AdventHealth named Sissel Jacob president and CEO for AdventHealth Lenexa City Center. AdventHealth Lenexa City Center is a new hospital campus in the metro Kansas City area, expected for completion in 2025. The hospital and medical office building comprise phase one of the three-phase project, which will include a variety of medical and retail services.
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“We are thrilled to have Sissel join our Mid-America team and lead an exciting new campus that will meet a variety of needs for our western Johnson County residents,” said Sam Huenergardt, president/CEO for the Mid-America Region of AdventHealth. “The Lenexa City project is an innovative initiative that will benefit from her dynamic and collaborative leadership.”
Since 2022, Jacob led AdventHealth Manchester in eastern Kentucky, recently overseeing the market’s expansion with a new rural health clinic in Pineville, Kentucky. Since joining AdventHealth in 2005, she has served in various leadership positions, including hospital operations, supply chain management and other areas.
“As I transition to this new role, I look forward to building new relationships and supporting the expansion of our mission in the greater Kansas City area,” added Jacobs.
AdventHealth Ottawa also named Brendan Johnson its new president and CEO who until recently was senior vice president and chief human resources officer with Adventist HealthCare in Gaithersburg, Maryland.
“We’re pleased to welcome Brendan, an experienced leader in faith-based care, to join our Ottawa community in the new year,” said Huenergardt. “Not only is he strongly aligned with our mission and vision, but he is a dedicated health care leader who is eager to make a positive impact on the health and wellness of the Ottawa community.”
With nearly 20 years of experience in the health care industry, Johnson has served in progressive roles in business operations, orthopedic and spine service lines, and revenue management.
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“It’s my honor to join the AdventHealth team in Kansas as we advance the mission of extending Christ’s healing ministry to the diverse communities we serve,” said Johnson. “I look forward to building and strengthening relationships across the Franklin County community and working with the great leaders and team at AdventHealth Ottawa to support patients.”
In addition to a new CEO, AdventHealth Ottawa recently celebrated some important additional milestones, including:
- Receiving an ‘A’ grade from the Leapfrog Group, the only hospital ratings program based exclusively on hospital prevention of medical errors and harm to patients.
- Completion of a $5.2 million expansion and renovation, bringing a new behavioral health program and outpatient cardiology and pulmonology services to the complex that already houses primary care, internal medicine, pediatric, neurology, sleep medicine and rheumatology services. This expansion also included a renovation of the Sports Medicine and Rehab annex space.
- The AdventHealth Ottawa Emergency Department achieved Geriatric accreditation from the American College of Emergency Physicians. This ACEP accreditation solidifies AdventHealth Ottawa as an institution with a reputation for delivering excellent geriatric patient care.
- AdventHealth Ottawa Chief Operating Officer Doug Rich received a Heart of Health Care Award from the Kansas Hospital Association for his advocacy in rural health initiatives and for helping build community services for Franklin County.
- AdventHealth Ottawa and AdventHealth Ottawa Foundation teamed up with the national nonprofit organization Shoes That Fit to provide shoes for Franklin County elementary school students in need. In February, 1,149 students received a brand-new pair of name-brand athletic shoes along with five pairs of socks.
