Caren Lewis is senior vice president and chief nursing officer of MultiCare Health System, a not-for-profit organization with 13 hospitals and more than 26,000 team members across the Pacific Northwest.
She is responsible for enhancing the nursing culture across the system’s hospitals and clinics and for developing strategies that advance clinical and operational excellence. MultiCare is expanding its Pacific Northwest footprint, including a planned acquisition of the five-hospital Samaritan Health system in Oregon. Ms. Lewis came to MultiCare from SSM Health in Wisconsin, where she served as regional vice president of patient care and chief nursing officer, overseeing nursing operations at seven acute care hospitals and roughly 100 ambulatory sites.
Earlier in her career, she held senior leadership positions at Lawrence + Memorial Hospital and Westerly Hospital, both part of Yale New Haven Health, and at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. She is a board-certified nurse executive. Ms. Lewis holds a Master of Science in Health Administration from the University of St. Francis in Joliet, Illinois, in addition to her nursing degrees.