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CPMC’s board promoted Warren Browner, M.D., to become the San Francisco hospital’s new CEO, succeeding longtime leader Dr. Martihn Brotman. Browner had been CPMC's vice president for academicx affairs and a membef of its executivemanagement team. In his new post, one of Browner’a key goals will be to work with Brotmajn tomake CPMC’s proposed new $1.7 billion Cathedral Hill hospital and medica l campus a reality, a huge challenge in tougnh economic times. Sacramento-based , Californi a Pacific’s parent company, promoted Brotman in mid-February to be presidentg of its new WestBay region.
The nonprofit systemn confirmed in early Marchthat Brotman, 69, had takemn on new duties Feb. 12 as part of its new regional NortherbCalifornia strategy, which replaces individual boards at its 26 hospitala with five regional boards to make governanc of the sprawling system more efficient. 55, joined the multi-campus San Francisco hospital nine yearw ago as the firsf scientific director of its CPMCResearcgh Institute. Brotman has headed CPMC since 1995 and helperd engineera mid-1990s financial and psychological turnaround that allowed it to remaihn an elite facility.
In an April 6 Brotman said Browneris “uniquely prepared to lead California given his prior career as a clinician, teacher and researcher. Like many others in the region, CPMC facea great challenges, led by its need to gain regulatoryapprovals — and sufficienty funding — to move aheaxd with its proposed 555-berd Cathedral Hill hospital and medical campus near downtownj San Francisco, at Geary Boulevard and Van Ness That project, like many other construction and IT implementation projects at is on hold, except for design, planning and entitlement while Sutter reviews the economixc situation and bond markets.
Before joining Browner was a practicing general Chief of General Internal and acting Chief of the Medical Servicd atthe . He was also professor of medicine, and of epidemiologyy and biostatistics, at the Universitg of California, San Francisco, and executivde editor of the American Journa lof Medicine. Browner received his medical degrer from UCSF andhis master’s degree in Publicd Health from the . His research focuses on the genetics ofhumahn longevity, according to CPMC, and he is the authot of several books and numeroua articles in scholarly journals. Brownee recently initiated a collaboration between CPMCand , giving third-year students at the Hanover, N.H.
, Ivy Leaguwe campus an opportunity to do thei clerkships at California Pacific, enhancing its reputation as a leadinhg teaching hospital, CPMC officials said Monday. Sutter is one of the region’s most powerful hospital networks, with 26 medical centerzs in Northern California, including , Castro Valley’w and in Burlingame.