McLaren Oakland, the Pontiac-based acute care hospital with care locations throughout Oakland County, has named Lorenzo Suter, DHA, MHA, BSN, as its President and CEO. His appointment follows a national search conducted in coordination with McLaren Health Care leaders, McLaren Oakland medical staff, and the McLaren Oakland Board of Trustees.
“McLaren Oakland is an exceptional care provider through the Pontiac hospital, but its reach extends beyond the city with its ambulatory locations to care for residents throughout Oakland County and beyond,” said Chad Grant, McLaren Health Care Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. “With the recent launch of McLaren Oakland – Oxford, this is an exciting time for the entire community. We are confident that Lorenzo has the experience, expertise, and leadership to guide the organization and position it to serve its communities into the future.”
Effective Sept. 8, Suter assumes the role previous President and CEO Tracey Franovich continued to perform on an interim basis following her transition to the same position at McLaren Macomb.
Suter has held executive leadership positions in a health care administration career that extends more than 20 years, including Regional President & Chief Executive Officer of Unity Point and Senior Vice President of Unity Point Health System (Sioux City, Iowa), Chief Executive Officer of Dupont Hospital (Fort Wayne, Indiana), Chief Operating Officer of 623-bed Baptist Medical Center (San Antonio, Texas), and Vice President of Operations at 427-bed MacNeal Hospital (Berwyn, Illinois).
Suter has demonstrated throughout his career a proficiency to expand care services, recruit providers, and develop effective relationships with clinical staffs, while maintaining clinical quality, safety, and patient experience metrics.
Suter aims to build upon the growth and expansion of clinical services McLaren Oakland has achieved over the past several years — accomplishments that include the introduction of a percutaneous coronary intervention program for cardiac emergencies, successful reverification as a Level II trauma center, expansion of its McLaren Clarkston campus, and the development of McLaren Oakland – Oxford, which includes the addition of the community’s only emergency department.
“McLaren Health Care is a dynamic system, and McLaren Oakland is an energetic organization serving the needs of a range of communities,” Suter said. “I look forward working with an exceptional team of physicians, caregivers, and staff to further enhance the lives and health of our patients. We will continue to make a positive impact on our communities, and I am eager to get started.”
Upon graduating Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science, Nursing degree from Western Kentucky University, Suter continued his education with a Master of Health Administration and Doctor of Healthcare Administration from Vanderbilt University/University of Phoenix.
Learn more about the services offered at McLaren Oakland and its care campuses throughout Oakland County at mclaren.org/oakland.
About McLaren Oakland
McLaren Oakland is a 318-bed hospital that provides primary and specialty healthcare services to the greater Pontiac and Oakland County, Michigan communities. Founded in 1953, McLaren Oakland has grown to a comprehensive medical community that includes outpatient facilities in Clarkston and Oxford, in addition to an inpatient hospital in Pontiac providing a range of clinical services including emergency and trauma care, cardiology, cancer services, minimally invasive robotic surgery, and orthopedic services. McLaren Oakland offers ACGME accredited residency and fellowship programs in anesthesiology, diagnostic radiology, emergency medicine, family medicine, internal medicine, orthopedic surgery, otolaryngology, pulmonary disease and critical care medicine, and transitional year, in addition to a CPME accredited podiatry program. Learn more at mclaren.org/oakland.
About McLaren Health Care
McLaren Health Care, headquartered in Grand Blanc, Michigan, is a $6.6 billion, fully integrated health care delivery system committed to quality, evidence-based patient care and cost efficiency. The McLaren system includes 13 hospitals in Michigan, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 490-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 732,838 lives in Michigan and Indiana, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers in the U.S. McLaren has 28,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 113,000 network providers throughout Michigan, Indiana and Ohio. Learn more at mclaren.org.