News Releases
Romans Named
Senior VP and CEO
 Houston, Texas, January 6, 2003 -- Memorial
Hermann President and CEO Daniel J. Wolterman announced today the appointment
of Juanita F. Romans as senior vice president, Memorial Hermann Healthcare
System, and chief executive officer of Memorial
Hermann Hospital, effective immediately.
Romans has been
vice president and chief operating officer of Memorial Hermann Hospital
since May 2001. She is the first registered nurse to join the ranks
of Memorial Hermann CEOs and the first woman appointed to the organization’s
senior executive council. Romans has nearly 20 years of clinical and
administrative experience.
Prior to joining
Memorial Hermann, Romans had been an executive vice president with Evanston
Northwestern Healthcare, a three-hospital system affiliated with Northwestern
University Medical School in Evanston, Illinois. She holds a master
of science in nursing from Wayne State University and is an associate
in the American College of Healthcare Executives. She serves on the
board of Houston’s South Main Center Association.
“In her tenure
as vice president and COO of Memorial Hermann Hospital, Juanita has
proven to be an extremely competent and popular leader,” said Wolterman.
“Juanita’s outstanding clinical and administrative skills
are critical assets. She has cultivated excellent relationships with
our board members, with University of Texas Health Science Center leaders,
and with the medical staff, employees and the community.”
Max Buja, M.D.,
dean of The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, added: “Juanita
Romans has gained my respect and the respect of many other faculty and
private physicians at Memorial Hermann Hospital based on her broad knowledge
of the healthcare field, her leadership abilities and her interpersonal
skills. Her extensive and varied experience, including work at other
academic medical centers, will hold her in good stead as she assumes
the CEO role. I look forward to working with her in advancing the strong
partnership that already exists between our two organizations.”
The 11-hospital
not-for-profit Memorial Hermann Healthcare System provides quality comprehensive
programs and services for a person's whole life. Located in the Texas
Medical Center, Memorial Hermann Hospital is an 818-bed tertiary teaching
hospital affiliated with The University of Texas Medical School at Houston.
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