Kathleen Kuck, president and CEO of East Stroudsburg, Pa.-based Pocono Health System and Pocono Medical Center, has announced plans to resign, effective immediately, according to the hospital.
Ms. Kuck said in a hospital news release she "felt this was the appropriate time for me to consider new opportunities."
Ms. Kuck joined PHS/PMC in 2006 as vice president for patient care services. She was named CEO in December 2008.
Jeff Snyder, PHS senior vice president and COO, will serve as interim president of PHS/PMC.
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