CHICAGO, Aug. 5, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- Guy A. Medaglia,
president and CEO of Saint Anthony Hospital, has announced that he
will be retiring from the hospital on January 10, 2025.
Medaglia joined Saint Anthony Hospital as interim president in
2007 and made several decisions that took the hospital from
financial peril to being stable and well-operated with innovative
advances in care. One of his first acts was to separate from
Ascension Health Systems and transition into an independent,
Catholic, community hospital.
In the years that followed, Saint Anthony Hospital, under
Medaglia's leadership, logged many successes, including:
- Improvements in patient care outcomes: Saint Anthony was
granted children's hospital status from the State of Illinois and kept its pediatrics unit
operational when other community hospitals were closing
theirs.
- Award winning: Saint Anthony won Illinois Performance
Excellence (ILPEx) Awards for "Commitment to Excellence" and was
named the "Best Value" hospital in Chicago.
- Financial stability: Under Medaglia's direction, the hospital
pulled out of operating in a deficit and became financially
stable.
- Advancements in technology: Among many health technology
advances, Saint Anthony brought first of its kind video technology
to the maternity center to connect families across and outside the
U.S. The hospital was also able to deliver on Medaglia's vision to
convert transportation services to a new electric vehicle fleet
with its own charging station.
- Expansion of services: In 2012, the newly remodeled Kedzie
Avenue Clinic reopened, which was the first of several to follow a
new model for outpatient clinics that could offer more specialty
services. Saint Anthony then opened its state-of-the-art Little
Village Clinic that included rehab and occupational medicine, along
with a new dialysis center. In the last five years, Saint Anthony
was able to open two additional rehab clinics to expand services
into the Illinois Medical District and Gage
Park. The hospital also was certified as a Primary Stroke
Center to provide even more lifesaving care to the community.
"After nearly two decades of service, I've made the hard
decision to step aside and retire as President and CEO of Saint
Anthony Hospital," said Medaglia. "I'm incredibly proud of the
achievements and advancements in care that I was able to help lead
during my time at Saint Anthony. This hospital is incredibly
important to our West and Southwest side communities and I'm sure
the next leader will share my same passion in providing excellent
care to all that come through our doors."
In 2020, Medaglia challenged the State
of Illinois' Medicaid reimbursement process. The lawsuit has
continued to move through the federal court system, grounded in the
mission of health equity and fairness.
Guy will continue to work with the board and the attorneys to
see the federal lawsuit to its conclusion. He also remains
committed to building a new, state-of-the-art hospital at
31st Street and Kedzie Avenue, and he will stay on as
President and CEO of Chicago Southwest Development Corporation
(CSDC).
"Guy was vital in the growth, success, and continued operational
standards that Saint Anthony Hospital has experienced over the
tenure of his leadership. Although we tried to convince him to stay
as President and CEO as Saint Anthony Hospital, we're happy that
Guy will continue on with CSDC," said the Saint Anthony Hospital
Board in a statement. "His dedicated leadership allowed this
institution to flourish, and we look forward to his continued
partnership while we work on completing the Focal Point
project."
Medaglia and the Saint Anthony Hospital Board of Directors will
begin searching for his replacement in the fall.
For more information about Saint Anthony Hospital, please visit
www.sahchicago.org.
About Saint Anthony Hospital
Founded in 1898, Saint Anthony Hospital is a community-centered
organization, serving more than 400,000 residents on Chicago's West and Southwest Sides. Saint
Anthony Hospital, its affiliated clinics and community wellness
centers, provide quality health and wellness services, as well as a
wide variety of free bilingual community health education and
outreach programs. For more information, go to SAHChicago.org.
Chicago Southwest Development Corporation
The mission of the Chicago Southwest Development Corporation is
to create self-sustaining communities throughout Chicago's underserved neighborhoods, to enrich
the lives of families through nontraditional education, recreation,
and health and wellness programs, and to enhance social service
programs that specifically meet the needs of each individual
community. For more information on Chicago Southwest Development
Corporation, please visit www.chicagosdc.com.
Media Contact: Marcus Durbin,
Saint Anthony Hospital, mdurbin@sahchicago.org
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