Akron, Ohio-Area Hospitals Release Salaries on Top-Earning Executives, Physicians

Several hospital executives and physicians at the three main Akron, Ohio-area hospitals earned seven-figure compensation packages in 2010, and Akron Children’s Hospital President and CEO William Considine was the highest-paid executive with more than $1.5 million in compensation and benefits, according to an Akron Beacon Journal report.

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Thomas Strauss, president and CEO of Summa Health System, made more than $1.4 million, according to the report. Akron General Health System underwent a change in CEOs last year. Vincent McCorkle, who became Akron General’s president and CEO on July 1, 2010, received more than $568,000 in total compensation. Michael Rindler, a consultant who filled in as the interim CEO after Alan Bleyer retired in 2009, made more than $983,744.

Here are the 2010 compensation packages of the CEOs and top five highest-earning physicians at the Akron-based hospitals:

Akron Children’s Hospital
•    William Considine, CEO:  $1,560,659
•    Justin Lavin, MD, maternal-fetal medicine:  $1,694,625 (includes retirement benefits)
•    Anton Milo, MD, director of otolaryngology:  $1,361,981
•    Roger Hudgins, director of neurosurgery:  $1,214,573
•    Philip Smith, MD, director of the Heart Center:  $1,097,193
•    Dennis Weiner, MD, orthopedic physician:  $821,792

Akron General Health System
•    Vincent McCorkle, CEO:  $568,605 (became CEO on July 1, 2010)
•    Daniel Guyton, MD, surgery chairman:  $504,134
•    Robert Marley, MD, director of general surgery:  $469,085
•    Eric Jenison, MD, chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology:  $426,005
•    Farid Muakkassa, MD, director of surgical intensive care trauma:  $377,459
•    David Peter, MD, chief medical information officer:  $352,201

Summa Health System
•    Thomas Strauss, CEO:  $1,408,062
•    Jennifer Restivo, MD, oncologist:  $688,531
•    Jeffrey Junko, MD, orthopedic surgeon and orthopedics residency director:  $682,730
•    Scott Weiner, MD, chairman of the Department of Orthopedics:  $679,471
•    Mehool Patel, MD, hematologist/oncologist:  $663,840
•    Gary William, MD, general surgeon:  $654,691

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