OSF HealthCare has announced that Lisa DeKezel has resigned from her role as president of OSF HealthCare St. Mary Medical Center in Galesburg and OSF HealthCare Holy Family Medical Center in Monmouth, effective December 31. DeKezel is leaving OSF HealthCare to pursue an opportunity outside of the Ministry.
Lisa has served in dual roles, leading OSF St. Mary as president since November 2019 and OSF Holy Family since 2021.
During her tenure, Lisa helped establish OSF St. Mary as an intermediate hub for the upper Western Region, including developing a successful recruitment strategy to support expanded services. Her commitment to quality and safety also helped the medical center maintain its A grade from the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade since the program’s inception in 2012. She has also supported the strategic growth of OSF Holy Family and their National Rural Rating System five-star rating as a top performing facility.
Plans for interim leadership and the recruitment process for permanent replacements will be announced at a later date.
OSF HealthCare is an integrated health system founded by The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis. Headquartered in Peoria, Illinois, OSF has 17 hospitals – 11 acute care, five critical access and one continuing care – with 2,305 licensed beds throughout Illinois and Michigan. OSF employs over 27,000 Mission Partners across more than 170 locations. These include OSF HealthCare Children’s Hospital of Illinois, the third largest pediatric hospital in the state, and OSF OnCall, its digital health operating entity that offers hospital-at-home care. Advances in health care transformation take place through OSF Innovation as well as OSF Ventures, which provides investment capital for promising health care innovation startups. In addition, OSF operates two colleges of nursing; OSF Home Care Services, an extensive network of home health and hospice services; Pointcore, Inc., which is composed of health care-related businesses; and OSF HealthCare Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the organization. OSF HealthCare has been recognized by Fortune as one of the most innovative companies in the country and by Forbes as one of America’s Best Employers for Healthcare Professionals. Learn more at osfhealthcare.org.
***Courtesy of OSF HealthCare***
