first day in her new role will be Sept. 2, 2018.
“It is an honor to be given this opportunity to serve the patients, providers, caregivers, and leaders of PeaceHealth St. John,” said Lynam. “I believe that to lead is to serve, and that the most honorable form of leadership is demonstrated by example. I look forward to building on established relationships and collaborating with those whom I have not yet had the pleasure of working. Together we can continue to enhance the safety and quality of care delivered in our community.”
Dr. Lynam, a pathologist with PeaceHealth Medical Group Pathology, has provided exemplary pathology care in Cowlitz County for nearly 20 years. She earned her medical degree from the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, with post-graduate studies of surgical pathology at Vanderbilt University, and anatomic and clinical pathology at the University of Oklahoma. She is Board Certified by the American Board of Pathology in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology.
PeaceHealth St. John Medical Center is a community-owned, not-for-profit, 193-bed acute care hospital and Level III trauma center located in Longview, Washington. Recognized nationally as a Top 100 Hospital, PeaceHealth St. John provides a full range of outpatient and inpatient diagnostic, medical, and surgical services. The region’s health care leader for more than 75 years, PeaceHealth St. John is one of ten medical centers in the PeaceHealth System.
PeaceHealth Medical Group is a multi-specialty medical group comprised of general and specialty medical providers.
PeaceHealth, based in Vancouver, Wash., is a not-for-profit Catholic health system offering care to communities in Washington, Oregon, and Alaska. PeaceHealth has approximately 16,000 caregivers, a multi-specialty medical group practice with more than 800 physicians and providers, a comprehensive laboratory system, and nine medical centers serving both urban and rural communities throughout the Northwest. In 1890, Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace founded what has become PeaceHealth. Today, PeaceHealth is the legacy of its founding Sisters and continues to serve communities when invited to do so with a spirit of collaboration and stewardship. This is The Spirit of Healing—The Spirit of PeaceHealth.
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