AHA Section for Maternal and Child Health names 2017 leaders
Patricia DePompei, R.N., president of University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital and MacDonald Women’s Hospital in Cleveland, will serve as 2017 council chair of the AHA’s Section for Maternal and Child Health. Charlotte Ipsan, chief administrative officer for Norton Woman’s and Kosair Children’s Hospital in Louisville, KY, is council chair-elect and will become chair in 2018. The council works with the AHA on public policy issues concerning women’s and children’s health, hospitals serving that patient population and AHA member service strategies. For more on the constituency section and 18-member council, see the AHA news release.
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