MtAscutney Hospital and Health Center (MAHHC) is pleased to announce the addition of DrJoseph Perras and Patti Strohla, RN to the Hospital’s Senior Leadership Team. Both individuals offer a high level of energy, expertise and enthusiasm.The Hospital’s Senior Leadership Team is comprised of the CEO and seven senior staff members who guide hospital operations.
In the role of Chief Medical Officer, DrPerras will serve as a bridge between healthcare providers and senior leadership at MAHHC. Dr. Perras first joined the hospital in 2013 as the Medical Director of Hospitalist Services and the Medical Director of Care Management. He previously served as the Interim Section Chief of Hospital Medicine and Medical Director of Care Management at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. Dr. Perras completed his internship and internal medicine residency at the Beth Israel-Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, MA. He served 12 months as a chief medical resident and was an instructor in medicine at Harvard Medical School. He received his undergraduate and medical degrees at George Washington University in Washington, DC.
“Dr. Perras brings years of experience in administration of both the clinical and care management arenas,” says Kevin W. Donovan, CEO of MAHHC.“He offers a calm and thoughtful style of leadership to our organization and medical staff.We are very fortunate to have a leader the caliber of Dr. Perras stepping into this vital role.”
As a member of the Senior Leadership Team, Ms. Strohla will provide day-to-day management for Information Technology, the Quality Department, and Reporting. She was named the Director of Clinical Systems Transformation at MAHHC in 2013 after first joining the hospital as a consultant in 2011. She combines her RN and informatics background to liaison between the worlds of clinical practice and technology. And she brings a strong understanding of the regulatory and political challenges that hospitals face. Before joining MAHHC, Ms. Strohla held a career in law enforcement and as a clinical nurse specializing in Critical Care, Pediatric and Emergency Department nursing. She also served as the Director of Clinical Informatics for a multi-facility healthcare system, and she was a consultant with the Huntzinger Management Group in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
“During her tenure, Patti has proven herself to be well versed in all aspects of the electronic medical record, health care reform and clinical systems, as well as serving as a valued confidante and leader throughout the organization,” CEO Donovan says.“Without Patti, we would never have achieved a number of important initiatives over the past few years.”
About Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center
Founded in 1933, Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center is a not-for-profit community hospital network including the critical access-designated Mt. Ascutney Hospital in Windsor, Vermont, and Ottauquechee Health Center in Woodstock, Vermont. Affiliated with Dartmouth-Hitchcock, the Hospital provides people in communities across the Connecticut River Valley with primary care and a comprehensive suite of specialty services, along with 25 inpatient beds, atherapeutic pool and an acclaimed, 10-bed inpatient rehabilitation department.Mt. Ascutney Hospital is a recipient of the national Foster G. McGaw Prize for Excellence in Community Service, one of the most prestigious awards in healthcare, and is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), as well as the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) with Level 3 status, the highest level of medical home designation for delivering quality care.