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MCHS names Susan L. Turney as first CEO

Marshfield Clinic Health System

July 22, 2014​​​

​​​​​​​​​​​Marshfield, Wis — The Marshfield Clinic Health System Board of Directors has named Susan L. Turney, MD, MS, FACP, FACMPE, as the Health System's first chief executive officer (CEO).  Turney, who will assume the new role September 1, has resigned her position as President & CEO of the Englewood, Colo.-based Medical Group Management Association (MGMA).

The Marshfield Clinic Health System position represents a return home for Turney, a Wisconsin nativ​​e who completed her internal medicine residency at Marshfield Clinic and then served for 22 years in clinical practice and administrative roles there.

 "Dr. Turney brings her visionary leadership to the Marshfield Clinic Health System at a time of great change in health care in general and for the System itself," said Mark Bugher, chair, Marshfield Clinic Health System Board of Directors.  "Her clinical patient-care background and experience and the depth of knowledge she has about the business of health care delivery makes her ideal to take on this important role."

 In addition to her MGMA leadership, Dr. Turney was CEO and Executive Vice President of the Wisconsin Medical Society.  She has served on committees for the American Medical Association and on the board of the eHealth Initiative. Dr. Turney has fulfilled appointments by the Governor of Wisconsin and the U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary, and she's been named to Modern Healthcare's list of the 50 Top Influential Physician Executives each of the past three years.

​​The Marshfield Clinic system provides patient care, research and education in more than 50 locations in northern, central and western Wisconsin, making it one of the largest comprehensive medical systems in the United States.


 Media Relations

John Gardner
Marshfield Clinic Health System Director of Communications
715 221-8659
gardner.john@marshfieldclinic.org

Jeff Starck
Senior Media Relations Specialist - Marshfield, Eau Claire & Rice Lake
715 389-4978
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Dan Baulch
Senior Communications Specialist - Beaver Dam
920 887-4152
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Candy Marg
Community Relations Manager - Neillsville
715 819-8459
marg.candace@marshfieldclinic.org

Becca Pehlke
Communications Specialist - Ladysmith
715 609-3284
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Seth Carlson
Senior Communications Specialist – Minocqua, Park Falls
715-762-7575
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Jim Korth
Communications Specialist – Wausau/Weston
715-679-5455
korth.james@marshfieldclinic.org

Amie Dhuyvetter
Communications Specialist - Neillsville
715-819-8459
dhuyvetter.amie@marshfieldclinic.org

Joe Rizzo
Director of Public Relations and Business Development – Marshfield Medical Center-Dickinson
906-776-5671
Joe.Rizzo@dchs.org