San Diego Union-Tribune (Sunday)
Grisolia elected chief of staff at Scripps Mercy
Neurologist James Grisolia, M.D., was recently elected chief of staff by physicians at Scripps Mercy Hospital. He stepped into his new role as head of the 1,100member physician team at the hospital’s two campuses on Jan. 1.
As chief of staff, Grisolia will serve as a medical staff liaison to administrative staffs at both locations, as well as to Scripps Health’s board of trustees.
During his two-year term, he will play a key role in driving continuous improvement in the delivery of health care services to the more than 200,000 patients who visit the hospital’s two campuses annually. His priorities include applying the many lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic to patients’ overall medical care going forward.
That includes a special focus on creating greater awareness among Scripps Mercy’s medical staff about underlying social conditions that can affect aspects of daily living, such as nutrition, medication compliance and alcohol and drug use, which in turn can affect personal health.
Grisolia succeeds the hospital’s outgoing chief of staff, Beverly Harrell-bruder, M.D.
Tom Gammiere, corporate senior vice president and southern regional chief executive for Scripps Health, said Grisolia has been a respected leader at the hospital for decades..
“In addition to the exceptional care he delivers to our patients, Dr. Grisolia has demonstrated exemplary leadership as he enters his 40th year on the hospital’s medical staff,” Gammiere said. “His guidance will benefit physicians, staff and patients alike.”
Grisolia has been on the medical staff at Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego since 1983 and has served on the medical staff at Scripps Mercy Chula Vista since 1986. The two campuses previously operated as separate hospitals before merging in 2004.
At Scripps Mercy, Grisolia has held numerous leadership positions and earned several accolades over the years. He has served as the hospital’s chief of rehabilitation, chief of cerebrovascular disease and chief of medicine. He has also served as chair of the hospital’s section of neurology and was chair of its department of neurosciences.
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