Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical Center Appoints New President
Wellstar Health System has hired Lorrie Liang to be senior vice president and hospital president of Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical Center and Wellstar Windy Hill.
“Lorrie is well poised to lead the complexities of Wellstar Kennestone and Wellstar Windy Hill,” said Mary Chatman, PhD, RN, executive vice president of acute care operations and former president of Wellstar Kennestone. “She will be accountable for leading Kennestone's executive team, collaborating with the other Wellstar markets, partnering with our physician enterprise and engaging with key community stakeholders to further the outstanding work and successes we’ve seen at both hospitals in recent years.”
With a background in running large, complex organizations, Liang brings more than 25 years of experience in hospital operations, service lines, physician practices, graduate medical education and research in academic and community hospitals and healthcare systems.
Liang is currently the president of Sarasota Memorial Hospital, which includes 900 beds, 6,400 employees, 1,300 medical staff, a Level II Trauma Center, a Comprehensive Stroke Center, a 60-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital, an 82-bed behavioral health inpatient and outpatient facility, a 56-bed dedicated oncology tower, a 120-bed skilled nursing facility and a free-standing ER in southwest Florida.
She holds a Master of Health Services Administration degree from The George Washington University School of Business and an undergraduate degree from the University of Maryland Baltimore County.
Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical Center is a 633-bed hospital located in Marietta, which offers best-in-class multidisciplinary care: state-of-the-art cardiac program, collaborative vascular program, renowned Women’s Center, Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, multidisciplinary STAT cancer treatment and more. Wellstar Kennestone operates the second busiest emergency department (ED) in Georgia and the second largest ED in the U.S. with the capacity to care for more than 220,000 patients annually.
Wellstar Windy Hill is a Total Joint Center of Excellence where experts tailor orthopedic care and provide comprehensive outpatient rehab services and pediatric services. Windy Hill’s Long-Term Acute Care unit is staffed by specialized critical care physicians and specialized nurses who provide care in all-private rooms.
