UPMC names first President of new hospital in China

As it prepares for the 2023 opening of its first hospital in China, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre (UPMC) in the US has announced that Dr Randy Jernejcic, a veteran health care leader with experience in China, will start as chief executive officer of this new Chengdu-based facility on February 1, 2022. Since 2017, Dr Jernejcic has been an executive at University Hospitals of Cleveland, most recently as vice president of ambulatory quality and clinical transformation. In that role, he leads quality, safety, patient experience and provider engagement across

600 physician offices and other ambulatory sites. He also is a founder of Clinical Quality Consultants, a consulting group focused on helping international healthcare organisations drive safe, high-quality care with a focus on exceptional service and value for underserved populations. From 2010-2012, he served as chief medical officer of United Family Hospital in Beijing, part of a privately owned health care system with hospitals in six major cities in China.