Mark Del Beccaro, MD, will become senior vice president and CMO of Seattle Children's Hospital Oct. 1, replacing the retiring David Fisher, MD.
Dr. Del Beccaro is currently the hospital's vice president of medical affairs. He started his career at Seattle Children's in 1979 as a nursing aid at what was then Children's Orthopedic Hospital. He entered medical school at the University of Washington in 1981, started his pediatric residency at Seattle Children's in 1985 and eventually joined the faculty of Seattle Children's emergency department in 1989.
Dr. Fisher is not the only Seattle Children's executive with plans to retire soon: Thomas N. Hansen, MD, the hospital's CEO, will hang up his hat in 2015.