Mr. McKenna will onboard and oversee an initial workforce of about 650 full- and part-time clinical and support staff, as well as help hire the chief nursing officer and other leaders for the 300,000-square-foot facility, according to Penn State Health.
The workforce is expected to grow to 1,000 within three years.
Mr. McKenna previously was president and CEO of Jupiter (Fla.) Health, and he helmed St. Mary’s Health Care System in Athens, Ga., for a decade.
His new appointment comes after Penn State Health named Safa Farzin, MD, vice president for medical affairs and staff development for Hampden Medical Center in December.
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