The Iowa-based health system appointed CEOs for UnityPoint Health and its UnityPoint Clinic physician network.
UnityPoint Health has named veteran healthcare executive Clay Holderman as the West Des Moines, Iowa-based health system's new president and CEO.
Holderman, now COO and executive vice president at private, not-for-profit Presbyterian Healthcare Services in Albuquerque, New Mexico, will take over at UnityPoint in February 2021.
Holderman's strategic priorities upon his arrival next year are expected to focus on COVID-19-related workforce recovery efforts, UnityPoint said.
"Clay Holderman is a leader who believes in making a positive and lasting impact on the lives of those we are privileged to care for," said UnityPoint Board Chairman Randy Easton. "It was quickly evident Clay has that unique combination of a values-oriented mindset coupled with a transformative vision for the future."
Interim CEO Sue Thompson will lead UnityPoint until Holderman arrives.
UnityPoint Clinic
UnityPoint also named Sanjeeb Khatua, MD, president and CEO of UnityPoint Clinic, the health system's integrated physicians network, effective January 5, 2021.
Khatua, a board-certified family physician, now holds several leadership roles at Edward Elmhurst Health, a $1.5 billion integrated health system in Chicagoland.
"We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Khatua to our UnityPoint Health family," said Dave Williams, MD, CCO at UnityPoint Health. "As our organization continues to confront the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, we remain focused on delivering the best possible patient care to the patients and communities we serve."
UnityPoint Health is the nation’s 13th largest nonprofit health system with 21 hospitals, and more than 400 care venues in Iowa, western Illinois, and southern Wisconsin.
UnityPoint Clinic includes more than 1,100 clinicians at more than 400 clinics, providing primary and specialty care services across its three-state service area.
“Clay Holderman is a leader who believes in making a positive and lasting impact on the lives of those we are privileged to care for.”
Randy Easton, UnityPoint Board Chairman
John Commins is a content specialist and online news editor for HealthLeaders, a Simplify Compliance brand.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Clay Holderman, now COO and executive vice president at private, not-for-profit Presbyterian Healthcare Services in Albuquerque, New Mexico, will take over at UnityPoint in February 2021.
UnityPoint also named Sanjeeb Khatua, MD, president and CEO of UnityPoint Clinic, the health system's integrated physicians network, effective January 5, 2021.