Patti Ellish. President and CEO of St. Tammany Parish Hospital (Covington, La.). Ms. Ellish began her career in healthcare in 1974 at West Jefferson Hospital in New Orleans, where she was ultimately appointed to director of nursing in 1996. She went on to serve as vice president and COO of Memorial Health System of East Texas before becoming CEO of St. Tammany Parish Hospital in 2000. Ms. Ellish is a past chair of the Metropolitan Hospital Council of New Orleans; board member of the Louisiana Hospital Association and Northshore Healthcare Alliance; and member of the Northshore Business Council and Women’s Leadership Council of Greater New Orleans.
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