Dr. Newell is president and CEO of Temple Health–Chestnut Hill Hospital, a 148-bed acute care hospital with roughly 1,000 employees. There, he oversees strategic, operational and financial performance. Since Temple Health acquired the hospital in 2023, Dr. Newell has led a financial turnaround from a $30 million loss to profitability in under three years, all while improving the hospital’s Leapfrog safety grade from a “D” to a “B” grade. Under his leadership, Chestnut Hill Hospital has seen a 62% increase in surgeries in under three years, and increases of 15% in admissions and 16% in outpatient volumes in under two years. He has expanded services by enlisting expertise from Philadelphia-based Fox Chase Cancer Center, adding urology, oncology, mammography, ophthalmology, psychiatry, and pulmonary and thoracic and vascular surgery. He has also formed a partnership with Temple University Hospital–Episcopal Campus in Philadelphia to bring senior behavioral health services to the community. Chestnut Hill Hospital has since risen to the No. 1 preferred provider in its region for multiple service lines, and earned a spot on Forbes‘ inaugural list of “Top Hospitals in America” in 2026, ranking in the top 13% nationally. Before joining Temple Health–Chestnut Hill Hospital, Dr. Newell served as president and CEO of Phoenixville (Pa.) Hospital and Pottstown (Pa.) Hospital under West Reading, Pa.-based Tower Health from 2021 to 2024.
