Mr. Cook currently serves as president and CEO of University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora, part of Denver-based UCHealth. Prior to joining UCHealth, he held numerous roles at UPMC for 13 years.
Mr. Cook earned a master’s degree in health administration from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, and he has completed a two-year fellowship in healthcare administration at Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Health System.
Mr. Cook succeeds Doris Kirchner, who announced in June that she was planning on departing from the role.
Vail Health is a nonprofit community healthcare system with 12 locations.
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