University of Maryland Capital Region Health has appointed a permanent leader.
The Prince George’s County health system, part of the University of Maryland Medical System, has named Nathaniel Richardson as its new president and CEO. The appointment, effective May 18, comes about 10 months after Dr. Joseph Wright, the system’s chief medical officer, stepped in on an interim basis while also continuing to serve in the CMO role.
Richardson was selected after a national search for the successor to its former chief, Sherry Perkins, who had stepped down after less than a year in the job.
He brings more than 34 years’ experience in health care, after nine years with Decatur Morgan Hospital in Alabama, most recently as president. There, Richardson brought three separate acute-care facilities under that one umbrella within Huntsville Hospital Health System. Richardson previously led operations, among other roles, for a Texas health system.
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