Dr. Buckley succeeds Kathleen Kinslow, who was appointed president and CEO of Philadelphia-based Aria Health System. Dr. Buckley currently serves as chair of internal medicine and CMO at Pennsylvania Hospital, where he has been practicing internal medicine and infectious disease for over 30 years.
Dr. Buckley will begin work as executive director on Nov. 1.
Read the Penn Medicine news release on Dr. R. Michael Buckley.
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