Dave Braasch, president of BJC HealthCare’s Alton (Ill.) Memorial Hospital and the system’s senior pharmacy executive, plans to retire at the end of 2026 after 46 years of service.
Mr. Braasch has served as president for 20 years and, during his tenure, oversaw several expansion projects, including the opening of the Duncan Wing in 2010, according to a July 15 news release from St. Louis-based BJC HealthCare. The expansion added 76 private rooms, six observation rooms and new lobby, patient registration, pharmacy, laboratory and medical imaging space.
The hospital also expanded physician office buildings in 2013 and 2017. During Mr. Braasch’s tenure, Alton Memorial developed its Cancer Care Center, expanded and renovated its Heart & Vascular Center, implemented the Human Motion Institute, established an affiliation with Siteman Cancer Center in 2019 and launched a family medicine residency program with Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in 2021.
Since 2018, Mr. Braasch has also served as BJC’s senior pharmacy executive, overseeing East region hospital pharmacies, 15 retail pharmacies, specialty pharmacy, home infusion and central mail-order pharmacy operations.
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