Peggy Troy, a registered nurse who is currently chief operating officer of Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare in Memphis, Tenn., will be the new president and chief executive officer of Children’s Hospital and Health System in Wauwatosa.
Troy will join the health system on Jan. 11, 2009, when she succeeds Jon Vice, who announced March 4 that he would leave the system after the new CEO is named.
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare includes two academic medical centers, four community hospitals, a long-term care facility, a home health agency, ambulatory surgery centers, and adult and pediatric outpatient clinics. With more than 1,600 licensed beds, the system employs more than 10,000 people.
Troy was selected for the post after an eight-month national search.
Prior to serving as COO for Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, Troy was CEO of Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center for three years. She also had nearly 20 years of leadership experience at Cook Children’s Medical Center, Fort Worth, Texas.
Troy earned her bachelor of science in nursing from Marquette University in 1974. While attending Marquette, she served as a nurse intern at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin. Troy also earned a master of science degree in nursing from DePaul University, Chicago.
"Peggy’s pediatric hospital and health care system experience and her solid reputation across the country made this a relatively easy decision for our search committee," said Susan Herma, chair of the search committee of the Children’s Hospital and Health System board of directors. "We believe Peggy is the right person to provide leadership to implement the health system’s strategic plan."
"It is an honor to have been selected to lead Children’s Hospital and Health System. I have tremendous respect for the longstanding commitment of the organization to the patients and families they serve," Troy said. "It is difficult to leave Methodist Le Bonheur, but I am looking forward to settling in Milwaukee, meeting the physicians and staff throughout the health system and becoming reacquainted with Wisconsin."
Under Vice’s leadership, Children’s Hospital’s yearly admissions have grown to about 23,000. Vice has led Children’s Hospital and Health System of Wisconsin through 28 years of unprecedented growth and expansion.
