WASHINGTON: Quirin to lead AHA's Metro Hospitals section

Julie Quirin, CEO of Saint Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, will lead the American Hospital Association's Section for Metropolitan Hospitals as chair of its 24-member governing council for 2010. The Section is a forum for suburban and urban hospitals to discuss common interests and concerns and to participate in the AHA policy process. Mark Gavens, senior vice president, Clinical Care Services/COO for Cedars Sinai in Los Angeles is this year's chair-elect. Brian A. Gragnolati, president/CEO of Suburban Hospital Healthcare System in Bethesda, MD, is immediate past chair. The Metropolitan governing council advises the AHA on federal policy issues.