Columbus, Ohio - 43215 (Dec. 19, 2022) – The Ohio Hospital Association, the united voice of Ohio’s 252 hospitals and 15 health systems, announces new officers and welcomes new members to its Board of Trustees for 2023.
 
Michael Canady, MBA, FACHE, MD, chief executive officer, Holzer Health System (Gallipolis) was elected chair of the board beginning Jan. 1, 2023. Patricia Finn, CEO, Fulton County Health Center (Wauseon) will be chair-elect and T. Clifford “Cliff” Deveny, MD, president and CEO, Summa Health (Akron) will serve as secretary/treasurer. Board officers serve one-year terms. 

Chair Michael Canady, MBA, FACHE, MD, CEO Holzer Health System	Chair-Elect  Patricia Finn CEO Fulton County Health Center	Secretary/Treasurer T. Clifford “Cliff” Deveny, MD President and CEO Summa Health

“We are proud to have Dr. Canady as our board chair next year as we embark on important work to ensure a healthy Ohio,” said Mike Abrams, OHA president and CEO. “We thank our new and returning trustees for their service and support of OHA, which collaborates with 252 member hospitals and 15 health systems across Ohio. Despite daunting workforce and public health crises, Ohio hospitals and health systems continue to provide the quality health care all Ohioans deserve.”

New trustees-at-large elected by the OHA membership for three-year terms beginning Jan. 1 include Don Kline, COO, Bon Secours Mercy Health (Lima), Lorraine Lutton, president and CEO, Mount Carmel Health System (Columbus), and Don Malone, MD, president, Cleveland Clinic Ohio Hospitals and Family Health Centers (Cleveland).
 

New Trustee Don Kline COO Bon Secours Mercy Health (Lima)	New Trustee Lorraine Lutton President and CEO Mount Carmel Health System	New Trustee Don Malone, MD President Cleveland Clinic Ohio Hospitals and Family Health Centers

Trustees-at-large re-elected by the OHA membership for three-year terms beginning Jan. 1 include John “Jack” Janoso Jr., MBA, president and CEO, Fairfield Medical Center (Lancaster) and Matthew Perry, president and CEO, Genesis HealthCare System (Zanesville). 
 

Re-elected Trustee John “Jack” Janoso Jr., MBA President and CEO Fairfield Medical Center	Re-elected Trustee Matthew Perry President and CEO Genesis HealthCare System

Returning trustees for 2023 include:

• Mark Clement, president and CEO, TriHealth (Cincinnati) 
• Deborah Feldman, president & CEO, Dayton Children's Hospital (Dayton)
• Ben Gill, president and CEO, Southern Ohio Medical Center (Portsmouth)
• Jeffrey Graham, president and CEO, Adena Health (Chillicothe) 
• Matthew Grimshaw, president and CEO, Trinity Health Systems (Steubenville)
• Lisa Klenke, MBA, RN, CEO, Mercer Health (Coldwater)
• Stephen Markovich, MD, president and CEO, OhioHealth (Columbus)
• Cliff Megerian, MD, FACS, CEO, University Hospitals (Cleveland)
• David Phillips, MBA, president and CEO, WVU Medicine - Barnesville Hospital (Barnesville) and WVU Medicine-Harrison Community Hospital (Cadiz)

Mark Clement President and CEO TriHealth	Deborah Feldman President & CEO Dayton Children's Hospital	Ben Gill President and CEO Southern Ohio Medical Center
Jeffrey Graham President and CEO Adena Health	Matthew Grimshaw President and CEO Trinity Health Systems	Lisa Klenke, MBA, RN CEO Mercer Health
Stephen Markovich, MD President and CEO OhioHealth	Cliff Megerian, MD, FACS CEO University Hospitals	David Phillips, MBA President and CEO WVU Medicine - Barnesville Hospital and WVU Medicine-Harrison Community Hospital

The OHA Board sets policy and strategic direction for matters affecting hospitals throughout Ohio. The board includes representatives from small and large hospitals, urban and rural hospitals, teaching facilities and independent facilities and health care systems. 

Canady joined the OHA board in 2019. He served as board chair-elect in 2022 and as the secretary and treasurer in 2021. He is CEO of Holzer Health System. Prior to being named CEO, he served as chief medical officer for the health system. He joined the Holzer team as chairman of the surgery department in 1996, serving for 11 years. He later served as surgical services director for the entire system for more than two years. Canady joined Holzer in 1995 following four years of service in the United States Navy. 

He is a graduate of the Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; completed his Bachelor’s in Science from Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee; and completed a residency in General Surgery at Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is Board Certified by the American Board of Surgery and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Canady earned an MBA from the Ohio University College of Business in 2001, became a Certified Physicians Executive in 2014 through the American Association of Physician Leadership Certifying Commission of Medical Management Program, and became a Fellow to the American Association for Physician Leadership in 2019. Canady and his wife, Kim, reside in Gallipolis. 

Holzer Health System is a not-for-profit regional health system consisting of two hospital locations in Gallipolis and Jackson, Ohio; multiple clinical locations; a comprehensive therapy and wellness center; a dental care facility; a variety of long-term care entities including senior care and assisted living establishments in Jackson and Gallipolis; over 160 providers and more than 30 medical specialties and over 2,500 employees.

“This is a tremendous time for health care with serious challenges and opportunities facing hospitals,” said Dr. Canady. “I am honored to be in this leadership role and to work with my peers and colleagues across the state.”

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