Women & Infants Names Majzun President and COO
Thursday, May 31, 2018
Women & Infants has named Rick Majzun as the president and chief operating officer, effective July 23, 2018. The hospital is part of the financially struggling Care New England group that is now in the process of being sold to Partners Healthcare in Boston. Care New England has lost more than $120 million in the past three years and closed Memorial Hospital.
“I have long admired the reputation and care offered at Women & Infants Hospital and am excited to lead this preeminent organization. My family and I look forward to relocating to Rhode Island and enjoying all that this beautiful state has to offer,” said Majzun.
The appointment of Majzun follows a year-long national search.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLAST“With a demonstrated track record of success in hospital operations, including 10 years of leadership in an organization that, like Women & Infants, provides services to women and newborns, Rick is a perfect complement to the strong leadership team at Women & Infants Hospital and across Care New England. I look forward to welcoming Rick to our team, and I’d like to offer my sincere appreciation to the entire search team for their diligence in finding the perfect leader to join our organization,” said James Fanale, MD, president and chief executive officer, Care New England.
About Majzun
Majzun comes to Women and Infants with over 25 years of experience.
Prior to coming to Rhode Island, Majzun worked at Barnes Jewish Hospital and St. Louis Children’s Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri.
Since 2013, he has served as vice president of operations at St. Louis Children’s Hospital and as vice president of the 212-bed Women & Infants Service at Barnes Jewish Hospital and St. Louis Children’s Hospital.
Barnes Jewish is a 1,300-bed adult facility, and St. Louis Children’s is a 430-bed pediatric hospital. During his leadership tenure, Majzun grew deliveries and neonatal intensive care unit admissions in a declining market; increased revenue, margin, and market share; improved major quality indicators; and achieved patient satisfaction goals.
In addition, he worked with physician and nursing partners to create a process to align the cultures of three institutions.
A graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia, Majzun earned a master of health administration at Washington University School of Medicine.
He is a fellow of the American College of Health Care Executives (ACHE), from which he received the 2014 Service Award and the 2006 Early Career Healthcare Executive Regent’s Award.
Majzun was a 2011 Eisenhower Fellow and studied pediatric health care systems for five weeks in Kenya and Sweden, and was selected as a “40 under 40” in 2006 by St. Louis Business Journal.
He is married and has five children.
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