Glenn Steele, Jr., MD, PhD, is President and Chief Executive Officer of Geisinger Health System. Dr. Steele previously served as the dean of the Biological Sciences Division and the Pritzker School of Medicine and as vice president for medical affairs at the University of Chicago, as well as the Richard T. Crane Professor in the Department of Surgery. Prior to that, he was the William V. McDermott Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School, president and chief executive officer of Deaconess Professional Practice Group, Boston, MA, and chairman of the department of surgery at New England Deaconess Hospital (Boston, MA).
Widely recognized for his investigations into the treatment of primary and metastatic liver cancer and colorectal cancer surgery, Dr. Steele is past Chairman of the American Board of Surgery. He serves on the editorial board of numerous prominent medical journals. His investigations have focused on the cell biology of gastrointestinal cancer and pre-cancer and most recently on innovations in healthcare delivery and financing. A prolific writer, he is the author or co-author of more than 460 scientific and professional articles.
Dr. Steele received his bachelor’s degree in history and literature from Harvard University and his medical degree from New York University School of Medicine. He completed his internship and residency in surgery at the University of Colorado, where he was also a fellow of the American Cancer Society. He earned his PhD in microbiology at Lund University in Sweden. He is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and serves on their Committee on Reviewing Evidence to Identify Highly Effective Clinical Services (HECS), the New England Surgical Society, a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, the American Surgical Association, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, and past president of the Society of Surgical Oncology. He was a member of the National Advisory Committee for Rural Health, the Pennsylvania Cancer Control Consortium and is presently a member of the Healthcare Executives Network, the Alliance for Advancing Non-profit Health Care, the Commonwealth Fund’s Commission on a High Performance Health System, and he serves as a member of the National Committee for Quality Assurance’s (NCQA) Committee on Performance Measurement.
In addition, Dr. Steele was Chair for the American Hospital Association Systems Governing Council and now serves on the AHA Long-Range Policy Committee. He is currently Honorary Chair of the Pennsylvania March of Dimes Prematurity Campaign. Dr. Steele serves on several boards including Bucknell University’s Board of Trustees, Temple University School of Medicine’s Board of Visitors, the American Hospital Association’s Board of Trustees, Premier, Inc., the Northeast Regional Cancer Institute, the Global Conference Institute, and previously served on the Simon School of Business Advisory Board (University of Rochester) 2002 - 2007.
In 2006 Dr. Steele received the CEO IT Achievement Award, given by Modern Healthcare and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) for promoting health information technology. In 2007, Dr. Steele received AHA’s Grassroots Champion Award and was named to Modern Healthcare’s 50 Most Powerful Physician Executives in Healthcare.
Joanne E. Wade is Executive Vice President, Strategic Program Development, overseeing the system’s major strategic program initiatives in the clinical and research enterprises. Ms. Wade is responsible for Strategy and Business Development, Geisinger Ventures and Research operations. Previously, Ms. Wade also held the (interim) position of Chief Administrative Officer for the Clinical Enterprise (Geisinger Clinic, Geisinger Medical Center, and Geisinger Northeast).
Ms. Wade received her undergraduate degree from the College of Saint Elizabeth, Convent Station, NJ, and her master’s degree from Boston University, Boston, MA.
Before joining Geisinger, Ms. Wade was Associate Dean and Chief Operating Officer, Division of Biological Sciences and the Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, with primary accountability for the operational implementation of the division’s vision and for expanding clinical programs and care delivery, basic sciences and medical education programs and for managing the administrative infrastructure of this operation. Prior to joining the University of Chicago, Ms. Wade was Chief Operating Officer of the Deaconess Professional Practice Group, Inc., and Vice President, Department of Surgery at the New England Deaconess Hospital, Boston, MA. Ms. Wade has served on a number of national professional organizations and editorial boards.
Frank J. Trembulak is Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of GHS. He is executive vice president, operations and treasurer of Geisinger Health System Foundation and senior vice president and treasurer of the various Geisinger entities.
He has served in various staff and management positions since joining Geisinger as manager of internal audit in 1976. Prior to joining Geisinger, he worked in both for-profit health care and public accounting. His professional memberships include the Healthcare Financial Management Association - Advanced Member; Hospital and Health System Association of Pennsylvania; Susquehanna University Partners - Sigmund Weis School of Business; and, the Board of Directors of Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry.
Mr. Trembulak earned his BS in accounting from Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA, in 1969. Mr. Trembulak is also a director of the Maria Joseph Manor, a skilled nursing facility, a director of Susquehanna University, and is active in other community and civic organizations.
Howard R. Grant, JD, MD, is Executive Vice President, Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Grant joined the Geisinger Health System on May 1, 2008.
