Following a year of planning for the transition, James K. Reed, M.D., president and chief executive officer of St. Peter’s Health Partners (SPHP) and St. Joseph’s Health in Syracuse, will be retiring from his position at the end of the year, December 31, 2022. Reed has spent more than a decade in executive leadership at St. Peter’s, part of a storied, 30-year career in health care. In October 2012, he became the first individual to hold the position of President and Chief Executive Officer for SPHP. Since July 2022, he has also served in the same role at St. Joseph’s Health as part of regionalization efforts by the two Trinity Health ministries. Upon Reed’s retirement, Steven Hanks, M.D., who currently serves as the chief operating officer for SPHP and St. Joseph’s Health, will be assuming the role of system president and CEO for the region, effective January 1, 2023. “Leading St. Peter’s Health Partners for the past decade, and more recently St. Joseph’s Health in a regional capacity, has been my honor, and I am
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