St. Louis-based SSM Health appointed Ben Layman president of St. Mary's Hospital-Janesville (Wis.), effective Sept. 18.
Here are five takeaways:
1. Mr. Layman comes to SSM Health from Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Spectrum Health, where he served as COO for an acute care hospital and attached rehabilitation unit.
2. Previously, he was system director of advanced business development at Spectrum Health.
3. He is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives and Medical Group Management Association.
4. He earned his MBA degree at Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park, Calif.
5. Mr. Layman succeeds Kerry Swanson, who left to serve as regional president of hospital operations for SSM Health in Southern Illinois.