He was previously the Chief Medical Officer of the Temple University Health System. In this position he was responsible for oversight of all performance improvement, care management and medical staff issues at Health System institutions as well as physician involvement in freestanding and institution-based clinical programs.
Dr. Grant – who is both a pediatrician and an attorney – joined Temple in 1997 as Chief Executive Officer and Chief Medical Officer of Temple University Children’s Medical Center, and held a variety of other positions within the health system and Temple University School of Medicine.
Before joining Temple, Grant served as a Corporate Vice President for Medical Affairs at the Chester County Hospital for five years in West Chester, PA. Previously, he spent 10 years at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia serving in various clinical and administrative positions including Director of Home Care Services and Medical Director for the hospital’s Quality Assurance, Risk Management and Utilization Management Programs while serving as a Staff Pediatrician. He also has served as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
Dr. Grant earned both his medical and law degrees from George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and his bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Pennsylvania. He completed his pediatrics residency at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. He is a member of the American Medical Association, the American College of Physician Executives, and is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Ronald A. Paulus, MD, MBA, is Executive Vice President, Clinical Operations and Chief Innovation Officer, responsible for ensuring system-wide innovation at Geisinger Health System. Immediately prior to joining Geisinger, he was Chief Healthcare Officer for Quovadx, Inc., responsible for healthcare strategy for this software and services company with more than 450 employees and 10,000 customers worldwide. Prior to its acquisition by Quovadx in September 2003, Dr. Paulus was co-founder, President and CEO of CareScience, Inc., where he had also served as President and Chief Operating Officer. CareScience, now part of Premier healthcare informatics, is a clinical solutions and data analytics provider which aims to improve the quality and efficiency of healthcare and to support drug and product development for life sciences companies.
Before joining CareScience, Dr. Paulus served as Vice President, Operations of Salick Health Care, Inc., a national provider of ambulatory services to individuals with high-risk, chronic diseases primarily focused on oncology and dialysis patients. Salick Health Care was a NASDAQ company acquired by AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals. While at Salick Health Care, he also served as Managing Director of its INFUSX subsidiary, a provider of alternate site therapies to patients with high risk, chronic diseases.
Dr. Paulus received his MD degree from The School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, and his MBA, concentration in healthcare management, and BS in Economics from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Paulus has served on numerous national panels and advisory boards including: the Healthcare Information Technology Advisory Board for the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), the Inpatient Functionality and Interoperability Workgroups for the Certifying Commission on Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT), the eHealth Initiative Leadership Council, the Information Technology Workgroup of the Academic Medicine and Managed Care Forum, the Data Standards Workgroup of the National Quality Forum Institute of Medicine Summit on Information Technology, the IBM Healthcare and Lifesciences Advisory Council and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Alumni Leadership Council. He teaches in the Wharton Healthcare MBA Program and speaks nationally on innovation, new care model design, clinical transformation, EHR optimization, data analytics and pay-for-performance.
Bruce H. Hamory, MD, is Executive Vice President and System Chief Medical Officer Emeritus. His current responsibilities include Geisinger's research institutes, and medical and postgraduate education programs.
From 1997 to 2008 he helped to lead the 740-physician group practice and clinical activities in three hospitals. He was involved in oversight of clinical operations, capital planning and many other issues.
Previously Dr. Hamory was exective director of Penn State's University Hospitals and Chief Operating Officer of The Milton Hershey S. Medical Center, the integrated academic health center for Penn State.
Dr. Hamory's academic career began at the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1987.
He moved to Penn State's College of Medicine in 1987 where he became Professor and later Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs. Dr. Hamory obtained his undergraduate degree in microbiology at the University of Tennessee and medical degree at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX. After an internship and residency in medicine at Vanderbilt, and a fellowship in virology and epidemiology at the University of Virginia, he spent two years in the United States Navy, including one year as the Chief of Clinical Investigation at Navy Medical Research Unit No. 5 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Currently a board member for the American Medical Group Association, he also serves on numerous advisory groups in the areas of quality improvement and measurement. He has held national office in two professional organizations concerned with hospital associated infection and is a member of several professional societies actively interested in the areas of infectious diseases and internal medicine. He has published more than 50 papers in refereed journals and 11 book chapters. His research interests have been occupational diseases of healthcare workers, hospital-acquired pneumonias and osteomyelitis. He is also involved in research comparing the performance of hospitals and physicians.
