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Paul F. Levy, a top administrator at the Harvard Medical School (HMS), has been named president and CEO of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in an effort to save Harvard’s premier, but financially troubled, teaching hospital from sale or collapse...
Levy, who served as the executive dean for administration at HMS and oversaw Harvard’s relations with its teaching hospitals, revealed on Monday—his first day in his new post—that the hospital’s parent company CareGroup had considered selling Beth Israel Deaconess to a for-profit health care corporation, a move likely to cause Harvard to reconsider its affiliation with the hospital...
Colleagues and officials at HMS welcomed Levy’s appointment, expressing the hope that the hospital’s new president could save the institution while safeguarding its educational mission...
...letter to faculty and staff, HMS Dean Joseph P. Martin wrote that while he will miss Levy’s presence at the medical school, his move to Beth Israel Deaconess would ultimately benefit Harvard...
...HMS spokesperson Don L. Gibbons said that Martin, Levy and others at HMS had been carefully monitoring Beth Israel Deaconess’ attempts to right its ship. Martin, Gibbons said, became aware in recent weeks that a sale to a for-profit company was possible...