He will replace Tyler Hedden, who resigned in September.
Mr. Kassis has served as the president and CEO of Mercy Medical Center in Merced, Calif., since 2014, a news release shared with Becker’s said. He joined the medical center in 2008 as vice president of operations.
He previously held leadership roles at hospitals throughout California, including at Dallas-based Tenet Health, Regional Medical Center in San Jose and Stanislaus Surgical Hospital in Modesto, the news release said.
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