St. Louis' service line executive for ambulatory services has assumed the role of president of SSM DePaul Health Center, replacing Pat Komoroski, who resigned to pursue other career opportunities. Hogan will maintain his role as the service line executive over ambulatory services for SSM Health Care ? St. Louis. He previously served as the executive vice president/chief operating officer as well as the strategy and business development leader for SSM DePaul. Before originally joining SSM DePaul in 1999, Hogan served as vice president of operations over three hospitals in the Providence Health System based in Portland, Ore. Hogan holds a master's degree in health administration from Saint Louis University.