Ms. Early was appointed president of Loyola University Medical Center in 2025, leading a 547-bed licensed hospital that is part of Maywood-based Loyola Medicine, a nationally ranked academic, quaternary care system. The medical center includes the William G. and Mary A. Ryan Center for Heart & Vascular Medicine, the Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, a level 1 trauma center, Illinois’s largest burn center, a certified comprehensive stroke center, a transplant center and a children’s hospital, and it has delivered care for more than 50 years. Since 2021, Ms. Early had served as president of Gottlieb Memorial Hospital in Melrose Park, Ill., where she increased surgical case volume, reduced falls and readmissions, and saw the skilled nursing unit named to U.S. News & World Report’s list of “Best Nursing Homes in Illinois” for three consecutive years. She joined Loyola Medicine in 2019 as regional vice president of professional and support services, managing operations for facilities, environmental services, food and nutrition, transportation and security, and she has retained regional responsibility for laboratory and imaging services. Ms. Early brings 25 years of leadership experience managing inpatient and ambulatory departments within academic medical centers, community hospitals and integrated health systems. Loyola University Medical Center earned its fourth Magnet recognition in 2024 and was named to Newsweek‘s 2026 list of the “World’s Best Hospitals,” ranking fifth in the state of Illinois.
