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Ed Freysinger

CEO

St. Joseph Regional Medical Center

Lewiston, ID

Mr. Freysinger is in his sixth year as CEO of St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, capping more than 30 years as a healthcare executive. He leads more than 680 associates and medical staff at the largest full-service regional medical center between Boise, Idaho, and Spokane, Wash. Under his leadership, the hospital recruited a large multi-specialty group of providers and built a multimillion-dollar acute rehabilitation unit to meet regional demand for inpatient rehab services. St. Joseph Regional Medical Center is the only hospital in the Lewis and Clark Valley to hold the “Blue Distinction” designation from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Idaho, and its emergency department is the valley’s only level 3 trauma center. The hospital’s “Family Beginnings” maternity program was named high performing for maternity care for a second consecutive year by U.S. News & World Report, which also designated it a 2024 “Maternity Care Access Hospital,” one of only a few dozen such hospitals nationwide. In May 2025, the hospital earned its second consecutive “A” grade for patient safety from the Leapfrog Group. Mr. Freysinger has served on the executive committee of the Alaska State Hospital and Nursing Home Association and the Southeast Michigan Health and Hospital Council, and previously served as president of the Hospital Emergency Management Systems in Wayne, Mich. Earlier in his career, he held CEO and administrative roles at PeaceHealth Ketchikan (Alaska) Medical Center, Providence Hood River (Ore.) Memorial Hospital and Providence Health Services in Portland, Ore.

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