A spokesperson for Tewksbury, Mass.-based Covenant Health said that he has “accepted a position elsewhere to be closer to family,” according to the report. The spokesperson noted that Mr. Chekouras is originally from the Mid-Atlantic region.
Mr. Chekouras assumed the CEO position at St. Mary’s in 2015. Covenant Health President and CEO David Lincoln noted in a statement, “[Mr. Chekouras] has been insightful and instrumental in the system leadership reorganization process we are now implementing,” the Lewiston-Auburn Sun Journal reports.
Covenant Health is searching for an interim leader and has retained a recruitment company to aid in the search.
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