Dr. Lori J. Morgan
Dr. Lori J. Morgan, President and Chief Executive Officer of Huntington Hospital in Pasadena, will be guest speaker Wednesday, February 24, during the Pasadena Rotary Club’s weekly meeting, currently being held online, starting at 12 noon.
Dr. Morgan became President and CEO of Huntington Hospital in September 2017. Previously, she spent eight years as a Corporate Vice President of Legacy Health in Portland, Oregon. She was President of Legacy Health’s largest facility in Portland, the 554-bed Legacy Emanuel Medical Center, and also was President and Chair of the Board for the Unity Center for Behavioral Health, a psychiatric hospital and emergency room developed in partnership with Adventist Health, Kaiser Health and Oregon Health Sciences University.
As a Legacy Health executive, Dr. Morgan participated in setting business strategy, developing annual budgets and evaluating large-scale capital expenditures and major systems initiatives. She was also a board member for the 2,500-member CIN (Clinical Integration Network) at Legacy Health Partners.
Prior to joining Legacy, Dr. Morgan served as a Medical Director of the Trauma Trust in Tacoma, Washington, for nearly a decade, where she developed a new adult Level II Trauma Center and Pediatric Trauma Service. Dr. Morgan served as a co-director of the Surgical ICU and trauma surgeon at the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics between 1997 and 2000.
Dr. Morgan received her medical degree from the University of Washington School of Medicine, then completed her surgical residency at Stanford University Medical Center and her trauma/critical care fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center.
Dr. Morgan is a board-certified trauma surgeon and intensivist. She received her MBA from Pacific Lutheran University where she concentrated on technology and innovation management.
The Rotary Club’s meeting on Zoom is open to the public. To access, go to https://us02web.zoom.us/j/
If you need help with Zoom, contact Tammy Silver at tamaramsilver@gmail.com or call (626) 744-9533.
For more information, visit www.pasadenarotary.com.
