Kerry Heinrich, former CEO of Loma Linda University Health Hospitals, gives an inside look at the business of medicine and the journey of opening our new hospital.
Episode Highlights
- 3:52 – From legal counsel to CEO
- 5:31 – Financing and community investment
- 8:22 – Earthquakes and hospitals in California
- 9:33 – Pitching Loma Linda to Wall Street
- 16:19 – A leap of faith
- 22:23 – Sitting on the San Andreas Fault
- 25:38 – Seismic capabilities of the new hospital
- 26:39 – Memories of the vintage towers
- 34:14 – Details of the Dennis and Carol Troesh Medical Campus
- 38:47 – 100 years of history with the San Manuel Mission Indians
- 41:12 – Evening Rounds of a CEO
Featured Guest
Kerry Heinrich
Former CEO of LLUH Hospitals
Kerry Heinrich began serving as Chief Executive Officer for Loma Linda University Health Hospitals in 2014. He began his time here as legal counsel on the groundbreaking Baby Fae transplant case in 1984 and oversaw numerous organizational milestones. Kerry’s understanding of and heart for our unique history enabled him to take our story to the country’s top financial banks and investors as we embarked on the journey to build a new hospital. Kerry was intimately familiar with our new facility and understood how impactful the Dennis and Carol Troesh Medical Campus would be for this community. His leadership was invaluable as we began a new chapter, continuing to make man whole.
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