Jaewon Ryu, ’01, Named CEO of Geisinger
Geisinger Appoints Jaewon Ryu, MD, as President and Chief Executive Officer
DANVILLE, Pa. – Geisinger today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Jaewon Ryu, M.D., J.D., as president and chief executive officer. Dr. Ryu, who has served as interim president and CEO since November 2018 and executive vice president and chief medical officer since September 2016, becomes the seventh chief executive officer in Geisinger’s 104-year history. He succeeds David T. Feinberg, M.D., MBA, who left Geisinger earlier this year to assume a leadership role at Google.
“On behalf of the Geisinger Board of Directors, I am thrilled to appoint Jaewon Ryu as Geisinger’s next president and CEO,” Board Chairman John C. Bravman, Ph.D., said, “We conducted an exhaustive national search that included some of the brightest, most accomplished health care leaders in the country. Dr. Ryu has a strong understanding of the Geisinger organization, in addition to broad clinical and management expertise. In his recent roles as Chief Medical Officer and as interim CEO, Dr. Ryu has fostered a culture at Geisinger that pushes us to bring the most innovative care to our patients and communities. He has driven tremendous progress here, and we are confident he will continue to do an excellent job leading our path forward.”
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