Here are four things to know about Mr. Sowa.
1. News of Mr. Sowa’s upcoming departure comes about a month after officials announced that SLU Hospital, which is currently owned by Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, will become part of St. Louis-based SSM Health. Mr. Sowa’s departure is effective when the takeover deal officially closes, according to the report. The deal is scheduled to close in the third quarter of 2015.
2. Mr. Sowa was named CEO of SLU Hospital in January 2011, and plans to retire after he steps down.
3. Under Mr. Sowa’s leadership, SLU Hospital introduced an outpatient bone-marrow transplant clinic, a cardiac surgery center and rose to ninth in overall hospital rankings among Tenet’s 79 hospitals.
4. SSM Health plans to announce Mr. Sowa’s replacement in the coming days.
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