Cleveland, Ohio (June 28, 2010)­­—FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE— The Sisters of Charity Health System announces the hiring of Dr. Giesele Robinson Greene as the Chief Medical Officer of the Health System and St. Vincent Charity Medical Center. Dr. Greene comes from UnitedHealthcare of Northern Ohio, where she served for the last four years as the Health Services Medical Director. Dr. Greene replaces Dr. Adnan Tahir, who is returning to his native Lebanon after 12 years at St. Vincent Charity Medical Center.

In her new role, Dr. Greene will provide continued medical leadership in partnership with the medical staff in advancing best practices in clinical care, quality and safety across the health system.  In addition, Dr. Greene will be responsible for overseeing St. Vincent Charity Medical Center’s role in the community in urban medicine, medical education and services to meet the hospital’s mission and vision. 

“Dr. Greene has extensive experience in both administration and clinical practice,” says Sister Judith Ann Karam, president and CEO of the Sisters of Charity Health System and St. Vincent Charity Medical Center. “She is well known for championing patient-centered care and setting new standards of clinical excellence in the Cleveland community. We look forward to adding her expertise and passion to our system-wide initiatives. She is well known to our St. Vincent Charity family and we welcome her back home.

” Attracted by the mission of the Sisters of Charity Health System, Dr. Greene says she is looking forward to serving in this leadership role. “I am very excited to advance the Sisters of Charity Health System’s mission at a significant time in our nation’s realization of health care system modernization and transformation.  The Sisters of Charity Health System has quality, mission-driven services that will be integral to meeting the health care needs of the communities we serve,” she says.

Dr. Greene has been an active medical staff member of St. Vincent Charity Medical Center since September 1982.  Prior to her position at UnitedHealthcare of Northern Ohio, Dr. Greene was the Medical Director, Midwest Region for Great-West Healthcare, where she was responsible for utilization management, credentialing, quality management and sales activity for 10 states.   Dr. Greene has also been the Assistant Clinical Professor of the Department of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.

Dr. Greene is a board-certified internist and geriatric specialist, and currently a member of the Ohio State Medical Association, American College of Physicians, and Academy of Medicine of Cleveland and Northern Ohio.  In 2008, she received the Greater Cleveland 2008 Finalist Athena International award in recognition of her leadership in business and community service.  Dr. Greene is a board member of the Benjamin Rose Institute, Health Legacy of Cleveland, and the Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland.

Married for more than 30 years with six children, Dr. Greene resides in Cleveland Heights.  She received her bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University and her doctorate of medicine from Howard University. 

About the Sisters of Charity Health System

The Sisters of Charity Health System was established in 1982 as the parent corporation for the sponsored ministries of the Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine in Ohio and South Carolina. The Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine since its founding in 1851 continue their faith-based legacy of high-quality, compassionate care in partnership with its co-ministers who are the heart and hands of the ministry.  

The Sisters of Charity Health System sponsors five Catholic hospitals: St. Vincent Charity Medical Center in Cleveland, Mercy Medical Center in Canton, Providence Hospital and Providence Northeast in Columbia, South Carolina. In a joint venture with University Hospitals of Cleveland, the Sisters of Charity Health System also sponsors St. John Medical Center in Westlake, Ohio. The organization also oversees three grant-making foundations located in Cleveland and Canton, Ohio, and Columbia, SC. Each foundation sponsors significant community initiatives and collaborations that address causes and consequences of poverty.

Other health and human services and education-related organizations within the Sisters of Charity Health System include Cleveland’s Joseph’s Home, a unique residential care center for homeless men, Canton’s Early Childhood Resource Center for people working in childcare in all settings; and Healthy Learners, a South Carolina health care resource for children from low-income families. The Sisters of Charity Health System also provides residential eldercare services at Regina Health Center in Richfield, Ohio, and Light of Hearts Villa in Bedford, Ohio. Light of Hearts Villa is jointly sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati.

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For more information on the Sisters of Charity Health System or its individual health care and outreach ministries, visit sistersofcharityhealth.org.