Dr. Mahal brings more than two decades of experience in healthcare operations and nursing leadership to the role, the release said.
Most recently, she served as interim vice president of operations at Advocate Health Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, Ill.
Providence is a 51-hospital system with 122,000 employees.
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