{"id":7324,"date":"2017-01-23T14:40:31","date_gmt":"2017-01-23T21:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/?p=7324"},"modified":"2026-04-02T15:07:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T21:07:56","slug":"uchealth-announces-joel-yuhas-as-next-president-and-ceo-of-memorial-hospital-central-and-memorial-hospital-north","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/uchealth-announces-joel-yuhas-as-next-president-and-ceo-of-memorial-hospital-central-and-memorial-hospital-north\/","title":{"rendered":"UCHealth announces Joel Yuhas as next President and CEO of Memorial Hospital Central and Memorial Hospital North"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>UCHealth is pleased to announce Joel Yuhas will be appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/locations\/uchealth-memorial-hospital-central\/\">Memorial Hospital Central<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/locations\/uchealth-memorial-hospital-north\/\">Memorial Hospital North<\/a>, where he will lead a team of more than 3,900 employees and oversee the continuing expansion of services in the Pikes Peak region.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7340\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7340\" style=\"width: 245px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7340\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/01\/28144433\/17-1-executive.yuhas_.webp\" alt=\"Joel Yuhas is President and CEO of Memorial Hospital Central and Memorial Hospital North.\" width=\"245\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/01\/28144433\/17-1-executive.yuhas_.webp 800w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/01\/28144433\/17-1-executive.yuhas_-245x300.webp 245w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/01\/28144433\/17-1-executive.yuhas_-768x939.webp 768w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/01\/28144433\/17-1-executive.yuhas_-123x150.webp 123w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/01\/28144433\/17-1-executive.yuhas_-200x245.webp 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7340\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joel Yuhas is President and CEO of Memorial Hospital Central and Memorial Hospital North.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Yuhas, 46, brings 20 years of health care leadership experience to Memorial. Most recently, he served as president and CEO of St. Mary Medical Center in Long Beach, Calif., part of Dignity Health. His background also includes CEO positions within major hospital systems and experience at community and academic hospitals in the United States and abroad. He will begin work at Memorial on Jan. 9.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an honor to be named president and CEO for two of the leading hospitals in Colorado,\u201d Yuhas said. \u201cIn the four years since Memorial affiliated with UCHealth, the hospitals and clinics have made remarkable strides in advancing health care for patients in the Pikes Peak region. I look to continue building on those successes, ensuring Memorial is the No. 1 hospital for complex surgeries and advanced care in the region.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7336\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7336\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7336\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/01\/28144434\/Memorial_CentralBuilding_NoChilderensLogo_2012.webp\" alt=\"Memorial Hospital Central is located at 1400 E. 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During his tenure at UPMC, he served as Senior Vice President of Operations for UPMC\u2019s international division, overseeing hospital and cancer center operations in Ireland, the U.K. and Italy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe knowledge and experience Joel brings will ensure Memorial\u2019s successes will continue well into the future, and his commitment to outstanding patient care will strengthen our connection with the community we serve,\u201d said Elizabeth Concordia, president and CEO of UCHealth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe impressive growth, quality and successes of Memorial are certainly things that attracted me to this position,\u201d said Yuhas. \u201cAnd I\u2019m also looking forward to moving to beautiful Colorado Springs and the Rocky Mountains. I\u2019m excited to soon call the Pikes Peak region my home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yuhas replaces George Hayes, who stepped down as Memorial\u2019s CEO earlier this month. Hayes joined Memorial as president and CEO in 2014 after spending 10 years at the helm of Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland, another UCHealth hospital. Under Hayes\u2019 leadership, Memorial experienced a dramatic turnaround in quality, safety, patient experience and finance. It is now ranked among the top eight hospitals in Colorado by U.S. News &amp; World Report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UCHealth is pleased to announce Joel Yuhas will be appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer of Memorial Hospital Central and Memorial Hospital North, where he will lead a team of more than 3,900 employees and oversee the continuing expansion of services in the Pikes Peak region. 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