The Guthrie Clinic Appoints Previous Cleveland Clinic Exec as CEO

Edmund Sabanegh Jr., MD, MBA will serve as president and CEO of The Guthrie Clinic, effective September 13.

The Guthrie Clinic board of directors have announced the next CEO of the Sayre, Pennsylvania-based health system.

Effective September 13, Edmund Sabanegh Jr., MD, MBA will succeed Joseph Scopelliti, MD, who has served as president and CEO since 2012. In December, Scopelliti announced his plan for retirement, where he stated he would continue in his role until a successor was put in place.

Sabenegh will lead Gurthie Clinic's continued path to expansion and improving healthcare accessibility and maintain the system's "laser focus" on exceptional care, value-based care transformation, technology innovation, and affordability. He will also work to attract healthcare talent through the system's growing teaching platform.

"Guthrie strives to deliver the kind of care that we all want as patients: We want to keep our care local and accessible. We want to be assured that we are receiving the highest quality and best experience possible," Sabanegh said in a statement. "Guthrie has been, is, and will remain a healthcare beacon that shows that high-quality, high-value, patient-centered care can absolutely be delivered locally in rural communities."

Sabanegh joins Guthrie Clinic from Cleveland Clinic, where we served in leadership positions for more than a decade. He most recently served as president of the main campus and regional hospitals, where he expanded clinical services, achieved nationally recognized value performance for the health system, and helped with the acquisition and integration of new hospital health systems.

Prior to that, he served as Enterprise Director for Cleveland Clinic's 1,000-member Care Affordability Task Force, where he lowered the cost of care and created financial efficiencies.

Sabenegh also served for 21 years in the United States Air Force, where he served in leadership roles including chief of medical staff, chief consultant for the Surgeon General, and chief operating officer at the largest Air Force hospital.