Kevin F. Brennan, CPA, FHFMA, is Executive Vice President for Finance, Chief Financial Officer of the System, and Treasurer of the Foundation. As Chief Financial Officer, he is responsible for System financial operations, mergers and acquisitions, strategy, reporting, and policy. Mr. Brennan directs key financial functions including: treasury management, revenue cycle, financial reporting, budgeting, third party contracting, compliance, payroll, accounts payable, tax, and decision support.
From 1997 through 2000, he also served as the Chief Financial Officer of the Penn State Geisinger Health System with similar functions and responsibilities. Prior to joining the System, Mr. Brennan served as the Regional Vice President of Finance and Vice President of Managed Care with the Franciscan Health System with responsibilities covering eight hospitals and affiliates in the Mid-Atlantic Region.
He also served as the Vice President of Finance for The Germantown Hospital and Medical Center, a 300-bed teaching hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and as Vice President of Finance for Saint Michael’s Medical Center, a 443-bed major teaching hospital, in Newark, New Jersey.
Mr. Brennan holds a Master’s of Business Administration degree in healthcare administration and a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration, both from LaSalle University in Philadelphia. He has been a certified public accountant since 1979 and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accounts. He is a fellow of the Healthcare Financial Management Association since 1992.
Jean Haynes, RN, MBA, is chief executive officer for Geisinger Health Plan, Geisinger Indemnity Insurance Company, and Geisinger Quality Options, Incorporated; and Executive Vice President, Insurance Operations for Geisinger Health System. Her responsibilities include direct oversight of sales, finance, legal, provider network management, medical management, and operations.
Haynes has nearly 30 years of experience in health care and managed care organizations management. Most recently, she served as Executive Director of Boston Medical Center HealthNet Plan, a 250,000 member health plan throughout Massachusetts. Prior to that, she was Vice President, Health Services and Operations for OSF HealthPlans in Illinois; Executive Director for the Anthem US Business Division and for Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield; Director of Quality and Risk Management for Physicians Healthcare Plans in Tampa; and Director of Quality and Resource Management at Humana/St. Petersburg General Hospital in St. Petersburg, FL.
A Magna Cum Laude graduate of St. Francis Medical Center College of Nursing in Peoria, IL, with a bachelor of science degree in nursing, Haynes earned a master of business administration from the College of Business Administration at the University of South Florida in Tampa.
Eric Bieber, MD, MS, HCM, is Executive Vice President, for Strategic Network Development for the Geisinger Health System. He is responsible for the successful development and implementation of key strategic institutional relationships with local, regional and national healthcare organizations as well as potential partner institutions and organizations. He is the Medical Director of the Women’s Health Service Line, Geisinger Health System and is the Chair for the Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Geisinger Medical Center.
Dr. Bieber previously served as the Chief Medical Officer for Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre and Geisinger Wyoming Valley. Prior to being recruited to Geisinger in 2001, Dr. Bieber was the division chief of the department of obstetrics & gynecology at the University of Chicago.
Dr. Bieber obtained his undergraduate degree in biology from the Illinois Wesleyan University, received his masters in microbiology from the Illinois State University and earned his medical degree at Loyola University, Stritch School of Medicine (Chicago). He completed his residency and internship at the Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke’s Hospital and a fellowship in reproductive endocrinology at The University of Chicago. He completed a masters in Health Care Management at Harvard University. Dr. Bieber is board certified in obstetrics & gynecology and reproductive endocrinology medicine. He has had numerous publications in journals and authored or coauthored 10 medical textbooks. He serves on multiple editorial boards and as a member on various national and international committees.
Steven B. Pierdon, MD, MMM, is Executive Vice President, Chief Medical Officer, Geisinger Northeast. As such, he is responsible for two hospitals in Wilkes-Barre, Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center and Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre. He is involved in strategic planning, budgetary/capital planning, business/practice development, financial performance, clinical quality improvement, physician recruitment and compensation.
Previously, he was Chief Medical Officer for Clinical Operations and the Community Practice Service Line of the Geisinger Health System. He was responsible for assuring the clinical and operating performance of the 740 physician multi-specialty group at its two tertiary/quaternary hospitals and 40 clinics across central and northeastern Pennsylvania.
Dr. Pierdon was in a pediatric group practice for 12 years prior to joining Geisinger in 1995. He has since served in a number of network leadership roles including chairman and medical director for the community practice network. Dr. Pierdon is a member of the American Medical Group Association (AMGA) and serves on the program planning committee of the Group Practice Improvement Network (GPIN). He has published and presented nationally on improving physician network operations and utilizing information technology to support clinical care improvement.
A graduate of Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, Dr. Pierdon attended Children’s Hospital of Michigan for his pediatric residency training and chief residency. Dr. Pierdon received his master’s of medical management degree from Tulane University in 1999. He is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and the Certifying Commission in Medical Management.
