SJRMC Names New CEO

Jeff Bourgeois, New SJRMC Chief Executive Officer

Jeff Bourgeois will begin his new role on Thursday, September 8, 2016. Jeff Egbert, Interim CEO will lead San Juan Regional Medical Center until Mr. Bourgeois takes over.

From San Juan Regional Medical Center:

      San Juan Regional Medical Center has named Jeff A. Bourgeois as the hospital’s new president and chief executive officer.  Jeff A. Bourgeois, who has been at the helm of CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital, Westover Hills in San Antonio, TX, will take over as CEO on Thursday, September 8, 2016. He replaces Rick Wallace who left the medical center in February.

     Jeff has been in the healthcare field since 1990 when he received his M.S. in Health Care Administration from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. He worked for Hill Country Memorial Health System in Fredericksburg, Texas from 1991 to 2007.  He was Chief Operating Officer until 1998 and then was promoted to Chief Executive Officer. In 2007 he was hired by CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital as President / Administrator where he oversaw completion of construction and the start-up of operations of the Westover Hills Facility from the ground up.

     “We are so pleased that Jeff has decided to join San Juan Regional Medical Center as its new CEO,” said Janel Ryan, the hospital’s board chair. “His experience and impeccable background in hospital administration will take San Juan Regional Medical Center to the next level.”

     Jeff will begin his new role on Thursday, September 8, 2016. Jeff Egbert, Interim CEO will lead San Juan Regional Medical Center until Mr. Bourgeois takes over.

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