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Gordon L. Alexander, Jr., MD will become President and CEO of Children's Hospital Central California
Dr. Alexander will come to Children's Hospital this summer from Fairview Health Services in Minneapolis, Minnesota where he has served as the President of the University of Minnesota Children's Hospital and University of Minnesota Medical Center for the last 11 years. He currently oversees an 800-bed hospital including the 207-bed children's hospital and a 200-bed behavioral hospital with over 35,000 admissions per year and 450,000 annual visits per year. In his tenure there, he instituted a performance management system which has resulted in strong financial performance and lead a strategic planning process which has improved quality and patient safety and expanded access for services to children. In addition, he has partnered with the University's Foundation to raise over $50 million for the Children's Hospital.
Dr. Alexander will come to Children's Hospital this summer from Fairview Health Services in Minneapolis, Minnesota where he has served as the President of the University of Minnesota Children's Hospital and University of Minnesota Medical Center for the last 11 years. He currently oversees an 800-bed hospital including the 207-bed children's hospital and a 200-bed behavioral hospital with over 35,000 admissions per year and 450,000 annual visits per year. In his tenure there, he instituted a performance management system which has resulted in strong financial performance and lead a strategic planning process which has improved quality and patient safety and expanded access for services to children. In addition, he has partnered with the University's Foundation to raise over $50 million for the Children's Hospital.
Dr. Alexander also served as the Chief Medical Officer and Senior
Medical Director Fairview Clinics at the same organization in the
mid-90s. He joined Fairview in 1980 as an Ob/Gyn with Southdale
Obstetrics and Gynecology, P.A. He attended the University of
Minnesota-Twin Cities, Minneapolis/St. Paul where he earned a
bachelor's degree in business and a doctor of medicine degree from the
University of Minnesota Medical School.
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Medical Director announced for The Guilds Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Center
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Children's has recruited Dr. Philip Hyden as medical director of
The Guilds Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Center. Dr. Hyden is
scheduled to begin in May and brings more than 20 years of experience
to the Hospital. He will join a multidisciplinary team – including the
pediatric intensive care unit, emergency department, orthopaedic
surgery, neurosurgery, trauma, injury prevention, general medicine,
social services and others. He will work closely with outside
organizations such as child welfare services and law enforcement, and
will oversee suspected child abuse and neglect patients, focusing on
expanding clinical services for these patients and research to address
pediatric sexual assault.
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