PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center Names New Chief Medical Officer (Photo) -05/02/22

VANCOUVER, Wash. – Sarah Garber, MD, has joined PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center as chief medical officer (CMO). 

As CMO, Dr. Garber will work closely with the PeaceHealth Southwest executive team as well as medical staff and medical group physician leadership. Dr. Garber will also be an important addition to the PeaceHealth senior physician leadership team made up of other PeaceHealth hospital and medical group CMOs. 

Dr. Garber comes to PeaceHealth from Swedish Health Services in the Puget Sound region where she served as the CMO at its Ballard hospital campus and has had broad exposure across Swedish’s other hospitals. 

“We are pleased that Dr. Garber has chosen to join our team. Her extensive background along with her energy and warmth make her an important addition to PeaceHealth leadership,” says Sean Gregory, PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center Chief Executive.

Dr. Garber is well respected as a talented physician leader who listens well and is known for synthesizing solutions quickly and building collaborative relationships to advance quality and safety performance.

Prior to Swedish, that also included time as the medical director for anesthesia services, Dr. Garber was employed by US Anesthesia Partners. She served as an anesthesia team member on inpatient and outpatient surgical cases in the Seattle area, specializing in regional anesthesia and acute-pain services.

Dr. Garber received her Bachelor of Arts and Doctor of Medicine from University of Missouri and completed her residency training at Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.

About PeaceHealth: PeaceHealth, based in Vancouver, Wash., is a not-for-profit Catholic health system offering care to communities in Washington, Oregon and Alaska. It has approximately 16,000 caregivers, a group practice with more than 900 providers and 10 medical centers serving both urban and rural communities throughout the Northwest. In 1890, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace founded what has become PeaceHealth. The Sisters shared expertise and transferred wisdom from one medical center to another, always finding the best way to serve the unmet need for healthcare in their communities. Today, PeaceHealth is the legacy of the founding Sisters and continues with a spirit of respect, stewardship, collaboration and social justice in fulfilling its Mission. Visit us online at peacehealth.org.

 

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