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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowOra Hirsch Pescovitz, CEO of Riley Hospital for Children and executive associate dean for research affairs at the Indiana University School of Medicine, has accepted the top leadership position at the University of Michigan Health System.
Pescovitz, 52, has been named executive vice president for medical affairs at the university and CEO of the U-M Health System, and is expected to start her new assignment May 11.
IU President Michael McRobbie praised Pescovitz for her contributions.
“Her energy, intelligence and leadership will be missed throughout the entire university,” he said in a written statement. “On behalf of Indiana University, I want to thank Ora for the outstanding work she as done during her years at IU. We all wish her continued success at the University of Michigan.”
Dan Evans, president and CEO of Clarian Health, which operates Riley hospital, commended Pescovitz for her leadership, but said the hospital will “forge ahead in our quest to provide the highest quality care to children across Indiana and from around the country.”
Pescovitz has held her position at IU since 2000. During that time, research grants and contracts to the school nearly doubled, from $133 million to about $260 million. Since 2003, she has overseen construction of 700,000 square feet of new research space at the school.
In 2004, Riley Hospital for Children appointed her president and CEO while she continued her duties at the medical school. As the leader of the nation’s sixth-largest pediatric hospital, she led the expansion of its services, including construction of the $470 million, 675,000-square-foot tower.
Most recently, McRobbie appointed Pescovitz interim vice president for research administration, tasking her with restructuring management of research at all eight IU campuses.
The U-M Health System has more than 12,000 employees and an annual operating budget of about $1 billion. The university’s Board of Regents is expected to approve her appointment at its March 19 meeting.
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